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  • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

    I tried number one when trying to think of a name for my current project and stabbed "Flatulence"?

    C'est What?

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    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."

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      Mike Hankey
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      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?

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        Bert Mitton
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        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?

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          JimmyRopes
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          " 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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          • S Simon_Whale

            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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            DaveyM69
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            :badger:

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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.

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              DaveyM69
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              I wrote an email splitting utility for processing incoming notifications from the courier we use at work, it's called: City Link Imap Tracker

              Dave
              Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier. Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum. Astonish us. Be exceptional. (Pete O'Hanlon)
              BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)

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              • P PIEBALDconsult

                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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                DaveyM69
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                See http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4014060/Re-How-do-you-name-your-project.aspx :)

                Dave
                Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier. Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum. Astonish us. Be exceptional. (Pete O'Hanlon)
                BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  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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                  Luc Pattyn
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                  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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                  • S Simon_Whale

                    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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                    hairy_hats
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                    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?

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                      GParkings
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                      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

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                      • J jpg 0

                        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?

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                        Member 2053006
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                        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?

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                          dazfuller
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                          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?

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                            Andrew Leeder
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                            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"?

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                              Julien Villers
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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

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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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                                Rakesh Meel
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                                Projects name Depend on projects concept.

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                                • J Julien Villers

                                  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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                                  KLPounds
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                                  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..

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                                  • J jpg 0

                                    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?

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                                    Fabio Franco
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                                    Since I work only on enterprise projects and never for the masses I never put much thought to a project name, so usually they look like this: 1 - BoringAspNet 2 - BoringWindowsForms 3 - BoringService 4 - BoringDAL 5 - BoringBLL 6 - BoringServiceLayer 7 - BoringDomainModel In the end, they worked. If you want a cool name, well, you need to be a little creative and if you're like me, you'll need to ask someone else for a suggestion.

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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?

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                                      Alan Balkany
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                                      In my company, our German group named the projects for two software components after strippers they knew.

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                                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                                        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.

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                                        BrainiacV
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                                        In a similar vein, when rumors were flying that layoffs were imminent, many choose to jump ship first, so we proposed changing the name of our department to: Integrated Quality User Information Technology

                                        Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                          I wrote an email splitting utility for processing incoming notifications from the courier we use at work, it's called: City Link Imap Tracker

                                          Dave
                                          Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier. Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum. Astonish us. Be exceptional. (Pete O'Hanlon)
                                          BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)

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                                          BrainiacV
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                                          I frequently name my projects Curt Rostenbach Application Programs.

                                          Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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