NAMES.md

Naming Conventions

Common Opposites

• Begin/end
• First/last
• Locked/unlocked
• Min/max
• Next/previous
• Old/new
• Opened/closed
• Visible/invisible
• Source/target
• Source/destination
• Up/down

Informal Naming Conventions

Guidelines

• Differentiate between variable names and routine names
  • well... PEP8 kindof doesnt work well for this
• Differentiate between classes and objects
  • Add specific name to the variable
  • Widget employeeWidget
  • There are other types, but all subpar
    • see full notes
• Lead with types too
  • color_ or planet_ style

All that matters is you dont mix techniques

Standard Prefixes

• ch = character in document
  • chCursorPosition
• doc = document
  • docActive
• pa = paragraph
  • firstPaActiveDocument
• scr = screen
  • scrUserWorkspace
• sel = selection
• wn = window
  • wnMain