Text Case Conventions in Programming: camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case, and URL Slugs
Why do programmers use different casing conventions? Explore the history, compiler requirements, and stylistic best practices of modern software variable naming.
Why Different Naming Conventions Exist
Programming languages do not allow spaces in variable names, functions, or file paths. To represent multi-word phrases, developers invented distinct capitalization and delimiter conventions.
Overview of Common Programming Cases
- camelCase: First word lowercase, subsequent words capitalized (
userProfileData). Standard in JavaScript, Java, Swift, TypeScript. - PascalCase: Every word capitalized (
UserProfileController). Standard for Classes, React Components, C# types. - snake_case: Words separated by underscores (
user_profile_data). Standard in Python, Ruby, Rust, SQL database column names. - SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE: All uppercase with underscores (
MAX_RETRY_COUNT). Standard for global constants. - kebab-case: Words separated by hyphens (
user-profile-widget). Standard in CSS class names, HTML attributes, and web URL paths.
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