Use distinct, environment-specific identifiers in configuration to prevent conflicts between different application contexts (development vs production, different versions, etc.) and ensure semantic clarity.
Use distinct, environment-specific identifiers in configuration to prevent conflicts between different application contexts (development vs production, different versions, etc.) and ensure semantic clarity.
When configuration values like IDs, state names, or identifiers could be ambiguous or cause conflicts across environments, make them explicitly environment-aware and semantically meaningful.
Examples:
isHidden
that could be ambiguous, use semantically clear names like isInBackgroundMode
that explicitly convey the intended behavior and contextThis prevents runtime conflicts, reduces debugging complexity, and makes the codebase more maintainable by eliminating ambiguity about configuration intent and scope.
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