Word Choice
Avoid using class names that duplicate commonly used .NET Framework namespaces. For example, do not use any of the following names as a class name: System, Collections, Forms, or UI. See the Class Library for a list of .NET Framework namespaces.
In addition, avoid using identifiers that conflict with the following keywords.
| AddHandler | AddressOf | Alias | And | Ansi |
| As | Assembly | Auto | Base | Boolean |
| ByRef | Byte | ByVal | Call | Case |
| Catch | CBool | CByte | CChar | CDate |
| CDec | CDbl | Char | CInt | Class |
| CLng | CObj | Const | CShort | CSng |
| CStr | CType | Date | Decimal | Declare |
| Default | Delegate | Dim | Do | Double |
| Each | Else | ElseIf | End | Enum |
| Erase | Error | Event | Exit | ExternalSource |
| False | Finalize | Finally | Float | For |
| Friend | Function | Get | GetType | Goto |
| Handles | If | Implements | Imports | In |
| Inherits | Integer | Interface | Is | Let |
| Lib | Like | Long | Loop | Me |
| Mod | Module | MustInherit | MustOverride | MyBase |
| MyClass | Namespace | New | Next | Not |
| Nothing | NotInheritable | NotOverridable | Object | On |
| Option | Optional | Or | Overloads | Overridable |
| Overrides | ParamArray | Preserve | Private | Property |
| Protected | Public | RaiseEvent | ReadOnly | ReDim |
| Region | REM | RemoveHandler | Resume | Return |
| Select | Set | Shadows | Shared | Short |
| Single | Static | Step | Stop | String |
| Structure | Sub | SyncLock | Then | Throw |
| To | True | Try | TypeOf | Unicode |
| Until | volatile | When | While | With |
| WithEvents | WriteOnly | Xor | eval | extends |
| instanceof | package | var |
See Also
Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers | Naming Guidelines