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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects The Object Literal

Posted by Michael Stedman
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Michael Stedman
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 13,838 Points

.DS_Store in the project files?

Instead of using Workspaces for the last couple of sections, I have been downloading the project files and using them in a different editor.

In the project files for this video, and video number two, there is a file titled ".DS_Store" in addition to the typical .html, .js, and .css files. I haven't looked any further than the second video's project files to see if further project files contain it.

I also opened up Workspaces and it does not contain a file by that name (even expanding the existing JS and CSS folders). I only see it in the project files.

What is the .DS_Store file, and what does it do? When downloading, and dropping the files into the editor that I am using, do I need to move that file into the editor as well, or is this something that the JavaScript we will be writing later in the section going to create?

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

It is a file that stores various info about the folder itself on Mac OS (OSX), it is included in the project files because the folder was copied from a Mac. On Mac OS the file is hidden by default, but on Windows it is not. It is not a file which is connected to the projects themselves, and doesn't serve any purpose on a Windows or Linux machine. You can safely delete the file if you so wish.