Is it best practice for a namespace to have the same name as the project in which is it found in? [c-CodePudding

Say I have the following structure in my solution:

MySolution -> ProjectA -> ClassA.cs

By default, the name of the first namespace in project ProjectA is ProjectA.

namespace ProjectA
{
    public class ClassA
    { 
        // body
    }
}

Is it best/common practice for the name of the first namespace, within a project, to have the same name as the project in which it is found in?

Or should I change the default name of the first namespace?

CodePudding user response：

Yes and no. The top level namespace having the same name as the project is common and perfectly fine for many projects. When working on code that uses classes from that namespace, this helps you easily identify where the source files exist in the project structure.

But if you're writing a library that you plan to publish, heed Microsoft's framework design guidelines for Names of Namespaces:

DO prefix namespace names with a company name to prevent namespaces from different companies from having the same name.

And

DO use PascalCasing, and separate namespace components with periods (e.g., Microsoft.Office.PowerPoint).

So if your project is named Foo, your namespace would be MyCompany.Foo.