TL;DR: Classes represent concepts. And concepts are singular.
Problems
Naming
Code Standards
Solutions
- Rename classes to singular
Context
Naming things is hard.
We need to agree on certain rules.
Sample Code
Wrong
class Users
Right
class User
Detection
[X] Automatic
This is a syntactic rule.
Tags
- Naming
Conclusion
Name concepts in the singular.
Classes are concepts.
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Disclaimer
Code Smells are just my opinion.
Credits
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We are still in the infancy of naming what is really happening on software development projects.
Alistair Cockburn
This article is part of the CodeSmell Series.
About the author
I’m a senior software engineer loving clean code, and declarative designs. S.O.L.I.D. and agile methodologies fan.
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