How do you name your project?
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
Those seem like very good/sensible names. On my last assignment I wrote a FieldMapper and a ParameterLoader. For my own code I choose whatever catches my fancy (see my articles). However, using names that are more "fun" can make an otherwise dreary task more enjoyable.
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A friend of mine (Oi! Bradbury! Are you still alive?) tried to get a project called Computerized Line Integrated Test Or Repair Information System through when he worked for BT. He boss was just about to sign the order for project ties when he noticed the acronym... :sigh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
I'm a fan of garden railways, the name I have in mind for if I ever build one is the Canyon Lands and Indian Territory.
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Loads: 1) Open the dictionary with your eyes shut. Stab the page with a finger. 2) Use an acronym that describes it's use. Can be a problem if you are developing Projects Examining New Infrastructure Systems. 3) Go to a Pr0n site at random. Whatever actor / actress / position / body part is under your mouse is your project name. 4) Name them after people you admire. Use on the first name. "Winston" and "Marilyn" are ok, but watch out for "Elvis"
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I'm a fan of garden railways, the name I have in mind for if I ever build one is the Canyon Lands and Indian Territory.
I'm going to stop there, before I get this thread moved to the soapbox... :-O
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I tried number one when trying to think of a name for my current project and stabbed "Flatulence"?
C'est What?
Does it involve the potential release of toxic gases?
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Does it involve the potential release of toxic gases?
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
Does it involve the potential release of toxic gases?
No but not sure how bad it may stink. (Depends on user acceptance)
C'est What?
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
Usually I use a descriptive name during development, and change the name later in the process. However, I have about a hundred projects with "Test" somewhere in the name, where I was just playing around learning something or other, or trying a new idea I had. I don't think I have ever deleted a test project, although now I don't know how to tell them apart anymore. I guess I'm just not that creative. :-D
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
" How do you name your project?" I use descriptive names for my projects, such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. :-D
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Sub project names we use description of animals at the moment we like badgers (why please dont ask me as even I dont know) and we named the internal report engine to the new underwriting system Boogle (as this has something to do with the description of a collection of badgers)
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
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Re: 2) We had endless hours of fun trying to name a system a few years back, my favorite suggestion was: Transportation Information Tracking System.
I wrote an email splitting utility for processing incoming notifications from the courier we use at work, it's called: City Link Imap Tracker
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I'm a fan of garden railways, the name I have in mind for if I ever build one is the Canyon Lands and Indian Territory.
See http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4014060/Re-How-do-you-name-your-project.aspx :)
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I'm a fan of garden railways, the name I have in mind for if I ever build one is the Canyon Lands and Indian Territory.
Not outdoors, yet very impressive: Wunderland in Hamburg[^]. I haven't seen it yet, but I will, sometime. I just received the link myself. :)
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Sub project names we use description of animals at the moment we like badgers (why please dont ask me as even I dont know) and we named the internal report engine to the new underwriting system Boogle (as this has something to do with the description of a collection of badgers)
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
Simon_Whale wrote:
we use description of animals
You project is called "SmallBlackAndWhiteNocturnalMammalThatLivesInSettsAndEatsSlugsAndWorms"?
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
I once worked on an visual drag & drop editor for a proprietary scripting language, the devloper who wrote the language called it STRUDEL (Standardized Trigger and RUle DEfinition Language), so of course i had to call the editor project APPLE (Application for Programming by Placement of Logical Elements) ... we had a good old chuckle at that, our boss, however, grumped for ages over that one
Pedis ex oris
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
I tend to use the Leonard of Quirm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Discworld#Leonard_of_Quirm[^] technique of naming things. I guess I am just not imaginative enough. My boss prefers acronyms if possible. Fortunately we can mostly agree on a project name... after it has been released. ;-)
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
For the finished product they tend to have fairly boring and descriptive names, however I use to work for a company where all projects in development were named after Russian satellites. Another popular one we used at a different company were names from Greek mythology.
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I am currently using some very boring yet descriptive names for my projects. Such as "IssueTracker" for issue tracker, "Forum" for forum, etc. Are there any cool ways to name your project?
I once worked on an Activity Planning system for a new startup company. The project was appropriately named NAP (Newco Activity Planning). The new company was formed and has christned Keir Rogers So NAP became KRAP overnight. ~A
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Simon_Whale wrote:
we use description of animals
You project is called "SmallBlackAndWhiteNocturnalMammalThatLivesInSettsAndEatsSlugsAndWorms"?
Mine is called "SeveralSpeciesOfSmallFurryAnimalsGatheredTogetherInACaveAndGroovingWithAPict", so why not :D
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood
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Sub project names we use description of animals at the moment we like badgers (why please dont ask me as even I dont know) and we named the internal report engine to the new underwriting system Boogle (as this has something to do with the description of a collection of badgers)
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
Projects name Depend on projects concept.
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Mine is called "SeveralSpeciesOfSmallFurryAnimalsGatheredTogetherInACaveAndGroovingWithAPict", so why not :D
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood
Weird.. I actually had an inhouse debug tool that I called "Ummagumma". Most of my project names are inspired by some sort of music or movie loosely based on the projects functionality. Jude - "Julian calendar conversion tool" CommaChameleon - "CSV to other data source translator" Gumby - "In House bug tracker... don't ask" Pokey - "ASP.NET UI for Gumby but killed to move to a commercial bugtracking package." Wall-E - "tool I wrote to check and clean up garbage data due to a bug in the ERP software" not to mention the shameless matrix references for our test environments..
