--- title: How I Structure my React Projects | daily.dev description: Learn how to structure your React projects for better organization and clarity. Use absolute imports for cleaner and more readable import statements. Use the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I Structure my React Projects | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to structure your React projects for better organization and clarity. Use absolute imports for cleaner and more readable import statements. Use the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7rXkRybRK.png og:image:alt: How I Structure my React Projects 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. # How I Structure my React Projects **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 3 min read · 751 upvotes · 24 comments ## Summary Learn how to structure your React projects for better organization and clarity. Use absolute imports for cleaner and more readable import statements. Use the index.ts file as the public API of each feature. ## 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. **@jaredhightower** · 5 upvotes > Great read! I wish the index file portion was more detailed but overall this was a good article. **@aadilmallick** · 3 upvotes > An experienced dev wouldn’t use create react app in the first place **@itsjavi** · 3 upvotes > For big projects you want to organize your code into domains / features instead of top-level utility-based folder structure. > > That would add an extra dir level, e.g.: > > ```yaml > ├─ src > │ ├─ orders > │ │ └─ assets > │ │ └─ components > │ │ └─ config > │ │ └─ ... > │ ├─ products > │ │ └─ assets > │ │ └─ components > │ │ └─ config > │ │ └─ ... > │ └─ utils > ``` **@pavelkovar\_dev** · 2 upvotes > Well, good enough, but I saw over time that it also depends on what are you working. Also, if you code on business project, you need to follow company rules, which can be sometime quite strange **@7ncognito** · 1 upvotes > Suggest some best source to learn React js nd Next js ## 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), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk) ```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":"How I Structure my React Projects","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk"},"datePublished":"2024-04-09T12:45:16.114Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"Learn how to structure your React projects for better organization and clarity. 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