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“Is” prefix and “On” suffix as reasonable exceptions to a “non-hungarian” naming standard?
First, I believe I've seen this question discussed here before, but I cannot find it. My apologies if you do find it.
I'm starting a new project, and trying to figure out why IsResolved and/or ...
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Naming the project containing only interfaces
I've extracted interfaces from my repository classes, like ICustomerRepository, IProductRepository and so on. The project which contains the repositories is named X.DataAccessLayer. Should I call the ...
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Why do most java classes end with “ers”? [closed]
...Provider
...Searcher
...Resolver
...Builder
...Manager
...Importer
...Descriptor
...Helper
...Indexer
Is it a global convention to refer a thing with "..ers" or "..ors". In contrast, a "thing" ...
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What's the best practice for naming uploaded images?
Suppose I have a form in my web application where users can upload a profile picture.
I've got few requirements about file size, dimensions etc, but when the user uploads the image, how should I name ...
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Might starting variables/members with an underscore puzzle the compiler?
I've been taught since high school that defining variables like this:
int _a;
or
int __a;
should be consider bad practice because this would eventually puzzle compilers that use variables starting ...
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Pros/Cons for getter and setters of collections
I'm creating a model where one element can contain other elements. I'm currently writing the interface to the model, and I'm not sure which is the best of the two options:
Option 1
interface ...
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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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Writing Clean, Elegant Procedural Code (BASIC): Is There Such a Thing?
I learned to code in OO languages. I've always been interested in design patterns, clean code, etc., etc. - you know the type.
Now at work I'm using a BASIC dialect. Given modern programming values, ...
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Database Connection Variable Name [closed]
What are the most well known / commonly accepted variable names used for the SQL connection itself?
In Perl, I have seen $dbh (stands for database handle, but why 'handle'), which has been used only ...
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What is the convention for the star location in reference variables?
I have been learning Objective-C, noting that different books and examples use differing conventions for the location of the star (*) when naming reference variables:
MyType* x;
MyType *y;
MyType*z; ...
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How should compound words be handled when coding? Is there a definitive list of compound words? [closed]
QUESTION:
How should you handle compound words when programming?
Are there any good lists available online for developers of generally accepted technology-related compound words?
I can see how ...
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Why does XMLHttpRequest not seem to follow a naming convention?
I've been working with the XMLHttpRequest object in JavaScript recently, and I couldn't help but notice that the casing of this name makes no sense. Why is 'XML' all in caps while 'Http' is not? ...
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Environment naming standards in software development?
My project is currently suffering from environment naming issues. Different people have different assumptions as to what environments should be named or what the names designate, and it's causing ...
