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learn(fs): refresh

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the “Manipulating Files” subsection and review its existing coverage of fs and fs/promises. Clarify the section title, explain the file system and glob patterns, and add CJS/ESM examples; done means the ordering and treatment of fs versus fs/promises are resolved in the updated guide.

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Description

help wanted

IMO, the part about the FS is not quite right and there are missing parts.

  • The title of subsection "Manipulating Files" should be something like "working with file system" because the content is just not about file it's also about folder.
  • Adding a intorudction of fs/fs/promises + what mean file system ... like introduction of test runner
  • Include glob paterns
  • more examples with cjs/esm

Remaining question:

  • Should we put ESM example as first ?
  • Should we put fs/promises as first.
  • How to handle difference between fs and fs/promises
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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Merged PRs (30d)
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