What is "camel-case"

Camelcase is the English term for the practice of writing compound words or phrases, where each word is started with uppercase and joined without spaces. It is a widely used standard in several programming languages, as Java, C#, Ruby, PHP and Python, mainly in the definitions of Classes and Objects.

Variations

  • lowerCamelCase are started by lower case letters. Used in the definition of variables and methods.
  • Uppercamelcase are initiated by uppercase letters. Used for Object Orientation Classes.