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Things are happening fast for ASP.NET Core, as Microsoft just released a new Version 2.2.0 preview while a recent developer survey indicates the Web dev framework is quickly becoming a mainstream option.

Javalin is a very lightweight web framework for Kotlin and Java which supports WebSockets, HTTP2 and async requests. Javalin’s main goals are simplicity, a great developer experience, and first class interoperability between Kotlin and Java.

In just a few months time, PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0 will no longer be receiving security patches. PHP 7.1 will have another 12 months to go, with PHP 7.2 another 12 months after.

But is your website at risk of exposing your visitors' data? Auditing and monitoring specialist DataTrue has produced an infographic looking at the risks site tags may pose to privacy.

The evolution of the Web has taken us from single versions of a website, to desktop versus mobile versions, to responsive sites that adapt according to screen size, then to native mobile apps, which either recreate the desktop experience as a native app, or act as a gateway to the responsive version.

*Some post-graduate work may be required

It looks like you didn't learn the first two times, would you like help with that?

27 years of The Year of Linux

I have found my new methodology

I imagine I might do real work someday

"I'm a spaceship superstar"

"You say you want a revolution"

Write code. Read code. Repeat. (or maybe in the reverse order)

Well, I declare!

Impersonators as the new hackers?

That's the Turing Test for undergrads, isn't it?

And now *that* song is stuck in my head

Just more of them?

Trust us?

“Union, Union, Union City blue”

Executable, or justification for execution?

No, it was supposed to be a monkey, not a database front-end