JavaScript Guide - Naming Conventions and Best Practices

Here you will get an overview of the different code cases that are widely used.

camelCase

In programming, camelCase formatting for variable names looks like this:

var camelCase = "lower-case first word, capitalize each subsequent word";

PascalCase

PascalCase (or CamelCase) is a variant of camelCase. It differs from camelCase by capitalizing every word, including the first word:

var PascalCase = "upper-case every word";

snake_case

Another popular case called snake_case separates each word with underscores in this manner:

var snake_case = "lower-case everything, but separate words with underscores";