Development and evaluation of Eclipse plugin tool for learning programming style of Java

We developed an Eclipse plugin tool for learning the programming style of Java. The tool has the following functions: (1) recommends using CamelCase and English words for the names of classes, methods, and variables; (2) points out incorrect scope levels of variables and inappropriate lengths of variable names; (3) recommends writing comments in source programs; (4) shows sample source programs in the Java programming style. The evaluation results show the tool is efficient for learning the programming style of Java.