Naming Convention

[sck10]

Hello,

Numerous people have kindly commented on my use of the Hungarian style
naming convention, which I am appreciative of. In trying to move away from
this naming style, I have run into some difficulty. For example, I have a
application that has something like the following:

Text Box: txtLastName
Label: lblLastName
HiddenValue: hdnLastName

In terms of best practice, how should I name these three objects? Any help
with this would be appreciated.

Thanks, sck10

 

[Mark Rae]

In trying to move away from this naming style,

Why are you trying to do that...?

Text Box: txtLastName
Label: lblLastName
HiddenValue: hdnLastName

Looks fine to me - if it ain't broke, don't fix it...

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Looks fine to me, I am also using the same "camel" style if the declaration
are private. Public and protected names usually start with a capital.

 

[tdavisjr]

Well, this all started when MSFT released a document stating that Hungarian
style programming is discouraged. I don't see why for so many years this was
quite fine; but now all of the sudden with .NET it is discouraged. You can
use variation of styles. They recommend stuff like:

lastNameTextBox
LastName
lastName

but to tell you the truth, this is all hogwash. If you find a style that
your are comfortable with, stick with it. Or, if you company has a set
standard use it. Otherwise, ignore what others are saying. Is is
non-productive.

 

[Mark Rae]

Well, this all started when MSFT released a document stating that
Hungarian style programming is discouraged. I don't see why for so many
years this was quite fine; but now all of the sudden with .NET it is
discouraged. You can use variation of styles. They recommend stuff like:

lastNameTextBox
LastName
lastName

but to tell you the truth, this is all hogwash. If you find a style that
your are comfortable with, stick with it. Or, if you company has a set
standard use it. Otherwise, ignore what others are saying. Is is
non-productive.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Steve,

I think tdavisjr has given you a quite good answer:

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If you find a style that your are comfortable with, stick with it. Or, if
you company has a set standard use it. Otherwise, ignore what others are
saying. Is is non-productive.
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Just coding as you like

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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[sck10]

All,

Thanks for the feedback...

sck10