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What does Uncle Bob mean by 'noun phrase names'?
I am reading Clean Code by Uncle Bob. Because I am not a native-English speaker, I couldn't understand following statement:
Classes and objects should have noun or noun phrase names like
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2answers
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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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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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16answers
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Is there an excuse for short variable names?
This has become a large frustration with the codebase I'm currently working in; many of our variable names are short and undescriptive. I'm the only developer left on the project, and there isn't ...
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3answers
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How to name an subclass that add a minor, detailed thing?
What is the most concise (yet descriptive) way of naming a subclass that only add a specific minor thing to the parent? I encountered this case a lot in WPF, where sometime I have to add a small ...
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4answers
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How to avoid general names for abstract classes?
In general it's good to avoid words like "handle" or "process" as part of routine names and class names, unless you are dealing with (e.g.) file handles or (e.g.) unix processes. However abstract ...
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6answers
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What are the benefits of prefixing function parameter names with p*?
I often see projects (in Java projects and teams using Eclipse) that prefix function parameters with p.
For example
public void filter (Result pResult) ...
I personally don't see any benefit in ...
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votes
6answers
328 views
Order of subject and modifiers in variable names
I'm looking for experiences regarding the ordering of the subject and modifiers in variable names.
A simple object Shape would have just a subject for the variable name, such as Area.
A slightly ...
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votes
2answers
238 views
What are the names for various forms of camel-case style naming?
For the purposes of communicating coding styles to my co-workers, what would I formally call the following variants of camel case?
camelCase
and
CamelCase
Notice that the former version ...
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6answers
224 views
Function parameter names
I just found the following code in our code base:
public String identifyArchitectureName(String platformName, String input) ...
In my opinion input is one of the most meaningless names for a ...
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7answers
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Practical considerations for HTML / CSS naming conventions (syntax) [closed]
Question: what are the practical considerations for the syntax in class and id values?
Note that I'm not asking about the semantics, i.e. the actual words that are being used, as for example ...
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8answers
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A Class named Class?
This is more of a style question, but it is something I am currently pondering for a project of mine.
Assume that you're creating an application which is modeling a school. So there are entities like ...
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2answers
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Naming Rules: Standards, Reserved, and what do they depend on? [closed]
I want to know the rules of naming (AlwaysCapitalize, _underscore, firstSmallLetter, etc...) for each of Namespaces, Classes, Interfaces, Exceptions, Data Members, Methods, Variables, etc....
also I ...
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1answer
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Namespaces and naming
I'm having some trouble working this one out, probably more than I should. This is a pretty large project, with a very clearly defined structure, with no obvious problems, but I can't seem to figure ...
68
votes
17answers
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What is the benefit of not using Hungarian notation?
One of the things I struggle with is not using Hungarian notation. I don't want to have to go to the variable definition just to see what type it is. When a project gets extensive, it's nice to be ...
