This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Parth Kamal
There are various popular naming conventions which are common among various languages, the relevance of these conventions comes from , the legacy which they hold and other factors like readability, purpose, programming cababilities, for example , we most follow camelcase for java, for c++ which comes with great capabilities, we use lowercase with underscores, most of the time.
why important ?
there are two main advantage which comes with this,
- consistency in the code base – especially you are contributing open source.
- readability – with common coding style and following it becomes easy for you to understand the code.
C++ naming convention –
- Variables – lowercase with underscores,
- Functions – lower case with underscores,
- Classes – Pascal case
- Constants – uppercase with underscores.
In gist : following the best practices , and guidelines, make the job easier for everyone.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Parth Kamal