Future Trends In Web Development

Alex Pritchett
5 min readJun 4, 2021

The scenario of the digital world changes every year. New trends set in, creating a competitive market through the latest trends in web development. There are over 1.74 billion websites around the world and only 400 million are active. There is a cut-throat competition where companies are fighting to stay on top rank on the search engines.

Developers find numerous innovative ways to help grow the business and make it possible to reach the masses. We live in an age where the outstanding position of one’s website is one’s goodwill as well. Hence, through effective technologies and platforms, several future trends in the world of the web development sector have emerged to change and evolve the existing paradigm.

Let’s see and understand these future trends

1.Progressive Web Applications (PWA)

It is an application that will run as a website and will have a fully native mobile app experience. It will not work on a browser, it will be an alternative browser for the user which will act as a home application.

Why PWA?

The main idea is to reduce the mobile fatigue which comes with installing a plethora of mobile apps. According to a recent report, it was found that 61% of users refuse to download a new app to interact with a business.

What does it offer?

  • Reliability
  • Increased level of engagement
  • Easy install and update
  • A mobile-first approach.

2.Voice Search Optimisation

With the increase in audio preferences to text, the companies are not shying away from investing in voice search optimization markets. Companies are now finding new means to optimize their physical and digital products through voice commands. According to Juniper Research, it has been predicted that by 2022, 55% of all households will have voice assistants and we are talking about voice assistants other than Siri or Alexa!

Advantages of Voice Search Optimisation

User friendly- Websites that have voice assistant support have greater accessibility and conversions, providing a better comprehensive user experience.

3.Serverless Architecture

After the pandemic, the shift to work from home led to the expansion of SaaS solutions. It only makes it clear that cloud architecture is one of the main future trends. Research tells that 98% of enterprises use at least one public or private cloud.

How does it function?

Serverless development implies that programmers can build and run their web applications without thinking about servers. It will be supported by cloud providers. For example- SaaS (software-as-a-service) means ready software products that are delivered through the internet on a subscription basis.

Through this, one can launch an e-project/business without worrying about any kind of server issues. Cost-effective, accessible, it helps you provide solutions without one’s involvement with the technical arena.

Also, the popularity of cloud computing is credited to the increased use of mobile devices and the internet. An increase in consumption of big data is one of the several reasons for the same.

4. Artificial Intelligence (Chatbots)-

With the increasing application of AI in today’s world, this is one of the pathbreaking trends soon. The application has provided a new level of engagement with the users- whether these are self-driving cars or the bots which enhance the digital customer experience.

Now, through machine learning and the capability to make new algorithms without human intervention, AI’s chatbots are set to make advanced strides in the communication between the user and the online platform. It will help increase and boost the digital business at the same time.

5. Blockchain technology

Blockchain is about a high level of security in which there are no intermediaries between transactions. It makes each transaction verifiable through a decentralized distributed network. The Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) manages the decentralized database where multiple participants participate in it. It is a DLT in which transactions are recorded with an immutable cryptographic signature called a hash.

How does it work?

It offers a system of recording information so that nobody can change, hack or cheat it. Each block in the chain has several transactions, and every time a new transaction is credited on that chain, the record is showing up in every participant’s ledger.

What are the key benefits?

  • Safe transactions and minimized risk of getting cheated.
  • Data security as block chaining eliminates hacking.
  • Smart prediction system.

6. Motion UI

Research says that one has less than 15 seconds to grab the website user’s attention. Motion UI makes the website appealing to provide a creative and responsive interface that the users happen to stay longer and engage with the website. It is based on thorough research to make it user-friendly and promote business.

What does it do?

  • Provides base and background animations.
  • Animated diagrams, catchy elements to attract the attention
  • Provide multiple predefined motions

7.Single Page Applications

It is based on a JavaScript-based application that does not need a separate HTML page to download from a server to show it to a visitor. Through this, the visitor feels that they can go through a single page for their entire needs. Google. Facebook, Twitter, Google Drive are the prominent SPAs.

The main benefits of SPAs-

  • Helps in boasting great cross-platform nature
  • Increases performance as it is supported by multiple devices
  • Reduced interferences related to page reloading

8. Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet has touched almost every domain of our life and the greatest impact of it has been in creating an industry called the Internet of Things. IoT makes a lot of your devices accessible as they share connectivity of the internet via your phone.

How has it proved to be an important future trendsetter?

  • Allows constant data transferring among the IoT-connected devices.
  • Creates a personalized experience through engagement with the users.
  • Allows users to enjoy features like media, alarms, lights with the functionality of voice.

Conclusion-

These are some of the emerging future trends which will change the way and evolve the customer interaction with online businesses. In 2021, these trends are the defining path-breakers and transform the way online businesses are perceived.

We have listed the top trends which any upcoming business would need and benefit from it.

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Alex Pritchett
Alex Pritchett

Written by Alex Pritchett

A tech geek. I write what interests me. An autodidact. Technical writer and a software developer.

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