Using 'custom-element/index.html' instead of 'custom-element/custom-element.html'

[ivan.to...@gmail.com]

Hi guys,

First of all, thank you for building into the future. Polymer is awesome, now I can picture a future where developing web apps is a pleasant thing.

Just wanted to share my opinion on how to name and import components. I know the convention is to name it like this: "/components/core-ajax/core-ajax.html" but it is so much easier to import when the name is just index.html, like this: "components/core-ajax/core-ajax.html" -- you can simply import "/components/core-ajax/" and it works... no need to repeat the component name in each import tag.

[ivan.to...@gmail.com]

Just realized I repeated  "components/core-ajax/core-ajax.html", I meant  "components/core-ajax/index.html"

[Eric Bidelman]

I personally like the current approach because it's explicit. You know what you're importing (an element definition). It's unclear what index.html is or what it contains. Keep in mind, there's also the case where a repo can contain multiple elements:

https://github.com/polymer/paper-tabs

In Polymer, we're using index.html to render element documentation. When you hit the URL, you get useful stuff rather than a blank screen:

http://www.polymer-project.org/components/paper-tabs/index.html

Obviously, all of this is our convention :) You're free to use whatever works best for you.

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