If every exported variable or function was in a separate file, that would eliminate most of my problems. But it’s just a pain to write code that way…
I wonder if something that automatically organises your code into separate files would help...and fixes all the imports for you. A cli tool that would _lint/autofix_ your code organization. And then you would just need:
- IDE plugin (VSCode, IntelliJ) to show an organized IDE file tree
- cli tool to allow browsing organized code from terminal
- perhaps a custom fs for viewing your project in Finder/terminal and easily browsing in other tools
- git wrapper to show correct file names in diff/status
- chrome extension for Github to show flat files in a structured way
- auto-generated file names are gross. - 50+ imports in each file with bogus file names is gross
The FileSystem itself is a gross way to organize code after all.
I may want to organize my code in multiple different overlapping views. I may want to organize by behavior (state, actions, etc) or by feature (login, comment, etc).
My suggestion is an IDE that hides files from the user entirely. Something a little more akin to SmallTalk.