Hungarian Notation

[MrPike]

Hello AHMI community.  So I decided to expand my understanding of visual basic so I have enrolled in a local college and I am taking some online courses.  My instructor has been teaching the use of Hungarian Notation (btnSubmit) style coding.  I remember a post awhile back where Archie advised against this style of coding but I cannot locate it.  I would like to step out of the academic world and get some real world input as to why or why not to use this style.  Thanks!

[Archie]

Hungarian notation was more prevalent before code editors had things such as tool tips to quickly identify the data type.

Microsoft publishes a set of "best practices" recommended for .NET applications. In the section General Naming Conventions, they specify a list of rules to follow to make your code consistent with the .NET class library as well as other developers:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229045(v=vs.110).aspx

I find that many people who continue to use Hungarian notation were developers since VB6 or earlier. They developed the habit many years ago.