Naming convention for objects

10 Apr 2005 7:15 AM

kd

Hi All,

What is the naming convention for objects?

I checked the MSDN and found naming conventions for class members, etc; but
could not find information on the objects. It would be great if anybody could
provide me the link to the same.

Thanks.
kd

10 Apr 2005 8:21 AM

Adam Goossens

kd,

It's totally up to preference. IMO you can name your objects (I assume
you mean classes?) whatever you like as long as it makes sense and you
are consistent throughout your application/library.

Regards,
-Adam.

kd wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> What is the naming convention for objects?
>
> I checked the MSDN and found naming conventions for class members, etc; but
> could not find information on the objects. It would be great if anybody could
> provide me the link to the same.
>
> Thanks.
> kd

10 Apr 2005 9:12 AM

Bob Powell [MVP]

I would go along with Adam's statement but don't make the mistake of naming
a class that you use in hundreds of places with a huge camel-cased name. The
wear and tear on fingers and keyboards are too much.

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"kd" <k*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D4E3D911-0ACF-47B5-831B-45747547E08B@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> What is the naming convention for objects?
>
> I checked the MSDN and found naming conventions for class members, etc;
> but
> could not find information on the objects. It would be great if anybody
> could
> provide me the link to the same.
>
> Thanks.
> kd

10 Apr 2005 9:36 AM

Cor Ligthert

Bob,

>I would go along with Adam's statement but don't make the mistake of naming
>a class that you use in hundreds of places with a huge camel-cased name.
>The wear and tear on fingers and keyboards are too much.
>

True good written

:-)

Cor

10 Apr 2005 11:24 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"kd" <k*@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> I checked the MSDN and found naming conventions for class members, etc;
> but
> could not find information on the objects. It would be great if anybody
> could
> provide me the link to the same.

Objects typically don't have names. Are you referring to class names?

..NET Framework General Reference -- Naming Guidelines
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconnamingguidelines.asp>

Related:

Naming guidelines and code conventions
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=namingconventions&lang=en>

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