is there a standard in namespace capitalization for Javascript

Question

I'm adopting a large mish-mash of Javascript / jQuery code. I'd like to move it to Backbone.js but as an intermediary, I'm trying to namespace it so that it is sligthtly more modular.

I am wondering if there is a standard for namespaces for Javascript. I was going to do something like this:

var arc={
  name:"Spock",

  nav:function(){
    //alert('name' + this.name);
    obj=get_nav_obj();
    get_to_api_v2(obj);
  }

};

Should arc be capitalized? I tend to see capitalized but since rest of site is in Ruby, lowercase might be more consistent.

thx

Answer 1

In javascript, camelCase is used for regular identifiers. CAPSLOCKS is used for "constants". ProperCase is used for object constructors (indicating they should always be invoked using new).