Top 5 Web Development future trends that we can't ignore

Keeping up with the ever changing web development changes is getting on the nerves for many.  While some of the changes are temporary and short lived, many of the others have a dramatic change prevailing the notions.

For example, Flash took the web development ethics to entirely a new horizon when it was initially introduced. But today, it’s just a design option.

While traditional web developers might see themselves getting out of fashion, the upcoming trends in web development will certainly bring in a new revolution. The following trends are worth our attention and how they are going to change the face of traditional web designs.

1. Java and Javascript will dominate

Java is one of the most popular trends – the number of developers has topped 9 million. The main reason for such popularity is its simplicity and versatility – the code built on Java can be run by multiple platforms. Now users have many devices with different OSs, which makes it a universal solution for any web project. With Java’s new version release, the opportunities for development expand even further.

In our experience, Java development provides huge possibilities both for business owners and developers. When we were to choose the language for writing a project for Perx, leading Singapore mobile loyalty platform, we went with Java because of its flawless clients’ and server design, and strong architecture.

2. UI Animation

UI animations, or commonly referred as motion UI, is a SaaS library that’s used in custom CSS.  Although responsive web designs have been making around for quite some time, what everyone expects in the near future is something larger than just responsive.

UI animation allows web developers to create a more interactive, animated and unique transitional design that adds value to your website. The technology is busy finding newer methods to implement motion UI in a more easy and efficient manner.

3. Conversational interfaces

Understanding how your users think and what they need is going to be key to knowing how to implement new technologies. And that certainly applies to another major cultural shift on the web; towards conversational interfaces. Because the biggest problems here won't be technical ones, they'll be human ones.

UX and design agency Sigma has been investigating the possibilities for some of its larger clients. "And a lot of the challenges we've seen around conversational interfaces align very closely with the challenges around inclusive design: mental models, language, confidence trust, and so on,"

4. Virtual reality WordPress site

We have already placed our foot in the world of Virtual reality(VR), which always fascinated us with its research, and the same is seen in the case of web development methodologies. VR changes the way we communicate and interact with the technology world.

Implementing VR to the world of web development demands support from a huge library. E-Commerce websites have already enabled their customers to interact with the products and create an all new experience for them. With WordPress bringing in support for VR content in their sites, we expect to see widespread use of VR in web design.

5. The development of pwa and spa

The trend on Single Page Application and Progressive Web Apps will continue in 2018 as well. Single page web apps have many benefits: it is built on JS, therefore provides high usability and can be developed in short terms. As the popularity of JavaScript grows, the development of SPA will also go forward.

Progressive Web Applications is another trend in web development. Announced in 2015, PWA technology has become a sensation and led to real market boost. Many big companies started to substitute their mobile apps with progressive web pages (Google has created a range of progressive web applications for their services).