camelcased

Camelcased is the adjective form referring to text written in camelCase, a convention in which multiword identifiers are concatenated without spaces and each word after the first starts with a capital letter. If the first letter is lowercase, it is called lowerCamelCase; if the first letter is uppercase, it is often called PascalCase or UpperCamelCase. The verb form camelcase or camel-casing describes applying this convention.

Origins and usage: The term camelCase derives from the visual resemblance to a camel’s humps. It became common in programming style guides for naming variables, functions, and properties. It is widespread in languages like JavaScript, Java, and C#, but naming conventions vary by language and project.

Examples: lowerCamelCase examples include myVariable and getUserName; PascalCase examples include HttpResponse and UserProfile. Camelcased identifiers help readability by signaling word boundaries without spaces.

Trade-offs: camelCase favors concise names in many languages with case-sensitive identifiers, but some languages or codebases prefer snake_case for readability or tradition. In APIs and data formats, camelCase is common for JSON field names, while other ecosystems may favor different conventions.