Martin Thoma

Naming Styles

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Naming styles are one of the trivial things in a style guide. Here are some of the names you might hear.

The Styles

  • snake_case
  • camelCase: Also lowerCamelCase
  • PascalCase: Also UpperCamelCase
  • CONSTANT_CASE: This is used in many languages for constants
  • kebab-case: I have only seen this within strings. This is likely because the - is usually used for subtraction. It's also used for file names. It's mentioned here and on robinwieruch.de.

Application

Variables Functions / Methods Classes
Python snake_case snake_case PascalCase
JavaScript camelCase camelCase PascalCase
C++ snake_case PascalCase PascalCase
Java camelCase camelCase PascalCase

See also

Wikipedia:

Style Guide: