How to name classes, packages, methods, …. . Everything needs a name. That’s the problem I’m facing every day and I think every programmer does. There seems to be no book that deals with that issue. Or at least I haven’t found one. So what does the internet hands over.
If you search on java.sun.com you’ll probably find the basic stuff like this: Code Conventions but isn’t there greater help out there?
A really helpful article I found next was on hacknot.info: Naming Classes - Do It Once And Do It Right.
And then I stumbled over a kind of ultimate guide: AmbySoft - Coding Standards For Java.
The articles are obviously good but they aren’t perfect now. I’d really appreciate a good book that only deals with the issues of naming. It shouldn’t define standards and say: “That’s the truth!” but reflect different possibilities and show the advantages as well as the disadvantages of each.
I hope such a book will be available for novice programmers some day.
Maybe I’ll write one myself. 
Monday, April 12th, 2004 at 10:41 am
