{"id":594,"date":"2023-09-15T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kop.lat\/blog\/?p=594"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:20:08","slug":"file-system-for-a-c-dotnet-api-backend-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kop.lat\/blog\/file-system-for-a-c-dotnet-api-backend-project\/","title":{"rendered":"File System for a C# dotnet api backend project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following structure is a typical example of how one structures the file system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Root Directory<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The root directory typically contains solution-level files and folders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>src<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>src<\/code> directory is the core of your application and contains your project files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AppName<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Within <code>src<\/code>, you have a directory named after your application 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context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Models<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>Models<\/code> folder holds your data models or DTOs (Data Transfer Objects).\n<ul>\n<li><code>ExampleModel.cs<\/code>: An example model class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Middleware<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>Middleware<\/code> folder contains custom middleware components.\n<ul>\n<li><code>CustomMiddleware.cs<\/code>: An example middleware class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Utilities<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>Utilities<\/code> folder houses utility\/helper classes and methods.\n<ul>\n<li><code>HelperMethods.cs<\/code>: Example utility methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Configuration<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>Configuration<\/code> folder holds configuration files, such as <code>appsettings.json<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>wwwroot<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>wwwroot<\/code> 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