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What are Ruby's naming conventions?

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Ruby uses snake_case for methods and variables, CamelCase for classes and modules, and SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE for constants, like user_name, UserAccount and MAX_USERS.

A capital first letter makes a name a constant. A prefix sets a variable's scope: @ for instance variables, @@ for class variables and $ for globals.

Method names add two suffixes by convention. A name ending in ? is a predicate that answers true or false, like empty?. A name ending in ! marks a more dangerous version of a method, like save!. It often changes the object it is called on or raises an error.

File names use snake_case and match the class inside, so UserAccount lives in user_account.rb.

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