Variable Naming Best Practices in JavaScript

Like any other programming language, JavaScript relies heavily on well-structured and understandable code. One of the fundamental building blocks of clean JavaScript code is effective variable naming.

By adhering to certain best practices, you can significantly enhance the readability and maintainability of your JavaScript projects. Let’s dive into 12 sets of JavaScript variable naming guidelines.

 <!--<script src="Scripts/Libs/localstorage_adapter.js" type="text/javascript"></script>-->

 <!--<script src="Scripts/App/store.js" type="text/javascript"></script>-->

Blogger.PostsRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
    model: function () {
        return this.store.find('post');
    }
});

 DS.RESTAdapter.reopen({
      namespace: 'api'
});

 <script src="Scripts/Adapters/web_api_adapter.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

namespace EmberJS03.Models
{
    public class Post
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public string Body { set; get; }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
 
namespace EmberJS03
{
    public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
 
        protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
               name: "DefaultApi",
               routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
               defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
               );
 
            var settings = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings;
            settings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
        }
    }
}

namespace EmberJS03.Controllers
{
    public class PostsController : ApiController
    {
        public IEnumerable<Post> Get()
        {
            return DataSource.PostsList;
        } 
    }
}

  WARNING: Encountered "0" in payload, but no model was found for model name "0" (resolved model name using DS.RESTSerializer.typeForRoot("0"))

[
  {
    Id: 1,
    Title: 'First Post'
  }, {
    Id: 2,
    Title: 'Second Post'
  }
]

{
  posts: [{
    id: 1,
    title: 'First Post'
  }, {
    id: 2,
    title: 'Second Post'
  }]
}

using System.Web.Http;
using EmberJS03.Models;
 
namespace EmberJS03.Controllers
{
    public class PostsController : ApiController
    {
        public object Get()
        {
            return new { posts = DataSource.PostsList };
        }
    }
}

 public HttpResponseMessage Post(Comment comment)

{"comment":{"text":"data...","post":"3"}}
 

namespace EmberJS03.Controllers
{
    public class CommentsController : ApiController
    {
        public HttpResponseMessage Post(HttpRequestMessage requestMessage)
        {
            var jsonContent = requestMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
            // {"comment":{"text":"data...","post":"3"}}
            var jObj = JObject.Parse(jsonContent);
            var comment = jObj.SelectToken("comment", false).ToObject<Comment>();


            var id = 1;
            var lastItem = DataSource.CommentsList.LastOrDefault();
            if (lastItem != null)
            {
                id = lastItem.Id + 1;
            }
            comment.Id = id;
            DataSource.CommentsList.Add(comment);

            // ارسال آی دی با فرمت خاص مهم است
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, new { comment = comment });
        }
    }
}

Blogger.Post = DS.Model.extend({
   title: DS.attr(),
   body: DS.attr(),
   comments: DS.hasMany('comment', { async: true } /* lazy loading */)
});

namespace EmberJS03.Models
{
    public class Post
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public string Body { set; get; }
 
        // lazy loading via an array of IDs
        public int[] Comments { set; get; } 
    }
}

namespace EmberJS03.Models
{
    public class Post
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public string Body { set; get; }
 
        // load related models via URLs instead of an array of IDs
        // ref. https://github.com/emberjs/data/pull/1371
        public object Links { set; get; }
 
        public Post()
        {
            Links = new { comments = "comments" }; // api/posts/id/comments
        }
    }
}

namespace EmberJS03
{
    public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
 
        protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
               name: "DefaultApi",
               routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}/{name}",
               defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional, name = RouteParameter.Optional }
               );
 
            var settings = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings;
            settings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
        }
    }
}

namespace EmberJS03.Controllers
{
    public class PostsController : ApiController
    {
        //GET api/posts/id
        public object Get(int id)
        {
            return
                new
                {
                    posts = DataSource.PostsList.FirstOrDefault(post => post.Id == id),
                    comments = DataSource.CommentsList.Where(comment => comment.Post == id).ToList()
                };
        }
    }
}

namespace EmberJS03.Controllers
{
    public class PostsController : ApiController
    {
        public HttpResponseMessage Delete(int id)
        {
            var item = DataSource.PostsList.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == id);
            if (item == null)
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);

