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Anatomy of a Sails app

An interactive guide to the structure of the Sails app generated by default with sails new.

Choose from any of the files or folders in the list to learn more about its purpose.

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An example of an entire auto-generated Sails app can be found here.

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App Structure

api
- controllers
  - .gitkeep
- helpers
  - .gitkeep
- models
  - .gitkeep
- policies
  - .gitkeep
assets
- dependencies
  - sails.io.js
- images
  - .gitkeep
- js
  - .gitkeep
- styles
  - importer.less
- templates
  - .gitkeep
- .eslintrc
- favicon.ico
config
- env
  - production.js
- locales
  - de.json
  - en.json
  - es.json
  - fr.json
- blueprints.js
- bootstrap.js
- custom.js
- datastores.js
- globals.js
- http.js
- i18n.js
- local.js
- log.js
- models.js
- policies.js
- routes.js
- security.js
- session.js
- sockets.js
- views.js
tasks
- config
  - babel.js
  - clean.js
  - coffee.js
  - concat.js
  - copy.js
  - cssmin.js
  - hash.js
  - jst.js
  - less.js
  - sails-linker.js
  - sync.js
  - uglify.js
  - watch.js
- register
- pipeline.js
views
- layouts
  - layout.ejs
- pages
  - homepage.ejs
- .eslintrc
- 404.ejs
- 500.ejs
.editorconfig
.eslintignore
.eslintrc
.gitignore
.htmlhintrc
.sailsrc
app.js
Gruntfile.js
package.json
README.md

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