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  • noun Alternative spelling of camel case.

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Examples

  • In earlier drafts I spent some time talking about camelcase DataPortability ™ (the brand) and ‘data portability’ (the kind of data that is moveable).

    Thoughts on DataPortability | FactoryCity 2008

  • PS: The Journal pats itself on the back today of its new UpFront series (camelcase — that must have given the editors fits), which gives extra prominence to some old standbys.

    mjh's blog — 2008 — August 2008

  • I've decided that camelcase is much harder to read than underscores, and wish the Java and Scala communities would make the switch.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jack Cough 2009

  • I've decided that camelcase is much harder to read than underscores, and wish the Java and Scala communities would make the switch.

    Random Thoughts Jack Cough 2009

  • Coding Standards: no camelcase variables, use lowercase for variables

    Codex - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • · [ZF-9023]: Zend_Memory:: factory () not supports name of the class backend camelcase

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Linux 2010

  • Coding Standards: no camelcase variables, use lowercase for variables

    Codex - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The problem is one of the includes is lowercase when it should be camelcase.

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments 2009

  • The problem is one of the includes is lowercase when it should be camelcase.

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments 2009

  • Take note how GREETING-CALLBACK was converted to camelcase, and how the lispy DEFUN was converted to a JavaScript function declaration.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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  • ThE mOsT aNnOyInG tHiNg EvEr? YeS.

    October 12, 2007

  • Got that right. *rubbing eyes*

    October 12, 2007

  • New Scientist has an article on CamelCase (oh, the irony that Wordie only permits lower-case listings) that notes its original usefulness in making programming terms readable and mentions two derivatives: UpperCamelCase and lowerCamelCase. It also discusses how it's made the transition to web brandnames as a way of avoiding spaces ... and ends on a sinister note by suggesting another programming convention that might be the next to break_free and irritate the_world_at_large.

    October 31, 2007

  • So wait... is CamelCase only capitalizing the first letter of each word? I thought it was capitalizing every other letter. Hmm.

    Edit: Wikipedia says it's the former. Guess I was mistaken. Sorry for hurting your eyes, reesetee. So does tHiS have a name (besides obnoxious)?

    October 31, 2007

  • Ah, that's okay. I needed new eyeglasses anyway. :-)

    November 1, 2007