snake case en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined in 2004 by Ruby programmer Gavin Kistner, from its resemblance to the long body of a snake, and by analogy with other naming schemes based on lower- and upper-case letters.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice of writing identifiers using underscores to separate words.
Some evidence shows that coders are better able to read code (their code and code written by others) when using snake_case, not camelCase naming.
2018, Camille McCue, Sarah Guthals, Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies®, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 130:While both camelCase and snake_case are perfectly valid syntax in Java, the development community functions better when everyone adopts the same style convention.
2020, Jeanne Boyarsky, Scott Selikoff, OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Programmer I: Study Guide, Exam 1Z0-815, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 49:We were incorporating third-party Python libraries for some of our projects, leading to a mix within our codebase of our own CamelCase format with the externally preferred snake_case style.
2020, Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time, O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snake_case | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
camel case · Pascal case · kebab case