Top "Naming" questions

A general purpose tag to cover anything concerning naming, be it files, programming constructs, data etc.

Android - Package Name convention

For the "Hello World" example in android.com, the package name is "package com.example.helloandroid;" Is there any guideline/…

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Naming Classes - How to avoid calling everything a "<WhatEver>Manager"?

A long time ago I have read an article (I believe a blog entry) which put me on the "right" …

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What does the @ symbol before a variable name mean in C#?

Possible Duplicate: What's the use/meaning of the @ character in variable names in C#? I understand that the @ symbol can …

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.c vs .cc vs. .cpp vs .hpp vs .h vs .cxx

Possible Duplicates: *.h or *.hpp for your class definitions Correct C++ code file extension? .cc vs .cpp I used to …

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What is the difference between a shim and a polyfill?

Both seem to be used in web development circles, see e.g. HTML5 Cross Browser Polyfills, which says: So here …

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Is it ok to use dashes in Python files when trying to import them?

Basically when I have a python file like: python-code.py and use: import (python-code) the interpreter gives me syntax error. …

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Which characters are illegal within a branch name?

Which characters are illegal within a branch name?

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Renaming SVN repository project name

I have migrated a project from CVS to SVN. Now I need to rename that project. What can be the …

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Python "private" function coding convention

When writing a python module and functions in it, I have some "public" functions that are supposed to be exposed …

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What's the use/meaning of the @ character in variable names in C#?

I discovered that you can start your variable name with a '@' character in C#. In my C# project …

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