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Thursday, September 20, 2012

File management

File management is when you create structure in your file using naming conventions, folders and sub folders to make it easier to locate a file when you need it.
Different file conventions are:

  • Camel case - Every letter starts with a capitol and there are no capitols.
  • Underscore - No capitol letters and an underscore is put between all the words.  
I use camel case for all of my file naming because that is what I have always use.  However you chose to name your files, you should always be consistent.  
You should also name your files with meaningful names so you can know what the file contains without having to open it.  This could contain the date, title or what the file is for.


I organise my file on the computer by having a folder for each year.  Inside that folder is the subjects I am taking.  Inside each of these is a folder for each topic we study with all the files I used for that topic.

1 comment:

  1. This post shows very good understanding and examples of how you manage your files.

    Please fix up your description of camelCase as it's condradicting itself... "Every letter starts with a capitol and there are no capitols"

    Ms McCormack

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