Give meaning and explanation with the fewest number of characters in a form that is most accepted by your team or community at large.
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Naming a class that does Importing and exporting of data
I've been thinking about creating a class that handles importing and exporting of data, and I feel that naming it FooImporterExporter might look too long, I wan't to see if there's a name convention ...
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Naming of related classes and interfaces
I have created an ObjectParser class which parses data into strongly typed objects using an IObjectParserDataSource as the data source (the data could be an Excel file, text file, array, query string, ...
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How can I say that a program is “not error prone” and is “error resistant”? [migrated]
I'm developing a custom programming language and I want to say that it helps people write programs that are not error prone. Even better, it helps people write programs resistant to errors, so ...
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Lookup tables, code keys, or slowly moving dimensions [closed]
I am looking for a concise notion or term for the concept of "lookup tables". Under this concept I understand a data structure where detailed and mostly stable information is stored under a unique ...
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How to explain to your colleages to stop creating packages and classes named “Utils”?
In most of the projects at work it will eventually show up a package, a class (or multiple packages and classes) named "Utils", where every kind of function is dumped into.
It becomes excruciating ...
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Term for a Class with Multiple Interfaces
Say I have a class that implements multiple interfaces. I pass the same instance around using a different interface, depending on what the consumer is interested in.
I am trying to remember what this ...
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Choosing between words with different spellings for function names
A question has been bothering me for a while: when developing international projects, it is common sense to use English as the reference language since it is the language that the most people ...
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The problems with Avoiding Smurf Naming classes with namespaces
I pulled the term smurf naming from here (number 21). To save anyone not familiar the trouble, Smurf naming is the act of prefixing a bunch of related classes, variables, etc with a common prefix so ...
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Derived Class Method Naming
I'm having a hard time coming up with a good naming convention for methods in derived classes that serve the same purpose as the methods in the base class. For example, if both the base class, and the ...
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A good name for a variable containing either Row and Column objects? [closed]
I'm working with grids and I have several variables that relate to elements that can be either rows or columns. I'm growing tired of naming those variables rowOrColumn_something.. Any ideas?
UPDATE:
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Is it correct to exclude argument names from function prototypes?
I was recently creating a small technical documentation for an application. The document is to be used by newly hired programmers to get acquainted with the application. It is much friendlier than the ...
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Is there a name for this design pattern?
I don't like singletons, but I have to compromise now (but only as temporary measure).
However I don't want to go completely singleton. I'd rather want to use this pattern:
interface ...
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Is there an accepted name for a fake object injected via a preprocessor seam?
I am dealing with some old, sloppy C++ code in which there is a structure with a lot of data members and functions. I want to test a class that I have implemented which uses the struct, but this ...
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How to call module that contains only application settings and localization information?
I want to separate one module (.NET assembly) that will contain settings and localization strings in three languages. How to call that module?
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The suffix Exception on exceptions in java
Specifying a suffix of Exception on exception classes feels like a code smell to me (Redundant information - the rest of the name implies an error state and it inherits from Exception). However, it ...
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Is C# namespace should be Project-Name?
I am working with multiple websites (freelancer) and a good amount of them I write using C# MVC4.
I created a very good boilerplace project that I plan to use on every next starting mvc4 application ...
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Naming for a class that consumes an iterator pattern [closed]
The iterator pattern is very clearly defined. What would you call the consumer of an iterator?
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organising classes / folder structure for TDD-based development
Due to test-driven development, one ends up with many classes doing just one thing. It is quite a headache just to see where such classes would be placed inside the folder structure.
First of all, ...
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Is it considered poor practice to include a bug number in a method name for a temporary workaround?
My coworker who is a senior guy is blocking me on a code review because he wants me to name a method 'PerformSqlClient216147Workaround' because it's a workaround for some defect ###. Now, my method ...
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Should the variable be named Id or ID?
This is a bit pedantic, but I've seen some people use Id as in:
private int userId;
public int getUserId();
and others use:
private int userID;
public int getUserID();
Is one of these a better ...
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addIfNotExist alternative
Is there are any standards or conventions on naming methods which add something if it not exist into another something.
For example: Store.instance().addItemIfNotExist(item)
IfNotExist is really ...
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How can I avoid using my own name in the identifiers, packages, or namespaces of open sources projects I create?
I do a lot of development in my own time. These projects I work on are all just for fun and learning (so far). I commonly do Java development with Maven but I have also been known to dabble in .NET ...
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naming abstract class [closed]
I have an abstract class representing a test assertion. How should I name it and why?
Assertion
AssertionBase
AssertionAbstract
[other]
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Name for a tree where nodes hold a reference to their parent as well as their children
I am creating a tree where some nodes have a reference to their parent as well as their children. It feels like a tree version of a doubly linked list.
Is there a name for this?
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How to name a variable when the word is both a noun and a verb
I have run into a corner-case problem with the general guidance of:
nouns for variables
verbs for functions
Specifically, I have a case where the word is ambiguous - it can be either a verb or a ...
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Name for intentionally assertless unit test [closed]
I have a tool that is going to be run as part of commit stage on Continuous Integration server to check whether all unit tests run do have an assert. Its main purpose is to eliminate silly mistakes ...
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Word for the superset of files and folders
I'm trying to come up with a name for a class that can represent both files and folders. Anyone know a word for this?
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Advices on structure and names for namespaces and classes
I'm resistant to calling the "main" class the same as the namespace, but I sometimes find myself needing it. Considering I'm using the Vendor.Namespace.[Subnamespace].Class formula, imagine this ...
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How and why to decide between naming methods with “get” and “find” prefixes
I always have trouble figuring out if I should name a certain method starting with getSomething versus findSomething.
The problem resides in creating helpers for poorly designed APIs. This usually ...
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Representing domain objects
This is related to my recent question regarding naming awkward domain objects. A number of answers indicated I was using the wrong representation for the domain objects. To summarize, I chose to use ...
