Guidelines for naming classes in Objective-C

Question

First of all, there are no namespaces in Objective-C, that\'s one thing. But when a project increases in size and files, and UITableCellViews and other subviews are added, n

Answer 1

Scott Stevenson has some recommended guidelines for class naming here:

http://cocoadevcentral.com/articles/000082.php

http://cocoadevcentral.com/articles/000083.php

From that article:

Whether they're a standard part of Cocoa or your own creation, class names are always capitalized.

Objective-C doesn't have namespaces, so prefix your class names with initials. This avoids "namespace collision," which is a situation where two pieces of code have the same name but do different things. Classes created by Cocoa Dev Central would probably be prefixed with "CDC".

If you subclass a standard Cocoa class, it's good idea to combine your prefix with the superclass name, such as CDCTableView.