Matt Segal 9/24/2020

How to use both camelCase and snake_case in your frontend and backend

Read Original

This article addresses the common problem of inconsistent variable naming styles (snake_case vs. camelCase) when building a web API with Django (Python) and a JavaScript frontend. It provides a practical solution using the 'camelize' and 'snakeize' JavaScript libraries to automatically transform data between the two naming conventions, ensuring clean code on both ends of the application.

How to use both camelCase and snake_case in your frontend and backend

Comments

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!

Browser Extension

Get instant access to AllDevBlogs from your browser

Top of the Week

1
Quoting Thariq Shihipar
Simon Willison 2 votes
2
The Beautiful Web
Jens Oliver Meiert 1 votes
3
Container queries are rad AF!
Chris Ferdinandi 1 votes
4
Top picks — 2026 January
Paweł Grzybek 1 votes
5
In Praise of –dry-run
Henrik Warne 1 votes
7
Vibe coding your first iOS app
William Denniss 1 votes