How do you traverse a file tree in JavaScript?
Use recursive DFS (depth-first search): function traverse(node, callback, depth) { callback(node, depth); if (node.children) node.children.forEach(child => traverse(child, callback, depth + 1)); }. This visits every node in the tree.
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Each node is an object with name, type ('file' or 'folder'), and children (array of child nodes, only for folders). Files have no children. Folders can have nested folders and files. This creates a nested tree structure.
Recursively search: if the current node's name matches, return it. Otherwise, recurse into children. Return null if not found. This is a DFS search through the tree.
Find the parent node, then push the new node to its children array: if (!parent.children) parent.children = []; parent.children.push(newNode).
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