CamelCase vs under_scores vs hyphenated-words

Note: An LLM was not used in writing this article.

Snake-case: do_and_go

• 2 key presses per new component
• Chords involved: 1
• Doesn’t use standard English compounding character
• Marginally aesthetically pleasing, but not normal typography

Camel-case: doAndGo

• 2 key presses per new component
• Chords involved: n where n is the first character of the next component
• Non-standard upper-case
• Not aesthetically pleasing, like a camel’s back

Lisp-case: do-and-go

• 1 key press per new component
• Chords involved: 0
• Uses standard English compounding character: - (think: “type-class”, “camel-case”, “five-point”, “computer-generated”)
• Aesthetically pleasing, consistent height and separation