Technology changes constantly, so to be at the top of your game as a web developer, it’s vital you’re keeping up. It can be confusing and discerning when so many updates and developments are being released every few weeks. With 2017 just getting started, we’ve put together some information about the anticipated trends for this upcoming year and some advice about what areas of development you should be focusing
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1. Artificial intelligence AI is something that is shaking modern IT world and companies are competing against each other to hire and maintain the best professionals of the industry. The importance of AI is explained by the fact that it allow devices to act independently aka without manpower and this leads to increased efficiency, accuracy and overall better user experience.
2. Virtual reality Another topic that always seems to surface when discussing the future of technology is virtual reality or VR. This trend has already started to sweep the gaming industry. The Oculus Rift and the Vive bring new and interesting possibilities to the world of gaming, but it won’t stop there. Companies including Google and Mozilla have begun work on APIs to help VR technology transition to the web. As standards develop, we expect more and more applications to be developed using VR technologies.
3.Rise of JavaScript
JavaScript has been rising since 2016 and its rapid growth allows developers to work on chat bots, virtual reality and many other trending things. The language grammar and efficiency of writing the apps were improved and overall, JS is now the most popular language among full stack developers.
3. Internet of Things (IoT) The internet of things is a movement where typically non-internet-connected objects are given network connectivity in order to send and receive data. These objects can range from your toaster or kettle, to sensors on motors or sensors embedded in concrete to detect cracks and weaknesses.
Conversational UI on websites Websites are starting to jump on the UI trend of conversational interfaces. First websites, designed with a “conversation first� approach already pop up and seem to become increasingly popular.
4. Yarn package manager Package managers are incredibly popular tools, especially in the frontend JavaScript communities. They make it easier for developers to install, update, configure and uninstall code modules within their applications. They do so by communicating with a registry of code modules and manage the various dependencies code modules usually have. The most popular JavaScript package managers are NPM and Bower. However, a new package manager has been developed by Facebook, in collaboration with Exponent, Google and Tilde. We expect its popularity to grow in 2017. Yarn aims to address issues Facebook have experienced with NPM, particularly in areas such as performance, security, and consistency. This new package manager still has access to the NPM and Bower registries.
5.Ruby on Rails Rails seemed unable to make a real impact on web development but the ease and variety of features within Rails 5 including Turbo links 5 and Actionable is quickly making it a firm favorite with web developers.
Ruby on Rails 5 allows web developers to focus more on the overall appearance of the website whilst the framework itself fiddles around with all the behind-the-scenes messiness.
6. The next generation of Angular JS
Also released in 2016, this Angular update introduces a newly redesigned JavaScript Framework. It is also expected to be more regularly updated and tweaked, with one significant update being promised every six months, therefore offering developers who use it never-ending abilities at the cutting edge of website building technology. It’s most commonly used by app developers thanks to its compatibility with videos, animation, and other non-static documents.
7.Bots & the role of conversational UI Bots are there to make our life easier and our experiences more personable (or at least they should). Bots are interesting from various standpoints and use cases.
8. Static site generators
These generators are able to create website from the text stored in files rather than in databases. This reduces the website loading time, offers better security and makes deployment of content and templates much easier.
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