--- title: Clean code tip: How to choose meaningful names? | daily.dev description: Choosing meaningful names in code is a core clean code practice that takes deliberate effort. The suggested approach is to write code quickly first, then... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/clean-code-tip-how-to-choose-meaningful-names--gfpaectwb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Clean code tip: How to choose meaningful names? | daily.dev og:description: Choosing meaningful names in code is a core clean code practice that takes deliberate effort. The suggested approach is to write code quickly first, then... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/clean-code-tip-how-to-choose-meaningful-names--gfpaectwb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GfPaeCTWb.png og:image:alt: Clean code tip: How to choose meaningful names? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Clean code tip: How to choose meaningful names? **[Code4IT](https://daily.dev/sources/code4it)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Choosing meaningful names in code is a core clean code practice that takes deliberate effort. The suggested approach is to write code quickly first, then refine names for classes, methods, parameters, variables, namespaces, and libraries once the logic is clearer. Writing tests is highlighted as a good checkpoint for revisiting naming, since tests act as clients to production code. A good name should express meaning, scope, and what it represents, illustrated with a simple C# string-reversal example. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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