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| 1 | === Prefixes === | ||
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| 3 | WebObjects uses three prefixes: | ||
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| 5 | **NS** stands for "NextStep", a slightly historical tag, but this contains foundation classes such as arrays (NSArray), etc. | ||
| 6 | **EO** for "EnterpriseObject", data modeling layer, which was actually around before WebObjects | ||
| 7 | **WO** for WebObjects which is the view and control layer built on Enterprise Objects | ||
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| 9 | === CamelCase === | ||
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| 11 | The naming convention for objects in WebObjects is that names are written in [[CamelCase>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase]] (which is somewhat controversial since long names are less readable and it is somewhat ugly). |