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Since they know we can interact with the filesystem, something we couldn't do when we used our JavaScript

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in a browser.

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Another useful module is a path module which allows us to interact with file path easily.

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And I'm going to remove all my code in the app just because since I created a file by the name of eight

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OS and module and of course copy and pasted the contents from the previous video, that's why the objects

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or remove everything and the setup is going to be exactly the same.

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We come up with some kind of name.

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Now most likely it's going to be path and then we pass in the module we would want to get.

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And this case, of course, it is a path module.

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And then let's just start with a very useful property.

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A separate property that returns a platform specific separator.

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So if I go straight up with a log and then path setup, this is going to turn my platform specific separator.

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So if I write no address, I have for now, if you're using a different platform for you, the value

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might be different.

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After that, let's take a look at the path that join.

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So the join method, which joins a sequence of path segments using that platform specific separator

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as the limiter.

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And second thing it does, it returns a normalized resulting path.

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In order to show an example, I'll create a new folder, not a new file, but a new folder.

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I'll zoom in and I'll say content and inside of this content folder and create another one.

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And I'll simply call this generic subfolder.

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And in this subfolder, I'll say a test and text file instead of the text file.

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I mean, you can play something.

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You can admit it doesn't really matter.

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I'll just say text and then the next day and once we say it back in the address now I want to use that

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path, that joint method, several seconds and then file path is equal to path that joined.

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And then we need to pass in those values as strings.

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So, for example, since I'm looking for the content folder.

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I'll simply say forward slash and burn content, then I know that inside of the content folder, I have

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the folder, that's another folder, and then eventually there's going to be a test the see.

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So we'll go test and then dot the city.

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We save the sucker.

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And then if we'll console lock the file path, we should see the whole path.

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It is normalized and we'll get it as a value.

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So we have content subfolder first and the next day.

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So if I start adding some type of forward Slasher's, meaning trailing Slasher's, they will be removed.

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We still get the normalized path and we can also get the base name.

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So for example, I create this file path, but I only would want the last portion of it.

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I can access it while the method name is Bergenheim name.

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So we're going to go with Const and Basch and Path, that based name, and we just pass in that file

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path and now if we cancel out the base we should see the text again.

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These are just some of it.

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If you want just a directory, of course you can imagine that there is a method that returns that as

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well.

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But since I don't want to cover each and every method, that's why I will skip that one.

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And there is not only I see my normalized path, but I also see the test the next day, which is my

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base.

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And the last method that I would want to showcase is path that resolve and why it's so cool, because

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returns an absolute path and once in one of our applications, we need to provide that absolute path.

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That's why, of course, we'll have to use that method.

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And when it comes to paths that resolve, it accepts a sequence of path or path segments and resolves

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it into an absolute path.

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So below the base, I'm going to go with cons and then absolute No one is equal to path and we're looking

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for that resolve.

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And here remember when we talked about the globalist, one of the first Globalstar I covered was underscore

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underscore Durnan.

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So this is going to point to this directory where the abcess is located.

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And once we're here, we just need to provide rest of the values.

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In my case, that is content that I'm looking for sub folder.

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And then eventually I would want to get to the test the to want to get this absolute path.

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And then once I set up the value, if I go with my control log and if I provide absolute once I run

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node and objects and probably guess that in the console, I'll have my absolute path to the test.

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And if you're wondering why we would ever want that.

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Well, remember, our application is going to run in different environments.

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Right?

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So, of course, the path to some kind of resource is going to be different in my computer, in my local

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machine than, for example, in Morocco.

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Hopefully it is clear and I can take a look at the next useful built in module.