            DataSource.PostsList.Remove(item);

            //حذف کامنت‌های مرتبط
            var relatedComments = DataSource.CommentsList.Where(comment => comment.Post == id).ToList();
            relatedComments.ForEach(comment => DataSource.CommentsList.Remove(comment));

            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new { post = item });
        }
    }
}

 Attempted to handle event `pushedData` on  while in state root.deleted.inFlight.

Blogger.PostController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
    isEditing: false,
    actions: {
        edit: function () {
            this.set('isEditing', true);
        },
        save: function () {
            var post = this.get('model');
            post.save();
 
            this.set('isEditing', false);
        },
        delete: function () {
            if (confirm('Do you want to delete this post?')) {
                var thisController = this;
                var post = this.get('model');
                post.destroyRecord().then(function () {
                    thisController.transitionToRoute('posts');
                });
            }
        }
    }
});

 <input id="pickDate" type="text"/>

 <script type="text/javascript">
  $(function() {
        $("#pickDate").kendoDatePicker();
  });
</script>

 <input id="dateOfBirth" type="text" data-role="datepicker" />

 <!--KendoUI: Web-->
<link href="styles/kendo.common.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="styles/kendo.default.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="js/kendo.web.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!--KendoUI: DataViz-->
<link href="styles/kendo.dataviz.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/kendo.dataviz.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!--KendoUI: Mobile-->
<link href="styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/kendo.mobile.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

 <link href="styles/kendo.common.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="styles/kendo.default.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="js/kendo.all.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title></title>

    <link href="styles/kendo.common.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="styles/kendo.default.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <script src="js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="js/kendo.all.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("#pickDate").kendoDatePicker();
        });

        $(function () {
            // initialize any widgets in the #container div
            kendo.init($("#container"));
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <span>
        Pick a date: <input id="pickDate" type="text" />
    </span>

    <div id="container">
        <input id="dateOfBirth" type="text" data-role="datepicker" />
        <div id="colors"
             data-role="colorpalette"
             data-columns="4"
             data-tile-size="{ width: 34, height: 19 }"></div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

 <script type="text/javascript">
  $(function () {
      $("#pickDate").kendoDatePicker({
              format: "yyyy/MM/dd"
        });
  });
</script>

<input id="dateOfBirth" type="text"
          data-role="datepicker"
          data-format="yyyy/MM/dd" />

    <input id="colorPicker1" />
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#colorPicker1").kendoComboBox({
                dataSource: ["Blue", "Green", "Red", "Yellow"]
            });
        });
    </script>

    <input id="colorPicker2" data-role="combobox" data-source='["Blue", "Green", "Red", "Yellow"]' />
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            kendo.init($("#colorPicker2"));
        });
    </script>

    <input id="colorPicker3" />
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function onColorChange(e) {
             alert('Color Change!');
        }

        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#colorPicker3").kendoComboBox({
                dataSource: ["Blue", "Green", "Red", "Yellow"],
                change: onColorChange
            });
        });
    </script>

    <input id="colorPicker4" data-role="combobox"
           data-source='["Blue", "Green", "Red", "Yellow"]'
           data-change="onColorChange" />

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function onColorChange(e) {
            alert('Color Change!');
        }

        $(document).ready(function () {
            kendo.init($("#colorPicker4"));
        });
    </script>

TypeScript lets you write JavaScript the way you really want to.

TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.

Any browser. Any host. Any OS. Open Source. 

<PropertyGroup>
  <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
  <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
</PropertyGroup>

<PropertyGroup>
    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
    <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
</ItemGroup>

"justMyCode": false,
"symbolOptions": {
   "searchMicrosoftSymbolServer": true
},
"suppressJITOptimizations": true,
"env": {
   "COMPlus_ZapDisable": "1"
}