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Whats your go-to naming convention? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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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[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 76 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

It depends a bit on the use case. I try to follow naming conventions within specific environments like Python. When just sorting some documents together, I usually do a mix of Kebab and snake case, where I split semantic parts with underscores and connect words with dashes like

2024-08-30_author_document-name_other-important-info.ext

[–] odin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

This is exactly what I do. It lends itself to something like 'prefix_specific-info_version' which is both sortable and easy to read.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeahh that's the best IMO ! But I get most of the time stuck with some testOFtest001 files/directory... cause I'm lazy...

But I always ALWAYS regret it afterward... :/

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I can tell that this guy fucks

[–] sntx@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Is something like this defined in a standard somewhere?