#Naming variables

Write things out, give them descriptive names. We are not stuck in the nineties — your IDE has auto-complete.

You won't spend more time typing because you give things descriptive names.

#Accepted shorthands

SSI-specific terms that prefix expressions or occur multiple times in a line and are super clear:

• vc: Verifiable Credential
• vp: Verifiable Presentation

Non-SSI-specific terms that prefix expressions or occur multiple times in a line and are super clear:

• req: Request
• res: Response
• idx: Index

Abbreviations that are usually not referred to with their written out name:

• jwk, pem, jwt

#Examples of bad variable names

Play guess the variable

• val egfUri = "test" - what is an egf?
• kpg.initialize(256) - Everyone would have understood keyPairGenerator.initialize(256)
• val bcEC
• tm - It's a TrustManagerFactory and referred to once
• cpv.validate(...) - It would have been a CertPathValidator, it is referred to once