First Aid Kit

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The most important tool to assist in proper naming is a good editor. Look for features such as auto-completion and code templates that increase the speed of code entry. IntelliJ’s IDEA has excellent auto-completion for Java, and the Visual Assist plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio offers similar quality auto-completion and code templates for C and C++.

The only other tool that has a major impact on naming and code readability is the choice of programming language. Every language can be made more readable, but for certain tasks, a particular language might be more appropriate. If the option to choose the language is there, take it, but if other factors make that impossible, it is usually not difficult to make the chosen language read easier.

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