We have all heard that good variable names are important for creating readable programs — advice that will serve you well when you come back to your code two years later, or even twenty. Sometimes, ...

Whenever I teach Learning Tree's course on Design Patterns and Best Practices, I begin the class by asking for some examples of best practices. "Naming conventions" comes up every time. It's obviously ...

New developers can easily become overwhelmed or even confused by the vast number of terms and definitions associated with their profession. In particular, one of the biggest challenges that software ...

What conventions have you seen? What conventions do you use? Why? What conventions have you seen? What conventions do you use? Why? I like the look of camel case because I find it conveys a lot of ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Katrin Ribant, co-founder and chief ...

When new concepts emerge as science advances, they are given new names. These new names are given according to various naming conventions, but computer scientist Will Crichton has argued in his blog ...