What are Files and Folders | Intro to Coding | Learn to Code Python!
In this video we go into one of the foundation of coding - Files and Folders. It's important to know the distinction between Files and Folders on your computer. Understanding how they work, how to make them, and how the computer interacts with them is vital when starting your coding journey.
Creating a folder
1. Right click the background on the desktop or in the file explorer
2. Select New → Folder
3. Name you folder whatever you want
Directory Structure/Path
You can see the directory structure or "the path" to the folder on your computer by clicking the bar to the left of search. If you're on a Mac, this is at the bottom of Finder instead.
Creating copies of Sami photo
1. Selected photo
2. Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V (Cmd+C then Cmd+V on Mac)
Selecting files
You've got some options for this one. You could:
Click and drag your cursor over them all, highlighting the ones selected.
Ctrl+click (Cmd+click on Mac) a file to keep adding files to ones you have selected.
Ctrl+drag (Cmd+drag on Mac) to select multiple adding to ones you have selected.
Select one, then shift+click (cmd+click) on the last one and it will select all in between.
Ctrl+A (Cmd+A on Mac) will select all files in the folder or desktop depending on what you have visible.
See type of a file
Right click the file and select Properties
See file extensions always
1. Click on View from the top.
2. Now click on Show.
3. Then select File name extensions.
Change a files extension (You may need to show file extensions above to do this)
1. Right click on file and select rename.
2. Go to the right most part of the name and update the type.
OR
1. Open the properties of the file (see above)
2. Change the extension type in the text field there
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:47 Folders
7:36 Files
10:50 Outro
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