Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

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Joined: Oct 19, 2020

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How to Parse Command Line Arguments in Bash

Bash scripts take in command-line arguments as inputs both sequentially and also, parsed as options. The command-line utilities use these arguments to conditionally trigger functions in a Bash script or selectively choose between environments to execute the script. In Bash, these are configured in different ways. In this article, we...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Oct 07, 2021

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Abstract Factory Design Pattern in Python

Design patterns help make code understandable, scalable, and reusable. There are different categories of design patterns, depending on the problems being addressed. When code is modularized, it's easier to add newer features without making drastic changes to the project. The Abstract Factory Design Pattern is a creational pattern that provides...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Sep 07, 2021

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Observer Design Pattern in Python

Software Design Patterns help accelerate the development process by providing a reusable blueprint for your code to solve a particular problem. We follow Design Patterns to write generalized, reusable, and readable code that could be easily understood by others familiar with the patterns we've applied. They encapsulate cumulative experience of...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Jul 28, 2021

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Python: Remove the Prefix and Suffix From a String

There are multiple ways to remove whitespace and other characters from a string in Python. The most commonly known methods are strip(), lstrip(), and rstrip(). Since Python version 3.9, two highly anticipated methods were introduced to remove the prefix or suffix of a string: removeprefix() and removesuffix(). In this...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Jul 09, 2021

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Guide to Python's strip() Method

String manipulation in Python is achieved through a set of built-in methods, which return new strings since they're immutable. In this guide, we will look at methods to strip whitespace (in other languages it's also known as trimming) from strings in Python. Trim Methods - strip() In Python, the stripping...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Jun 29, 2021

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Redis Queues & Redis Queue Dashboards for Python API Development

The in-memory data store - Redis is extensively used by developers as a database, cache layer, to manage job queues, and more. It comes in handy when you are building APIs with a job queue mechanism to handle tasks like running memory-intensive jobs in the background, counting page visits, or...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Jun 16, 2021

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Guide to Elasticdump - Moving and Saving Elasticsearch Indices

Elasticsearch initially began as a custom search engine. These days, it has gone above and beyond that singular role as it's part of log aggregation stacks, security monitoring, and even as a datastore for performing exploratory analysis. Indices in Elasticsearch is where the data is stored, and there are often...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

Jun 09, 2021

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Checking Vulnerabilities in Your Python Code with Bandit

As developers, we're encouraged from the start of the journey to write clean code. Equally as important, but less talked about is writing and using secure code. In Python projects, we typically install modules and third-party packages to avoid developing solutions that already exist. However, this common practice is why...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

May 26, 2021·7 min read

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How to Install Pip on Windows

Package managers are tools commonly created for programming languages that make the setup and management of third-party packages easier. Pip is the preferred package manager in Python for both the native Pip modules and the ones installed inside the virtual environments. When Pip is invoked, it automatically crawls against the...

Sathiya Sarathi Gunasekaran

May 19, 2021·4 min read