You'll often hear the terms framework and platform used interchangeably. This can be very confusing. You'll hear that .NET Core is a platform. Then you'll read that .NET Core is cross-platform. Next, you'll learn that .NET Core is a framework. And it doesn't help that framework is part of the name of the original full .NET Framework.

In this post, I explain the difference between frameworks and platforms and explain why sometimes you'll see .NET being referred to as a framework and other times see it referred to as a platform. 

There are some really awesome new features—RTL!—that have been added in this release, and they’ve come with some important changes. 

Say hello to over 60 new icons with Bootstrap Icons v1.3.0! We focused our efforts on filling in some holes and expanding some coverage of a few categories. 

One of the major new capabilities for developers in Windows 10 version 1511 is the final release of Windows.UI.Composition. This was in preview in the 10240 SDK but has now reached full release in this new update. 

When you start working on a new web application you will probably need to analyze different tools to deal with the different functionalities that you have to work on. As soon as you start searching for alternatives you are going to run across Angular and React, they are without any doubt two of the major options to consider, at least till today.

 Table of Contents
?What is Cryptography
Cryptographic Random Numbers
Hashing Algorithms
Password Storage
Symmetric Encryption
Asymmetric Encryption
Hybrid Approach (RSA+AES)
Digital Signatures 

Some key areas of focus uncovered by this investigation were:

• Being mindful of memory allocations to minimize GC pause times

• Keeping long-running calls non-blocking/asynchronous

• Minimizing calls to external resources (such as other web services or the database) with caching and grouping of requests 

Insight #1: React is here to stay
Insight #2: Angular is shifting to a new role --> enterprise apps
Insight #3: You can’t ignore Vue.js anymore
Insight #4: Knowledge of some libraries will help you earn more (but not for the reasons you might think)
Insight #5: 2018 will be the year of GraphQL
Insight #6: JavaScript != Front-end
Insight #7: Microsoft is striking back
Insight #8: JavaScript is different around the world
Insight #9: Typed JavaScript is on the rise
Insight #10: JavaScript is whatever you want it to be

Intel’s on a long, long road to recovery, and over 15,000 workers will no longer be coming along for the ride. The chipmaker just announced it’s downsizing its workforce by over 15 percent as part of a new $10 billion cost savings plan for 2025, which will mean a headcount reduction of greater than 15,000 roles, Intel tells The Verge. The company currently employs over 125,000 workers, so layoffs could be as many as 19,000 people.