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> It's one of those typical things that novice programmers fret about. I think you might be generalizing a little too far here. I've been programming for over

> It's one of those typical things that novice programmers fret about. I think you might be generalizing a little too far here. I've been programming for over thirty years in more languages than I care to remember. Every so often a meme of some sort raises to the surface and the sheep jump on it. Hungarian notation was probably one of the ugliest of all. Case sensitivity is another. And, case sensitivity added to camel case just makes your job that much harder for no good reason at all: autoDetectMotorPhaseAngleAndSpeed Is horribly unreadable and gives you many opportunities to make a typing mistake and cause development delays. auto-detect-motor-phase-angle-and-speed Is super-easy to read and type. Less entry errors and legible code are important. If you think that this is a newbie "mistake", well, they are right.

blowski 14y ago
Any actual research to support that, or is it just an opinion? As I can't find any data, I've asked on programmers.stackexchange.com. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/186407/are-there-any-studies-that-say-camelcase-is-more-or-less-readable-than-dashes http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/186407/are-th...
- robomartin 14y ago
  Let's see how long that one stays open! :-) From one of the answers: "results indicate a significant improvement in time and lower visual effort with the underscore style. The interaction of Experience with Style indicates that novices benefit twice as much with respect to time, with the underscore style." Having said what I said, I'll program in any language and abide by any convention if required. That's just what you have to do as a programmer. No issues there. If a client requires camelCase, so be it, it's not like it is crippling. If I have the freedom to do so, I tend to be very pragmatic about my own projects. I don't subscribe to fads both in my personal life and in software development. Camel case and Hungarian notation are just fads that, when surfaced, may or may not survive the test of time. The second, for the most part, did not. We'll see what happens with Camel case. None of this crap is necessary to write good code, or code that is bug-free, or code that makes you money. Life goes on. Those who love to camelCase, hey, it's OK, not the end of the world.

blowski 14y ago

Any actual research to support that, or is it just an opinion? As I can't find any data, I've asked on programmers.stackexchange.com. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/186407/are-there-any-studies-that-say-camelcase-is-more-or-less-readable-than-dashes http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/186407/are-th...

robomartin 14y ago
Let's see how long that one stays open! :-) From one of the answers: "results indicate a significant improvement in time and lower visual effort with the underscore style. The interaction of Experience with Style indicates that novices benefit twice as much with respect to time, with the underscore style." Having said what I said, I'll program in any language and abide by any convention if required. That's just what you have to do as a programmer. No issues there. If a client requires camelCase, so be it, it's not like it is crippling. If I have the freedom to do so, I tend to be very pragmatic about my own projects. I don't subscribe to fads both in my personal life and in software development. Camel case and Hungarian notation are just fads that, when surfaced, may or may not survive the test of time. The second, for the most part, did not. We'll see what happens with Camel case. None of this crap is necessary to write good code, or code that is bug-free, or code that makes you money. Life goes on. Those who love to camelCase, hey, it's OK, not the end of the world.