Folder Organization Best Practices

Expert guidance for organizing project directories, establishing file naming conventions, and maintaining clean, navigable project structures for research and development work.

When to Use This Skill

• Setting up new projects
• Reorganizing existing projects
• Establishing team conventions
• Creating reproducible research structures
• Managing data-intensive projects

Core Principles

1. Predictability - Standard locations for common file types
2. Scalability - Structure grows gracefully with project
3. Separation of Concerns - Code, data, documentation, outputs separated
4. Discoverability - Easy for others (and future you) to navigate
5. Version Control Friendly - Large/generated files excluded appropriately