Code Smell 171 - Plural Classes

Classes are my precious

TL;DR: Classes represent concepts. And concepts are singular.

Problems 😔

• Naming

• Code Standards

Solutions 😃

1. Rename classes to singular

Context 💬

Naming things is hard.

We need to agree on certain rules.

Sample Code 📖

Wrong 🚫

class Users

Right 👉

class User

Detection 🔍

[X] Automatic

This is a syntactic rule.

Tags 🏷️

• Naming

Conclusion 🏁

Name concepts in the singular.

Classes are concepts.

More Information 📕

What exactly is a name - Part II Rehab

Disclaimer 📘

Code Smells are just my opinion.

Credits 🙏

Photo by Anton Malanin on Unsplash

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We are still in the infancy of naming what is really happening on software development projects.

Alistair Cockburn

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This article is part of the CodeSmell Series.