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Posted by Alan White
Alan White
7,096 Points

How do real developers set up their personal computers' file systems to keep their projects organized?

I'm beginning to scatter these code snippets and projects all over my system, sometimes in the Documents folder, sometimes on the Desktop, sometimes on the C: drive, sometimes on data drives. I need to nip this in the bud.

It looks like the instructor has created a Treehouse directory on the root drive (C: drive?) for this repository. Is that the common practice?

Thanks.

4 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

I make a "Projects" folder in Documents and make subfolders for each specific coding project in there. You can call it "Coding", "Programing" or whatever you like. You can also pin it to Quick Access in File Explorer.

Alan White
Alan White
7,096 Points

Thanks, Seth.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

I call my folder "Programs", but I don't stop there. I also create sub-directories called "Python", "Ruby", "Websites", etc.

Alan White
Alan White
7,096 Points

Thanks, Alexander.

behar
behar
10,799 Points
behar
behar
10,799 Points

Its pretty common to just put it in C:/dev.

Alan White
Alan White
7,096 Points

Thanks, behar.

Robert McIntosh
Robert McIntosh
1,645 Points
Robert McIntosh
Robert McIntosh
1,645 Points

I have a folder called "Development / Programs" on my secondary hard drive. From there, I have sub folder for Each Environment such as Python, C#, C++, ASP.NET, Mobile, PHP