How to name namespaces with composed names? [closed]

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Let's say I own a domain called www.john-doe.com. How would I write an appropriate namespace in C#?

Is it Com.John_Doe.<product-name> ?

All I read about C# namespace convetions is that it should use PascalCase. But what about the minus sign? Is it appropriate to write an underscore for it?

Answer 1

According to .NET namespace conventions, you should use pascal casing in namespaces (unless that goes against non-standard casing your company/brand/product uses). And according to capitalization conventions, pascal casing should not include underscores. General naming conventions also tell you to not use hyphen (which will actually produce compiler errors in C# anyway).

Unless Com is intended to be replaced with your company name (from the context, "John Doe" sounds like the company) You should just go with:

JohnDoe.<ProductName>

Answer 2

I think it is personal preference. E.g. my preference is JohnDoe.