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Started by Nicholas Kong February 23, 2013 12:46 AM

6 comments, last by Nercury 11 years, 2 months ago

Nicholas Kong

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February 23, 2013 12:46 AM

I learned programming by just calling it the "class that has the main method" which sounds cumbersome. Is there a word that describes this definition in the programming world?

Another question, what do you name your java class that has the main method so people can find which java class is the entry point a lot easier?

Bruno Sofiato

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February 23, 2013 01:21 AM

I use the following naming scheme.

ProjectRootPackage.ProjectNameBootstrap

E,g .: If I had a project named Test and its root package its named com.bubsy.test I would the class which have the main method com.bubsy.test.TestBootstrap

Khatharr

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February 23, 2013 01:35 AM

"Fred".

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Geometrian

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February 23, 2013 01:38 AM

When I am forced to use Java, I refer to it as the "Main Class" and name it "Main".

Using something more is overkill, and it's consistent with naming schemes for every other language.

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Nicholas Kong

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February 23, 2013 02:38 AM

When I am forced to use Java, I refer to it as the "Main Class" and name it "Main".

Using something more is overkill, and it's consistent with naming schemes for every other language.

Thanks

dmatter

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February 23, 2013 02:41 AM

I usually refer to it colloquially as "the main class" but I typically name the class Program and/or I include the name of the application, e.g. ChatClientProgram.

I have seen people name it Application, App and Main. I happen to like Program and this is what Visual Studio names the equivalent class when making a new C# application.

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