Avoid abbreviations

If you have enough space, write out names in full. Start abbreviating only if you exceed length limitations.

If you do have to abbreviate, start with the unimportant words.

Abbreviating things may appear efficient at first glance, but becomes ambiguous very fast. For example, does the “cust” in cust mean “customizing”, “customer”, or “custom”? All three are common in SAP applications.

Read more in Chapter 2: Meaningful Names: Make Meaningful Distinctions of Robert C. Martin’s Clean Code.