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Whats your go-to naming convention? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As far as I know there are these;

Camel case = coolFileName
Snake case = cool_file_name
Kebab case = cool-file-name
Pascal case = CoolFileName
Dot notation = cool.file.name
Flat case = coolfilename
Screaming case = COOLFILENAME

Personally I prefer the kebab/dot conventions simply because they allow for easy "navigation" with (ctrl+arrow keys) between each part. What are your preferences when it comes to this? Did I miss any schemes?

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[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Snake case.

Starts with a lowercase, good for shell autocompletion
No spaces, so no worrying about spaces in shell commands
'_' is better than '-' because it shows the spaces between words more clearly

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Counterpoint: you have to use Shift a lot

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He probably uses vi. A few hundred more shift-key presses won't stand out.

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

kdd

[–] k4j8@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

For this reason, I use kebab case for directories. But because I agree underscores show spaces better, I use snake case for files.

[–] elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Depends on your keyboard layout