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January 2025

A Guide to Python Subprocess

Python’s subprocess module stands as one of the most powerful tools in a developer’s toolkit. The module lets you spawn new processes, connect to their input/output/error pipes, and get return codes. Think of the subprocess module as your bridge between Python scripts and system commands, replacing older modules like os.system and os.spawn and providing a better, unified way to handle external processes.

C# Enum: Definition and Best Practices

A powerful yet simple feature in C#, enums often go underappreciated. They provide a way to assign meaningful names to numeric constants, making your code more readable and easier to maintain. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned developer, understanding enums and applying best practices can elevate your C# programming skills.

Python Assert: Definition and Best Practices

Debugging is a vital part of software development, ensuring that code behaves as intended, identifying errors early, and preventing small fixes from escalating into larger problems. Developers risk releasing unreliable, inefficient, or even unusable code without proper debugging techniques. This tutorial covers the fundamentals of Python’s assert statement, practical ways to use assertions for testing and debugging, and best practices for using assertions effectively while avoiding common pitfalls.

C# foreach: Definition and Best Practices

When it comes to creating loops in programming, the C# language offers plenty of options: while, do-while, for, foreach, and even the ForEach() method of the List class. Among all of those, the C# foreach loop is arguably the most popular one, at least when it comes to iterating through the items of a collection. Using this language construct is quite intuitive, but do you really understand how it works?

C# Lists: What They Are and How to Use Them

The C# list offers a powerful, flexible, and intuitive way to work with collections in C#. That’s probably why it’s one of the most well-known and popular ways in C# to handle multiple values. However, many C# developers barely scratch the surface of what there is to know about this important C# class. As it turns out, there are significant performance and thread-safety implications when using lists.