Software Engineering Perspectives Articles

Artem Oppermann

Updated on July 31, 2025

Object-relational mapping (ORM) is a programming technique that lets developers use object-oriented code to interact with relational databases, by translating objects to and from database-compatible formats.

Oğuzhan Öztürk

Updated on July 31, 2025

A server message block (SMB) port is a network port that allows devices on the same network to share files and resources. Here’s more on how SMB ports work, how they’ve evolved, whether they’re safe and how to address their common vulnerabilities.

Bisola Olasehinde

Updated on July 31, 2025

There are four common methods that will allow you to add Python variables in a string, including: the comma, the modulus operator, string format and f-strings. Here’s how they work.

Anthony Corbo

Updated on July 31, 2025

C++ is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that was created by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs around 1980.

Matt Przybyla

Updated on July 30, 2025

Data science focuses on extracting data insights by using mathematics, statistics and programming, while computer science focuses on computer hardware, software and systems. Here’s what you need to know as you enter either field.

Trung Thanh Le

Updated on July 29, 2025

There are several ways to get the last element of a JavaScript array, including length property and square bracket notation, slice() method and pop() method. Here are nine methods to try.

Linda Ngo

Updated on July 29, 2025

A deep dive into logical operators in R. Learn how to change or compare results of comparisons made using relational operators with NOT, OR and AND in R.

Cornellius Yudha Wijaya

Updated on July 28, 2025

Converting your Jupyter Notebook to PDF is a useful way to share your processed data set. Here’s how to do it in three simple steps.

Raivat Shah

Updated on July 25, 2025

A priority queue in Python is an abstract data structure that is like a normal queue but where each item has a special “key” to quantify its “priority.”

Ahmed El Bir

Updated on July 25, 2025

Learn how to distinguish between the two scopes of Python attributes, class vs instance, and how to use them.