Is there an “official” recommendation of how to name Java enums? enum Protocol { HTTP, HTTPS, FTP } or enum Protocols { HTTP, HTTPS, FTP } I know in the .Net world the recommendation is to use singular except for enums that represent bit flags. Just curious if there is something similar in Java. A … Read more
This question already has answers here: Is it .yaml or .yml? (4 answers) Closed 3 years ago. I read them on YAML-wikipedia but not really understood the main difference between them. I saw there are someone using .yaml extension, however, Symfony2 use .yml extension. YAML is a human-readable data serialization format that takes concepts from … Read more
In the past I’ve always used underscores for defining class and id attributes in HTML. Over the last few years I changed over to dashes, mostly to align myself with the trend in the community, not necessarily because it made sense to me. I’ve always thought dashes have more drawbacks, and I don’t see the … Read more
I’m unsure of how to name Dockerfiles. Many on GitHub use Dockerfile without a file extension. Do I give them a name and extension; if so what? Or do I just call them Dockerfile? 11 Answers 11
Why do most C programmers name variables like this: int *myVariable; rather than like this: int* myVariable; Both are valid. It seems to me that the asterisk is a part of the type, not a part of the variable name. Can anyone explain this logic? 12 Answers 12
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Closed last month. Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. Sorry for the waffly title – if I could come up with a concise title, … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question What is the difference between the .htm and .html file extension? Why there are two of … Read more
Is there a set of preferred naming conventions for MongoDB entitites such as databases, collections, field names? I was thinking along these lines: Databases: consist of the purpose (word in singular) and end with “db” – all lower case: imagedb, resumedb, memberdb, etc. Collections: plural in lower case: images, resumes, Document fields: lowerCamelCase, e.g. memberFirstName, … Read more
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I run across many shell scripts with variables in all caps, and I’ve always thought that there is a severe misunderstanding with that. My understanding is that, by convention (and perhaps by necessity long ago), environment variables are in all-caps. But in modern scripting environments like Bash, I have always preferred the convention of lower-case … Read more
