How do you categorize large projects, thousands of files or more?

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As the title suggests, please guys how do you deal with such large projects, so far I’ve only worked on small projects where the total number of files for the code is around 500, I habitually separate the front and back end and create related folders, but as the number of files grows, even though I create 10 empty folders, it gets to the point where there are dozens of files in a single folder or even more. It seems very difficult.

For a codebase with more than 1000 files, do you have any suggestions on how to clearly categorize the codebase for easy maintenance and expansion and updating, do I need to create dozens of folders or even hundreds of empty folders for storage and categorization, or any other methods?

I’d like to hear your opinion.

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This depends mostly on the programming language used, framework and project needs.

There are many ways to deal with so many files in general, either of these:

  • Modules: separate code in modules by topic (e.g. user, and similar)
  • Code responsibility: Model, Service, …

You can also ask AI for your project how to structure it.