02. General coding style

Avoid cognitive overload

	Don’t do this	Do this
Compound statement	amount = int(input("Enter the amount"))	response = input("Enter the amount") amount = int(response)
Compound statement	print(get_total(n1, n2))	total = get_total(n1, n2) print(total)

Function names

Begin function and method names with a verb except where they are implementing a standard algorithm (in which case use the algorithm name).

For example, calculate_pay or validate_input (case depends on language used) or linear_search.

Class, structure, module, and property names

Begin class, structure, module, and property names with a noun.

For example, EmployeeName (case depends on language used)