naming conventions

naming conventions

I Shall Call It.. SomethingManager

Alan Green rails against the meaninglessness of SomethingManager [http://www.bright-green.com/blog/2003_02_25/naming_java_classes_without_a.html] : > How many classes do you come across named SomethingManager? Any decent sized commercial system seems to have plenty – SessionManager, ConnectionManager, PolicyManager, QueueManager, UrlManager, ConfigurationManager, or even, sadly,

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naming conventions

Microsoft naming: who stole the soul?

Jason Kemp notes that Microsoft's choice of product names can have some unintended consequences [http://jasonkemp.ca/archive/2005/08/01/2696.aspx]: > I don't know yet how I feel about the name Windows Vista, but it at least has some character to it. But

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Hungarian Wars

I've found a number of blog posts about the pros and cons of Simonyi's Hungarian Notation, most notably, this blog post commenting on the extreme polarity of the reprinted MSDN article rating: This single image really cuts to the heart of the debate, pointedly illustrating what

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