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C# and .NET Core Test-Driven Development
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C# and .NET Core Test-Driven Development

by Ayobami Adewole
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
300 pages
7h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
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Naming the program elements

Meaningful and descriptive element naming can greatly improve the source code's readability. It allows easy comprehension of the logical flow of the program. It is amazing how software developers still give names to program elements that are too short or not descriptive enough, such as giving a variable a letter name or using acronyms for variable naming. 

Generic or elusive names for elements lead to ambiguity. For example, having a method name as Extract() or Calculate() at first glance results in subjective interpretations. The same is applicable to using vague names for variables. For example:

int x2;string xxya;

While program element naming in itself is an art, names are to be selected to define the purposes ...

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