Picking up a correct name for the software component is one of the hardest things that every developer has to deal with. Here I refer component as anything in your source code, it can be a variable name, function name, class name or anything. Having a perfect name for the component is a huge achievement it improves the readability of your code so let's find out some of the qualities of a good name.
This is a swarm, in Sinhalese we called this animal as "thisara" which means it can live in water, air or land or can live in all three spaces. What a perfect way to define the behavior of an object by its name.
Let's list down some of the core qualities a name should have.
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Readability.
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Pronounceability.
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Representing one context.
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Do not use acronyms.
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Follow two points are taken from a tweet of Robert C Martine ( AKA uncle bob )
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The length of a variable name should be proportional to its scope. The length of a function or class name is the inverse.
