Software Engineering Perspectives Articles

Parag Radke

Updated on May 22, 2025

Terraform environment variables allow users to set values for their configuration without creating multiple copies of code. Here’s what you need to know. 

Abhinav Singh

Updated on May 22, 2025

A rate limiter is a defensive mechanism used in a distributed system to prevent the frequency of an operation from exceeding a defined limit and causing server errors. Here’s what you need to know.

Annie Mester

Updated on May 22, 2025

In JavaScript, innerHTML returns element text with spacing and HTML tags, innerText returns element text without spacing, CSS hidden text or HTML tags and textContent returns element text with spacing and CSS hidden text, but no HTML tags.

Artturi Jalli

Updated on May 22, 2025

The with statement in Python wraps the execution of a code block using the methods defined by a context manager. It's often used to replace a try-finally block with more concise code. Here's how and when to use the with statement in Python.

David Koff

Updated on May 22, 2025

Client Uniform Resource Locator (cURL) is a well-known command-line tool, but it can be challenging for some users to pick up. Here are some cURL alternatives that excel in areas like faster downloads, URL testing, connection security and more.

Susan Maina

Updated on May 22, 2025

You can put a for loop inside an if statement (and vice versa) in Python using nested control flow. For loops complete an iterative action for a defined number of elements, while if statements test a condition and then complete an action.

Wai Foong Ng

Updated on May 22, 2025

ExcelJS is a JavaScript package for managing Excel spreadsheets and workbooks. It can be used to read, manipulate and write spreadsheet data to XLSX and JSON.

Tara Boyle

Updated on May 22, 2025

Glob is a Python module that’s used to search for file path names that match a specific pattern. Here’s how to use it.

Tom Donovan

Updated on May 22, 2025

Big O notation is a metric commonly used in computer science to classify algorithms based on their time and space complexity.

Vinay Kudari

Updated on May 22, 2025

SQLAlchemy is a Python library that provides a Pythonic way of interacting with relational databases and can help you streamline your workflow. Here’s what you need to know.