Software Engineering Perspectives Articles

Artturi Jalli

Updated on May 22, 2025

Python 4.0 is unlikely to be released due to compatibility issues experienced during the transition from Python 2 to Python 3. Here’s more on why Python 4.0 won’t happen, how Python 3 is being improved and what it would take to make Python 4.0 a reality.

Artturi Jalli

Updated on May 22, 2025

The @ symbol in Python is used to apply a decorator to a function or method to extend its functionality, or to help perform matrix multiplication. Here's what to know about each use case.

Suprabha

Updated on May 22, 2025

The requestAnimationFrame() method tells the browser you wish to perform an animation, and request to call an animation function to update an animation before the next repaint. Here’s what you need to know.

Artem Oppermann

Updated on May 22, 2025

The Faraday constant is the electric charge per mole of elementary charges like electrons. Take a closer look at how it works and how it’s used across sectors ranging from batteries to electrochemistry.

Prakhar Rathi

Updated on May 22, 2025

Pip freeze only installs those packages that were installed using the pip install command. However, pip is not the only python package manager.

Abdishakur Hassan

Updated on May 22, 2025

A command-line interface (CLI) allows you to navigate, run programs or configure your computer system by entering text commands. Here’s what makes a CLI distinct from a GUI.

Akshay Kumar

Updated on May 22, 2025

Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that represents binary data in an ASCII string format. It allows data stored in binary to travel across text channels.

Debby Nirwan

Updated on May 22, 2025

A lambda in C++ is an expression used to simplify code when defining anonymous function objects (functors). Lambdas allow for functors to be defined directly where they are invoked or be passed as function arguments.

Philip Wilkinson

Updated on May 22, 2025

A Python linked list is an abstract data type that presents a linear collection of data organized as nodes that then link to another node. Build your own with this guide. 

Max Reynolds

Updated on May 22, 2025

SQL functions are prewritten actions that can be called on a cell, record or database to flexibly manipulate and extract information for further analysis. Take a closer look at the main types of SQL functions and how to use each.