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?

  • @otp
    13•14 days ago

    Camel case, but with a twist – if the next word is about to start after a capital letter, I’ll have it lower case.

    topSecretFBIfile.txt for example

    • Codex
      22•14 days ago

      Interesting, I’d tend to demote the initialism, ie topSecretFbiFiles.tar.gz

      • @otp
        2•13 days ago

        That’s probably more commonly accepted. I defer to whatever my team is doing, but for my own files, I wouldn’t want things like UsStudentList or USStudentList which both look wrong to me.

        USstudentList looks right to me, and if that’s wrong, I’m okay with being wrong! Haha