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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

camelCase for non-source-code files. I find camelCase faster to "parse" for some reason (probably just because I've spent thousands of hours reading and writing camelCase code). For programming, I usually just use whatever each language's standard library uses, for consistency. I prefer camelCase though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

If its my own personal code, snake case, if I am sharing with my frontend devs then camel case. If I am writing short scripts, then flat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Snake Case and Pascal Case is what I tend to default to

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Kebab case with Pascal case in the usual places. I'd change to all kebab case but the muscle memory of typing Documents would nearly kill me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

camel for java. flat for c

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Gotta live the Ocaml_case

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Kebab for most things, camel for source code

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I took a CS class that was java based, and now my go-to is Pascal for file names. Sometimes I do flat or screaming just 'cause.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

2024-09-02_something-important_something-less-important

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I use camel case for methods and functions and snake case for variables. And pascal case for constants. Why? I don’t really know, it makes for a nice distinction I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Pascal and Kebab case

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Pascal for server code running C# and Camel for client running TypeScript.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

generally i still to camelcase if i have no separators, if i do have separators i stick to - now. _ sucks. I use . notation when dealing with copies of files.bak or something like that.

If i feel really special i throw a space in the name just because

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Since Linux is caps sensitive, at least I always use lowercase.

I guess I use kebab case for any file used for IT projects

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's why camelcase starts with a lower letter. If you're using a good terminal+shell setup then it'll be irrelevant most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Have been defaulting to kebab case for variable and function names in all languages recently because of cargo yelling at me

Pascal case for class names cause c#, snake case for python files because it doesn't like kebab

Screaming case for env files because that's what everybody else does

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