NamingConventions

from Perl Best Practices by O'Reilly

• namespace: noun_adjective_adjective
  • disk
  • disk dvd
  • disk dvd rewriteable
• variable: adjective*_noun
  • node
  • final_total
  • estimated_net_worth
• function: imperative-verb_adjective_noun_participle
  • build_profile
  • build_execution_profile
  • build_execution_profile_using
• booleans - name after associated test
  • is_valid
  • metadata_available_for
  • has_end_tag
• reference variables
  • var_ref
• name arrays in plural and hashes in singular
• abbreviate indents by prefix
• abbreviate only when the meaning remains unambiguous
• prefix internal-use-only subroutines with an underscore