Question

Some time ago I read following rules:

• local variables, parameters are written with Camel case
• field, properties, methods with Pascal

However then I have seen that in using properties, the property should be Pascal and that private field camel. So I am confused, what is the correct, standard naming convention?

Answer 1

What MSDN says

Do use Pascal casing for all public
member, type, and namespace names
consisting of multiple words.

Note that this rule does not apply to
instance fields. For reasons that are
detailed in the Member Design
Guidelines, you should not use public
instance fields.

Do use camel casing for parameter
names.

Since this has been mentioned: A recommendation for underscores as prefix for private fields does not seem to be included in the conventions on MSDN, but the .NET classes are written in that style.