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By Paul Leahy, About.com Guide to Java

Java Naming Conventions

Friday September 19, 2008

Seeing as this week's programming challenge is based around how readable a piece of code is, it seemed a good time to look at standard Java naming conventions.

You might write a program today that you know inside out. However, when you come to tinker with it 6 months from now will you instantly be able to remember what everything does? Would another programmer? It's worth investing time in following a consistent naming convention to help make it easier to read and maintain.

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