Resource (.resx) file Key naming conventions?

Question

I\'m building a C# app that will likely contain a couple resource files to store strings for use in language translation. I\'m trying to come up with a naming convention for

Answer 1

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/naming-resources. As @bobbyalex has said, this includes using PascalCasing, since the generated resource designer file does implement the resources as properties.

✔️ DO use PascalCasing in resource keys.

✔️ DO provide descriptive rather than short identifiers.

❌ DO NOT use language-specific keywords of the main CLR languages.

✔️ DO use only alphanumeric characters and underscores in naming resources.

✔️ DO use the following naming convention for exception message resources.

The resource identifier should be the exception type name plus a short identifier of the exception:

ArgumentExceptionIllegalCharacters ArgumentExceptionInvalidName ArgumentExceptionFileNameIsMalformed