Capitalization conventions C# with Example
The following terms describe different ways to case identifiers. Pascal Casing The first letter in the identifier and the first letter of each subsequent concatenated word are capitalized. You can use Pascal case for identifiers of three or more characters. For example: BackColor Camel Casing The first letter of an identifier is lowercase and the first letter of each subsequent concatenated word is capitalized. For example: backColor Uppercase All letters in the identifier are capitalized. For example: IO Rules When an identifier consists of multiple words, do not use separators, such as underscores ("_") or hyphens ("-"), between words. Instead, use casing to indicate the beginning of each word. The following table summarizes the capitalization rules for identifiers and provides examples for the different types of identifiers: Identifier Case Example Local variable Camel carName Class Pascal AppDomain Enumeration type Pascal ErrorLevel Enumeration values Pascal FatalError Event Pascal ValueChanged Exception class Pascal WebException Read-only static field Pascal RedValue Interface Pascal IDisposable Method Pascal ToString Namespace Pascal System.Drawing Parameter Camel typeName Property Pascal BackColor More information can be found on MSDN.