Consistent coding style is important in any development project, and particularly so when many developers are involved. A standard style helps to ensure that the code is easier to read and understand, which helps overall quality. Writing your code in this way is an important step to having your code accepted by the community. # Names We write all names in CamelCase, i.e. capitalised English words with no spaces between them. ```java i, max, numberPupils ``` ## Class Names Class names always begin with capital letters ```java MyClass, Sausage, FirstClass ``` ## Methods Method names always begin with lower case letters ```java firstMethod(), average() ``` ## Variables Variable names should always be easy-to-read, meaningful lower-case English words. The only exception to this rule is for hyper local variables such as i, j, k in for loops. ## Constants Constants should always be in upper case, they should have words separated by underscores. ```java PI, MAX_TEMPERATURE ``` # Filenames Filenames should : - be whole English words be as short as possible - use lowercase letters only - end in .java # Code Blocks Place the ending curly brackets in line with the block header, and indent the code within the block as shown. ```java for (int i = 1; i <10; i++) { System.out.println(i); } ```