JavaScript File & Folder Structures: Just Pick One

2 February, 2012. It was a Thursday.

Rails wants you to put specific files in specific folder structures, based on the object type that will be in the file. Java demands that files in a folder structure are namespaced by that folder structure. VisualStudio also makes it seem like file / folder names should be the namespace / class name as well – but that’s just a good suggestion and not a requirement. Other languages and frameworks have some requirements for how you organize your files, too… with the exception of browser based JavaScript (… mostly…)

JavaScript File Organization: You’re Doing It Right

The reality of JavaScript in general web-based development (not talking about server side at all, here) is that it makes absolutely no difference how your files and folders are organized. Zero difference at all… at least as far as the JavaScript runtime is concerned.

The only thing that matters is that you include your files in your HTML with a