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just treat acronyms as a word, e.g. `myId` instead of `myID`. That's been the standard practice in JavaScript as long as I've been using it at least.

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That is the standard practice in Java. But JavaScript has XMLHttpRequest, innerHTML, etc

There's not really a good standard at all, but I think the _emerging_ practice is captured well here

> When using acronyms, use Pascal case or camel case for acronyms more than two characters long. For example, use HtmlButton or htmlButton . However, you should capitalize acronyms that consist of only two characters, such as System.IO instead of System.Io . Do not use abbreviations in identifiers or parameter names.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dotnet/n...

It is for id, but not for acronyms. Eg `innerHTML`. https://w3ctag.github.io/design-principles/#casing-rules

And that isn't even getting to XMLHttpRequest.

Haha, yeah

- Isn't limited to XML

- Isn't limited to HTTP

- The returned object is also the response

Beautifully named.

And the first letter in the XML acronym shouldn't even be X.

Obiously the JS API should be called ExtensibleMarkupLanguageHyperTextTransportProtocolRequest

just as well-thought-through as other parts of the web ecosystem, starting at the scripting language designed in a mere week.

I'm having to touch Spring occasionally nowadays and wow it is a hodgepodge. It really is the backend equivalent of jQuery.

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