Naming of different components and patterns.

[WonderJunky]

hey guys

I’m having a bit of trouble coming up with good names for various components on sites I’m building.

Have a look at this mock-up: http://imgur.com/kjtbDLn

At the top we obviously have a nav bar and a header. On the left is a logo, icon, or brand. On the right is the nav menu.

But how about below that where it says “Welcome”?
And the area below that where it says “Adventurer | Photographer?
Is that a kicker?

Finally, the area with the three icons. Commonly used as an about me or a marketing area. What’s this called?

Are there any good links or resources you guys can recommend for this sort of thing?
Thanks!

[Paulie_D]

Here’s my question.

Does it matter?

If you are part of a team then everyone being in sync and knowing what you are talking about is important then a naming pattern is probably a good idea.

If not, you can call it what you want. As long as you know what it means then that is all that matters.

[WonderJunky]

Yes, it does matter. You gonna help me out or what? :P

[Paulie_D]

My point is…it really doesn’t matter what you call them as long as it’s clearly understood (either personally or within a team) what you are referring to.

In my company we have on/off switches in a databases called “Fred / Barney”, servers have names like “Zeus / Apollo / Athena”.

Would you know what we are referring to…obviously not…but internally we all know what we are referring to.

Calling something “Shout Out” or “area-main-banner” is entirely a personal choice…to the outside world who won’t see your code it’s irrelevant.

[Shikkediel]

I can only comment that for finding short and obvious variable names in JS, I often spend some time on Google translate and Thesaurus.com :

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/synonym

[WonderJunky]

Nice. Thanks for the tips guys.

I settled on welcome, kicker, and bullets (or lockup) for each of those sections respectively.

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