Something about naming convention for properties in Kotlin, I know it’s not for methods. But it’s related: From book Kotlin in Action (by Dmitry Jemerov & Svetlana Isakova) – section 2.2.1 Properties: In Kotlin, properties are a first-class language feature, which entirely replaces fields and accessor methods. Listing 2.5. Declaring a mutable property in a … Read more
If you have a consistent UOM for things, then your DBA’s policy is OK. For example, if timespans are ALWAYS in minutes, etc. If the UOM could change, then you should store it in another column, alongside the qty. That said, I tend to side with you on this. Clarity trumps most things, including this. … Read more
.dist files are often configuration files which do not contain the real-world deploy-specific parameters (e.g. Database Passwords, etc.), and are there to help you get started with the application/framework faster. So, to get started with such frameworks, you should remove the .dist extension, and customize your configuration file with your personal parameters. One purpose I … Read more
It’s a convention used in other Lisps, such as Common Lisp, to distinguish between special variables, as distinct from lexical variables. A special or dynamic variable has its binding stored in a dynamic environment, meaning that its current value as visible to any point in the code depends upon how it may have been bound … Read more
It stands for Implementation. It’s a Java convention. Often in java (particularly J2EE) you will get an object from some factory, and then use it. That object’s type is often given to you as an interface, so that you don’t need to know the actual class, just its methods. An impl class is usually a … Read more
I believe there is a continuum of complexity, therefore corresponding organizations. Examples follow, choose depending of the complexity of your project and your utilities, and adapt to other constraints : One class (called Helper), with a few methods One package (called helper), with a few classes (called XXXHelper), each class with a few methods. Alternatively, … Read more
In “Code Complete,” Steve McConnell notes that “Number” is ambiguous. It could be a count, or an index, or some other number. “But, because using Number so often creates confusion, it’s probably best to sidestep the whole issue by using Count to refer to a total number of sales and Index to refer to a … Read more
To remember camel case you have to think about the shape of the capital letters. They are like the humps of a camel as you can see in this image. Pascal Casing – capitalizes each word: ThisShouldBePascalCase Camel Casing – is similiar to pascal case but the first word is not capitalized: thisShouldBeCamelCase You can … Read more
As noone has yet answered the question, I’ll post on what I have decided in the meantime. Just for the record, I have pretty much decided on calling most data store classes repositories. First, it appears to be the most neutral, non-technical term from the list I suggested, and it seems to be well in … Read more
As with most things in programming, you can use any name you like. But, as with most things in programming, names matter and good names are hard. Here’s how I name segues… Good segue names Name segues as you would name action methods. Name segues by what they will do. Good segue name examples: addUser … Read more