“Making web applications safe is in the best interest of all organizations and the general economy. Providing a clearly defined set of web applications security best practices will advance security professionals’ ability to anticipate and rapidly address potential threats to their enterprise”- Yuval Ben Itzhak, CTO and Co Founder of KaVaDo.
Abstract:
The web front has almost taken the world by storm today. So much that development is taking place rapidly in many directions. Driven largely by the phase of mobile computing, web development has evolved dramatically over the past few years. It has almost held the nerves of the internet world. Unlike few years ago, web development has so much more magical things to offer to the people today. However, it still exhibits many aspects similar to its early development. Visual and computer screen orientation takes an important note in this regard. Today, the range of browsers in mobile phones is far more than on desktops. Also there is a vast diversity in the types of devices that people are relying upon. To answer this rising demand, one rightfully needs the web front.
What is the main notion behind the trend of web development? What big trends the web development is likely to shape in the next five years? These questions are most sought after these days. Saying this, the norms which are likely to mould the web development context now, and for the future cannot be overlooked.
Below is a compiled list of trends which are expected to shape the world of web development. Though not a comprehensive list of all the important aspects, these trends are likely to bring big changes in the front of web development. Not to forget, many of the following have already started making strides in the market.
- Responsive Design will become a vital note: Today, developers are setting benchmarks in developing web applications and front for multiple devices, most of them being hand held and mobile devices. It might be a matter of worse regret if we do not take into consideration, the amazing tide that technology can bring in front of us at any spur of the moment. Who knows, may be an array of smart televisions, smart glasses or smart watches are already in the making? Responsive and adaptive design is the only nerve, and it is absolutely necessary today. Zane Schwarzlose, CR Director of Fahrenheit Marketing has rightly said, “Looking forward in the next few years, we are going to witness more mobile traffic and wider array of screen sizes and resolutions. These factors will surely make responsive web design key to properly displaying the same information across a variety of web displays.”
For the ones who are not familiar with the notes of responsive design and adaptive design:
- Responsive design helps create a website or app which will fluidly change and respond or get mold to any screen sizes and resolutions.
- Adaptive design helps create a site or app with presentation of multiple layers designed for different devices. In this case, a single site or app might have multiple layers of presentation that will be accumulated to multiple devices. The various presentation layers might be separately for PC, tablet or tabs, and thirdly for smartphones.
2. Native apps will decline: It is likely that in the coming years, mobile platform will witness certain path breaking shakes. The popular options will get rejected and the new platforms will eventually grab the market. The present landscape of the mobile platform combined with the growing demand of the web front will let to a declination of the native apps front. In the present context, the developers have already started avoiding the risk of native apps and started accepting the suppleness of the mobile web apps. And this facet will continue in the following days. The President of Lighthaus Design, Inc says, “Apps are on the decline, I believe. More companies will be developing enhanced website features unlike native apps. Today it is more cost effective to create a website application with same functionality as an app, but can be developed to work, not only n desktops, but on mobile devices and tablets as well.”
3. Web site and apps will offer customized user experience: With the rise in the nook and corners of the web front, there has been a shift towards customized user experience. And it will no day cease its power. The personalized user experiences can be offered in a variety of ways. In many cases, the web applications and the sites are smart enough to memorize the preferences and options of the active users. The sites and the apps ultimately delivers tailored actions depending upon the customers. While in most other cases, the site and the apps offer a choice to the users to customize their own design, layouts and preferences. So concluding upon the fact that personalized web design is the future of web development won’t be an overstatement. It is expected that sites and apps should be smart enough to recognize every actions of the user. If an user visits your site, the site should be capable enough to grab the motives, preferences and the moves of the users.
4. Application portability will become a crucial note: Few years back, developers used to build develop sites and apps with single database, and for single platform. In the recent times, that practice has become obsolete. I the recent times, business as well as other fields are realizing the need for a more flexible and fluid contents, that can be easily ported to any database or platforms. Today businesses are using wide number of databases, bringing a rising demand to the portable applications in the world of business. As such cloud based hosting servers are becoming more and more prevalent. Data will be dragged from every corner: In this amazing world, internet data is no more limited to just databases and so. The web applications and sites will drag data from every nook and corners, probably from somewhere we might not even expect. Future web applications will not only rely on aspects from the database. It will go beyond and possibly grab important notes from office building too. There will be relevant gauge and sensors to detect and understand everything and make applicable adjustments. Dr. Scott Stadum has rightly said that every snippet of technology will illustrate magical shows. If sensors check the soil and earth conditions, the home appliances will audit inventory. Each bit of technology will have something to do with the web front. The real time data monitors will mine and forecast the important decisions.
5. Development platforms will grab the scenario: It is a common dilemma for companies across the globe. Most of companies today are relying upon unauthorized cloud based services. This action calls for serious security issues. Most often it happens that this action leads the data handling procedure leak out of the control of the IT department, calling for serious notes. This query can however be easily handled with companies wide development platforms. If the growing rapport of the IT world becomes proficient enough to meet the time-to-time demands of every business, depending upon third party service will decline eventually. To combat this issue, the IT sectors and business will have to deploy more in-house self-service development platforms.
Web development has come a long way in the last few years. And it has already primed for the way ahead. In the coming years, it is likely to give people all the important components. If a company or business is lying in the phase of being a startup, the above mentioned norms can give a kick start. It would be rightfully correct to conclude the fact that web apps or web front is touted to be the future of both desktops and smartphones. But with so many hurdles lying on the way, will it succeed or not is still a matter of query. Being able to share static documents is no matter a fancy task today. The future web assets are expected to support sites that are getting close to the look and feel of the sites, so that anything big and magical can be carried out in any device. Viewing life in a fast forward pace, it can be seen that website has become the choice of every life.
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