New developers can easily become overwhelmed or even confused by the vast number of terms and definitions associated with their profession. In particular, one of the biggest challenges that software ...

We have all heard that good variable names are important for creating readable programs — advice that will serve you well when you come back to your code two years later, or even twenty. Sometimes, ...

Both kebab case and camel case are naming conventions that try make it easier to read compound words that form a single variable name. Kebab case employs a dash to maximize white space between ...

What conventions have you seen? What conventions do you use? Why? What conventions have you seen? What conventions do you use? Why? I like the look of camel case because I find it conveys a lot of ...

Whenever I teach Learning Tree's course on Design Patterns and Best Practices, I begin the class by asking for some examples of best practices. "Naming conventions" comes up every time. It's obviously ...

Case matters when moving from one language to another and, often, variable naming conflicts can be as simple as that. The very first programming language I used back in high school did not permit ...

"I tend to follow Microsoft's conventions on variable names...Do not use Hungarian Notation" - huh? Microsoft is where the Hungarian disease originated! It's infected everything now, but they're the ...