Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣Apr 17, 2023

What is the difference between PascalCase, camelCase, Kebab-case, and Snake_case?

It all started in programming all the way back in the 90s, but it is very useful in today's world of #hashtags, most specially in the #fediverse.

Let's go over each.
1. #PascalCase. First letter of every word should be capitalised.

e.g. #ThisIsYetAnotherExample

2. #camelCase. First letter of the first word should be in lowercase. Every other word after should be capitalised.

e.g. #thisIsAnExample

3. #Kebab-case. Words are separated with a hyphen.

e.g. #this-Is-an-Example

4. #Snake_case. Words are separated with an underscore.

e.g. #This_is_An_example

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Most #SNS software and apps will not convert Snake_case and Kebab-case hashtags into an active link, so these two are rarely used.

PascalCase is the preferred format as it makes it very easy to read hashtags with multiple words. A camelCase #hashtag is fine as well.

Well, that's as short as it can be.

Show threadMike MacgirvinApr 17, 2023
Most of my fediverse software (at least since Friendica) handles any combination of the above; and also allows multi-word hashtags wrapped in quotes. We do normally ignore a trailing period or exclamation or question mark in a tag since these often mark the end of a sentence and usually weren't intended to be part of the tag. We also normally ignore strictly numeric hashtags like #1 - however you can make a hashtag including any of these characters by using the quoted form.
Show threadtallship

@mike

Ah, @youronlyone - There we have it Yuki, from the Man himself that created #Friendica, #Hubzilla, #Streams, #Red_Matrix, #Zap, and #ZOT (and so much more)!

Thanks Mike! Not just for that tidbit, but all the remarkable things you've done for us!

Kindest regards,

#tallship

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Apr 17, 2023 at 4:54amWeb