Explain Python and Web Basics
Company: Pilot
Role: Software Engineer
Category: Software Engineering Fundamentals
Difficulty: easy
Interview Round: Technical Screen
In a software engineering interview, explain the following fundamentals:
1. In Python, what are the differences between a `list` and a `tuple`? When would you use each?
2. What is the difference between `is` and `==` in Python?
3. What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?
4. What do `CRUD` and `API` mean, and how are CRUD operations commonly represented in web services?
Overview: This question evaluates foundational competencies in Python language semantics (list vs tuple, identity vs equality) and web fundamentals (HTTP vs HTTPS, CRUD and API concepts), assessing knowledge of data structures, object identity, protocol security, and how CRUD operations map to web services.
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Answer by ANON
Lists are mutable and tuples are immutable, you would use a list when you want to store infromation that changes easily like a cart where you can add or remove . You would use a tuple it storing information you don't want to chang elike geographic info like cooridnates
== checks if both variables are equal while is checls if they point to the same memory location
The difference is that HTTPs encrypts the data that is transmitted while HTTp does not
CRUD- Create Read Update Delete, API - Application Programming Interface. CRUD operations are represented as POST, GET, PUT, DELETE