React-redux-universal-hot-example: What's the differences between helpers and utils?

Created on 12 Jan 2016 · 3Comments · Source: erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example

I mean the src/helpers and src/utils folder, what files should put in helpers folder, what should in utils folder?

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yesmeck

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Looks to me like /utils is a place where you can place small snippets you can use throughout the application. Small functions to build bigger things with.

/helpers is more of a place where you store code architectural snippets in my view. Things essential for bootstrapping components and developer ergonomics.

janhoogeveen on 3 Feb 2016

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Looks to me like /utils is a place where you can place small snippets you can use throughout the application. Small functions to build bigger things with.

/helpers is more of a place where you store code architectural snippets in my view. Things essential for bootstrapping components and developer ergonomics.

janhoogeveen on 3 Feb 2016

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Looks to me like /utils is a place where you can place small snippets you can use throughout the application. Small functions to build bigger things with.

/helpers is more of a place where you store code architectural snippets in my view. Things essential for bootstrapping components and developer ergonomics.

Hi @janhoogeveen, thanks for the answer. I couldn't quite grasp it, could you please explain in other form? Thank you :D

andrewlamyw on 7 Oct 2019

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I've run into this "issue" too while trying to structure a project. Here's how it fits me better:

index.js is the point of entry. It requires the modules in /modules
/modules contains the getAll.js and getById.js modules
/libs holds the individual steps a given module calls
/utils has very short and specific functions used throughout functions in /libs