Software Engineering Perspectives Articles

Dr. Derek Austin

Updated on May 22, 2025

The typeof operator in JavaScript is used to check the data type of a variable in code. It can determine if a variable's data type is an array, boolean or other.

Catherine Gitau

Updated on May 22, 2025

Fuzzy string matching is the process of finding strings that approximately match each other. Here’s more on how fuzzy string matching works and how to perform the process using the Python library FuzzyWuzzy.

Suprabha

Updated on May 22, 2025

Currying in JavaScript is a process that allows you to transform a function with multiple arguments into a sequence of nesting functions.

Artem Oppermann

Updated on May 22, 2025

Electrical charge is a fundamental property of subatomic particles that is generated by the transfer of electrons between particles. Here’s how electric charge works, how to measure it and how it relates to electric current.

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.