Constants should be together to find them easily
TL;DR: Don't define too many unrelated constants in the same class. Don't pile up the junk together.
Problems
Bad Cohesion
High Coupling
Magic Numbers
Single Responsibility principle violation
Solutions
- Break the contents following Real World responsibilities using the MAPPER.
Context
This is a special case of a God Object restricted only to constant definitions.
The repository can be a class, file, or JSON.
Sample Code
Wrong
public static class GlobalConstants
{
public const int MaxPlayers = 10;
public const string DefaultLanguage = "en-US";
public const double Pi = 3.14159;
}
Right
public static class MaxPlayersConstants
{
public const int MaxPlayers =