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Where do I put stuff in a growing codebase? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've mostly been putting functions, structs enums and tests in the same file and it's starting to feel like a mess... I am constantly losing track of which function is where and I'm never quite sure if I have code in the right place. I know this is kind of vague, but that's been my general feeling while working in my largest personal project so far. It's essentially a large Algorithm that has many smaller steps that needs to run in a sequence.

I think I might just have too many loose functions and maybe I should use more impl methods and traits? I'm also thinking I should try the builder pattern in a few spots.

Anyone have any guidance on code organization in rust?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The book has pretty good details on this. If you’re looking for how to actually scope modules, do some googling for package or library composition ideas. That’s a pattern that’s consistent across languages.