[Poll] Should we index directories

[marlonmarcello]

Main advantages of indexing are:

1. It's an ECMAScript standard
2. Because it's an index.js file it doesn't matter if the sources are different extensions, we can change from .js to .jsx and it would be fine, we can even export from a .scss module if needed
3. Easier to update if directories change
4. Stops this uglyness

// different types of exports, default and named
import { castToBool } from "@local/utils/utils"
import classnames from "@local/utils/classnames"
import clamp from "@local/utils/clamp"
import { breakpointMap, breakpointOrder, breakpointRanges, layoutSettings } from "@local/utils/layouts"

// duplication of paths
import BodyScripts from "@local/components/app/body-scripts"
import Footer from "@local/components/app/footer/footer"
import Nav from "@local/components/app/nav/nav"
import Picture from "@local/components/elements/picture" // is it a file or an index??
import BackToTop from "@local/components/elements/back-to-top/back-to-top"

With named indexing we get:

import {
  clamp,
  castToBool,
  classnames,
  breakpointMap,
  breakpointOrder,
  breakpointRanges,
  layoutSettings
} from "@local/utils"

import {
  BodyScripts,
  Footer,
  Nav
  Picture,
  BackToTop
} from "@local/components/app"

[andrewrubin]

@marlonmarcello do we need a barrel file for this then, which exports _all _ the components? Or will this import style just work out of the box?

[NicholasLancey]

I'm all for this, it worked/looked great on the last Corgi project we worked on.

[marlonmarcello]

Vote ended.
Result: Yes
We'll be indexing our directories from now on!