How I Built an AI-Powered Naming Assistant for Java and Vue Developers
The article describes the frustration developers face with unclear method and variable names, presents an AI‑driven naming tool with both a web app and an IntelliJ IDEA plugin, and explains how the tool quickly generates clean, convention‑compliant identifiers across front‑end and back‑end languages.
Why Naming Is a Pain Point
As a top architect who switches between Vue front‑end and Java back‑end daily, I constantly battle with unclear method and variable names. Examples include getUserStatus, tempList, flag1, finalResultMap, and deleteUserById('zhangsan'), which waste precious development time.
Building an AI‑Powered Naming Assistant
Fed up with the inefficiency, I created a small AI‑driven tool that generates clean, convention‑compliant names on demand.
Web Version
A lightweight web app (available at https://www.icanshock.fun/) lets you type a Chinese description of the desired functionality and instantly receive naming suggestions in various styles:
Camel‑case for front‑end ( getUserInfo)
Pascal‑case for classes ( GetUserInfo)
Snake_case for back‑end or databases ( get_user_info)
The tool also provides high‑quality English translations and works directly in the browser without any installation.
IntelliJ IDEA Plugin
The “Easy Naming” plugin integrates the same capability into IntelliJ IDEA. After installing it from the marketplace, you can write a Chinese comment, select it, press Alt+z, and a popup shows a list of recommended names. Clicking a suggestion replaces the comment with the generated identifier.
Both versions dramatically reduce the time spent on naming, allowing developers to focus on business logic.
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