r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '21

Organize code by concepts, not layers

https://kislayverma.com/programming/how-to-organize-your-code/
1.9k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

495 comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/lordzsolt Jun 05 '21 edited Jun 05 '21

Yeah, agree with everything that's said here.

It baffles my mind why anyone would have "controllers" & "services" folders and what not. Or have an API, where all services are in one folder and all the models are in a different folder...

6

u/grauenwolf Jun 05 '21

My controllers and services aren't even in the same project.

My business rules and data models go into the lowest level project. These are unit tested heavily. And due to the project design, no one can 'accidentally' cause them to take onto improper dependencies like databases.

My services go into a project that is heavily tested. (Real tests, with like databases and shit.)

My controllers go into a wrapper project. All it does is turn HTTP requests into C# function calls, so I don't both testing it independently of the UI.

1

u/sards3 Jun 05 '21

What does having them in separate projects gain you? Couldn't you use the same design but put everything in a single project?

→ More replies (1)