Top "Naming-conventions" questions

Naming conventions refer to general rules governing names assigned to programming constructs such as variables and methods.

PostgreSQL: default constraint names

When creating a table in PostgreSQL, default constraint names will assigned if not provided: CREATE TABLE example ( a integer, b …

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Naming convention for Scala constants?

What is the naming convention for Scala constants? A brief search on StackOverflow suggestions uppercase CamelCase (the first line below), …

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Naming conventions for abstract classes

I distinctly remember that, at one time, the guideline pushed by Microsoft was to add the "Base" suffix to an …

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Naming of enums in Java: Singular or Plural?

Is there an "official" recommendation of how to name Java enums? enum Protocol { HTTP, HTTPS, FTP } or enum Protocols { HTTP, …

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Method names for getting data

Warning: This is a not very serious question/discussion that I am posting... but I am willing to bet that …

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What does iota of std::iota stand for?

I'm assuming the "i" is increment and the "a" is assign, but I could not figure out or find the …

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Association between naming classes and naming their files in python (convention?)

In python (and some other languages) I have learned, that the name of a class should be written in small …

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What is the naming convention for Python class references

What is the naming convention for a variable referencing a class in Python? class MyClass(object): pass # which one is …

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"ID" or "Id" on User Interface

The QA manager where I work just informed me there is a bug in my desktop app due to the …

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Proper naming convention for a .NET Delegate type?

By convention classes are often named like nouns, methods like verbs and interfaces like adjectives. What is the common naming …

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