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Ruby Ruby Foundations Objects, Classes, and Variables Simple Variables

Ricardo Acuna
Ricardo Acuna
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Posted by Ricardo Acuna
Ricardo Acuna
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Is class Burguer really camelCase?

I was under the impression that this was => camelCase and this was => PascalCase

1 Answer

Unsubscribed User
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There is no strict definition on whether camel case should start with or without an upper cased letter. Different communities and companies tend to define this themselves, but I think it is most common for camel case to start with a lower cased letter (camelCase), as PascalCase is strictly defined to start with an upper cased letter.

I find in a working environment, people tend to use these terms interchangeably. If someone referred to a Ruby class as camel case, I would know that they meant pascal case, because that is the syntax style.