Can't you just include source files from outside the project folder?

RobinMorgan over 2 years ago

It feels a bit stupid having to make barrels now, while I already made perfectly stand alone classes.

Is there no way to just include these from a shared folder or something?

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jim_m_58 over 2 years ago +1 verified
I do it all the time.

Here's part of a monkey.jungle from a project where I just pull in the mc files from barrel projects instead of using the .barrel files.
```
srcBase=source
resBase=resources

#barrel…
```

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+1 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago

I do it all the time.

Here's part of a monkey.jungle from a project where I just pull in the mc files from barrel projects instead of using the .barrel files.

srcBase=source
resBase=resources

#barrel projects
barBgWu=..\BgWu
barBgSettings=..\BgSettings

#pull in the .mc files for those barrels
base.sourcePath=$(srcBase);$(barBgWu);$(barBgSettings)

I can use .barrel files for some things and save the overhead of barrels by using the code directly this way

0 RobinMorgan over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

You are my savior! Exactly what I was looking for!

I don't really understand why would you use Barrels then?

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to RobinMorgan

When barrels were first introduced, I cleaned up some of my code and had about 12 barrels as a result. Though I only have a few apps that still use them as .barrels, I find it's a nice way to keep common stuff organized with barrel projects. And can have them in my VS Code workspace just like other projects.

0 RobinMorgan over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

But you can just add a folder with your classes too to your workspace. The only advantage I see with Barrels is that you can Annotate code and leave out certain parts for certain watches etc.

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to RobinMorgan

Remember, I started with barrels years ago, and when Eclipse was the only option. I had used the links in eclipse for shared code at the time. And then when VS Code was introduced, I needed a way to make things work barrel/non barrel, Eclipse and VS C. I'd likely do things differently if I was just starting out today.