--- title: Folder Structure for Modern Web Applications | daily.dev description: Maintaining a well-organized folder structure is crucial when developing web applications. The post provides tips for designing a folder structure, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/folder-structure-for-modern-web-applications-ehl7wbbek twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Folder Structure for Modern Web Applications | daily.dev og:description: Maintaining a well-organized folder structure is crucial when developing web applications. The post provides tips for designing a folder structure, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/folder-structure-for-modern-web-applications-ehl7wbbek og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EHl7wbBek.png og:image:alt: Folder Structure for Modern Web Applications og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Folder Structure for Modern Web Applications **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 3 min read · 280 upvotes · 23 comments ## Summary Maintaining a well-organized folder structure is crucial when developing web applications. The post provides tips for designing a folder structure, and includes explanations of different folders commonly used in modern web applications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@gautam\_vaishnav** · 4 upvotes > What a nice starting of the day. **@ahmadjoya** · 4 upvotes > it was awesome. everything will be on right place. **@slebote** · 2 upvotes > I totally agree with folder structuration and naming strategies as a MUST HAVE to start or get back a project with a simple documentation (README.md) > > However folder structuration always meet different points of view based on what kind of project you are running and not only depending on the language or framework you are using according to my experience. **@katayoonsultani767** · 2 upvotes > it was great. do you have any article regarding optimization? **@thesobercoder** · 1 upvotes > Brilliant! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/folder-structure-for-modern-web-applications-ehl7wbbek) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Folder Structure for Modern Web Applications","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/folder-structure-for-modern-web-applications-ehl7wbbek","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/folder-structure-for-modern-web-applications-ehl7wbbek"},"datePublished":"2023-04-03T15:59:02.938Z","dateModified":"2024-04-13T18:30:05.451Z","description":"Maintaining a well-organized folder structure is crucial when developing web applications. 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