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A general purpose tag to cover anything concerning naming, be it files, programming constructs, data etc.

A general purpose tag to cover anything concerning naming, be it files, programming constructs, data etc.

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Naming Classes - How to avoid calling everything a "Manager"?

A long time ago I have read an article (I believe a blog entry) which put me on the "right" track on naming objects: Be very very scrupulous about naming things in your program. For example if my application was (as a typical business app) handling…
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What does the @ symbol before a variable name mean in C#?

I understand that the @ symbol can be used before a string literal to change how the compiler parses the string. But what does it mean when a variable name is prefixed with the @ symbol?
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What is the difference between a shim and a polyfill?

Both seem to be used in web development circles, see e.g. HTML5 Cross Browser Polyfills, which says: So here we're collecting all the shims, fallbacks, and polyfills... Or, there's the es5-shim project. In my current project we're using a number…
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Which characters are illegal within a branch name?

Which characters are illegal within a branch name?
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What's the use/meaning of the @ character in variable names in C#?

I discovered that you can start your variable name with a '@' character in C#. In my C# project I was using a web service (I added a web reference to my project) that was written in Java. One of the interface objects defined in the WSDL had a…
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.c vs .cc vs. .cpp vs .hpp vs .h vs .cxx

Possible Duplicates: *.h or *.hpp for your class definitions Correct C++ code file extension? .cc vs .cpp I used to think that it used to be that: .h files are header files for C and C++, and usually only contain declarations. .c files are C…
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What is the etymology of 'slug' in a URL?

Is "URL slug" a completely arbitrary word? Or does it stand for something? I used the word in a conversation with someone and when they asked me why it's called that I realized I didn't know. I know what it means of course. The Stack Overflow tag…
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Android - Package Name convention

For the "Hello World" example in android.com, the package name is "package com.example.helloandroid;" Is there any guideline/standard to name this package? (references would be nice)
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Is it ok to use dashes in Python files when trying to import them?

Basically when I have a python file like: python-code.py and use: import (python-code) the interpreter gives me syntax error. Any ideas on how to fix it? Are dashes illegal in python file names?
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Does the use of the "Async" suffix in a method name depend on whether the 'async' modifier is used?

What is the convention for suffixing method names with "Async"? Should the "Async" suffix be appended only to a method that is declared with the async modifier? public async Task ConnectAsync() Or is it enough that the method just returns…
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What is the opposite of 'parse'?

I have a function, parseQuery, that parses a SQL query into an abstract representation of that query. I'm about to write a function that takes an abstract representation of a query and returns a SQL query string. What should I call the second…
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What are the different kinds of cases?

I'm interested in the different kinds of identifier cases, and what people call them. Do you know of any additions to this list, or other alternative names? myIdentifier : Camel case (e.g. in java variable names) MyIdentifier : Capital camel case…
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Python "private" function coding convention

When writing a python module and functions in it, I have some "public" functions that are supposed to be exposed to outsiders, but some other "private" functions that are only supposed to be seen and used locally and internally. I understand in…
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What's the best approach to naming classes?

Coming up with good, precise names for classes is notoriously difficult. Done right, it makes code more self-documenting and provides a vocabulary for reasoning about code at a higher level of abstraction. Classes which implement a particular…
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What is SUT and where did it come from?

I see many people talking about the term SUT, but do not understand why they use that term. SUT is what you want to test? Where does this term come from and what does it mean? For example in this test, what is my SUT? [TestMethod] public void…
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