variable naming convention

Hi

I'm a VB6 programmer and making a move towards VB.NET. It was a recommended practice to name variables as follows:

VB Code:

' Privates
    Private pvStrName  as String
    Private pvLngCustID as Long
    Private pvDteDOB as Date

I've notice that in a few VB.NET samples some people use

VB Code:

Private _CustName as string
   Private _CustID as Long
 
   Public Property CustName as String
      Get
            CustName = _Custname
      End Get
      Set (value as String)
            _Custname = value
      End Set
   End Property

I've even read somewhere that with .NET you don't need to use the hungarian notation, i.e. prefixing variables with type names etc.

I know it all depends on preferences but I would like to adopt a proper naming convention for my .NET projects. Could someone please shed some light on this.

Thanks

What I've read is that MS recommends using PascalCase (MyDatabaseConnection, ListItem) for classes and camelCase for variables (myPassword, connectionString). And for properties a preceding m_ (m_custName). MS also states that we should not use Hungarian notation as you mentioned.

This is all up to you in the end though. :)

I've heard the samething as Athley although I like using _ instead of m_ which I believe is more common among C++ for use with private variable counter parts of properties. I can't say I'm sad to see hungarian notation going away either.