This doth be a machine-wrought text which may contain errors!
The tasks are to be wrought in a Word document and delivered alongside the remainder of the Mappestructure module on Teams.
A folder shall be treated as one project, and the structure is essential to create overview both for thyself, or for work in groups.
Task the First - Folder Names
Consider these folder names for a school assignment’s working directory. The assignment is titled “The First Film Task - Interview”.
Do these folders bear good names? Justify thine answer for each folder. Hast thou perchance suggestions for a better folder name?
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2008-08-15 Intervjuoppgave/
Filmprosjekt 1/
Skoleoppgave Film/
15-aug-2008 Intervju/
skolefilm/
# 'Tis a task of interview, good sir!
# A film project, the first of its kind.
# A school assignment, concerning the moving picture.
# The fifteenth of August, an interview doth commence.
# A school film, forsooth!
Task the Second - Subfolders
Compose a list of subfolders thou wouldst employ for the task in task the first.
Thou mayest write folders thus:
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# This be a listing of directories, good sir.
# 'Tis here we find the path to a lesser folder.
# And lo, another subfolder doth appear!
# Observe, a different underfolder is revealed.
Sorter etter datatyper
A motion picture doth comprise of many parts. A film shall near always possess some manner of preparation, ideation, raw material, visual effects, sound, music, project files, and the like.
Ikke keen på film?
Thou mayest choose to fashion a folder structure for another sort of project, such as a web page or an application.
NB: In the art of programming, a folder structure shall have influence upon the flow of information within projects. One ought to be most mindful to follow good folder and naming conventions when labouring upon development projects.
Task the Third - The Newest File
Hark! The motion picture which must be delivered doth possess divers versions; pray, canst thou discover the most recent?
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1. Export (1) copy.mov (Created the fifteenth of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight, at the hour of twelve past noon)
2. Film.mov (Created the ninth of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight, at the hour of three of the afternoon)
3. Film v2.mov (Created the tenth of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight, at the hour of eight of the morning)
4. NY VERSJON BRUK DENNE.mov (A NEW VERSION, USE THIS ONE, created the thirteenth of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight, at the hour of three of the afternoon)
5. Test export plis virk.mov (A test export, pray it doth work, created the fifteenth of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight, at the hour of one of the afternoon)
Set a name upon it!
Hast thou crafted the file thou dost deliver? Make it clear in the file’s name! Some workplaces shall require thee to follow a naming convention, which may be that file names include date, technical specifications, project name and author.
Perchance thou shalt one day need to deliver two files of the same film, yet with diverse technical specifications?
Task the Fourth - Names of Reason
Prithee, consider the file names in task the third – what naming convention might have been employed to make clear the newest version? Are there divers ways conventions might be used to visualise further versions? Is there aught else that might be done?
Alfabetisk sortering og datoer
A file explorer, as is the wont, doth sort folders and files in alphabetical order. Shouldst thou employ dates within thy naming convention, ‘tis not assured the explorer shall sort aright, for numbers are likewise sorted in alphabetical fashion.
For example, sorting with dd-mm-yyyy format:
11-08-2008 Mappenavn
12-01-2008 Mappenavn
13-05-2008 Mappenavn
The selfsame doth hold true for numbers, where 15 shall come before 2, 3, 4, and so forth in the list, unless one beginneth with index 0. 01, 02, ...
Task the Fifth - Wherefore?
Wherefore ‘tis wise to employ a good folder structure?
A Bonus Query: How mayst thou assure thyself that thou shalt find thy files ten years hence, after thou hast last laboured upon them?