Mike Starr
Reputation: 43
What are the most commonly used words for use in identifiers?
Naming variables, methods, and classes is hard. Having a good vocabulary to choose from can make things easier, and choosing commonly used words can make your programs more easily understood by other programmers.
For example:
Naming classes after common patterns (Builder, Factory, Observer, Iterator)
Built-in classes (Executor)
Action verbs (get, set, build, connect, execute)
Are there any compiled lists of the most commonly used words in programs to aid in name construction?
Some lists I have found so far:
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