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Ilyass / Tool Developer
Ilyass / Tool Developer

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Stop Manually Renaming Variables: camelCase vs snake_case 🐍🐫

Every full-stack developer knows the struggle.

  • Backend (Python/SQL): user_id, created_at, first_name
  • Frontend (JS/React): userId, createdAt, firstName
  • Classes (C#/Java): UserId, CreatedAt, FirstName

The Manual Nightmare 😫

You copy a JSON object from your API, paste it into your JS code, and then spend the next 5 minutes manually deleting underscores and capitalizing letters. One typo, and your code breaks.

It's boring, repetitive, and prone to errors.

The Instant Fix ⚡

I got tired of this context-switching tax, so I added a dedicated Case Converter to the PaPiv Suite.

It instantly transforms your text between formats:

  • Camel Case: myVariableName
  • Snake Case: my_variable_name
  • Pascal Case: MyVariableName
  • Kebab Case: my-variable-name (Perfect for CSS classes!)

How it works:

  1. Paste your variable or list of variables.
  2. Click the format you want.
  3. Copy the result.

It handles multiple lines at once, so you can refactor entire config files or JSON keys in seconds.

👉 Try the Free Case Converter Here

Which naming convention do you prefer? Team Snake or Team Camel? 👇

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