Java - Naming Conventions and Code Management

Naming Conventions and Code Management - Java module J608

One of the most important aspects of coding is that your code should be easy for others to read and maintain later. This module examines "best practice" coding conventions ranging from variable and method naming through commenting standards to code structure issues.

This topic is presented on public courses Java Programming for the Web, Learning to Program in Java

Background information

This module is available under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

Within a class.
Variable Naming.
Constant naming.
Commenting.
Further coding standards.
The specification of the interface to a class.
Class naming.
Method Naming.
Instance variable naming.
Bean-able and other standards.
Grouping together classes into packages.
Naming conventions.
Imports.
The four Ps.
Deploying multiple classes.
Directories and files.
Jars.
Accessing shared classes.
CLASSPATH and CLASSDIR.
Other Virtual Machines.

Course links

The following web pages are used as references / examples in this module

[Link] Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language
(at http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv)

We check these links from time to time with a spider written in PHP. Latest full check was on Saturday, 12th June 2004. Titles are extracted from the web pages listed.

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