As technology evolves, so will the methods and processes which revolve around it. It’ll go without saying how web application development processes improve with it. Older practices of development will no longer fit the necessities of the modern business and taking into consideration how important the role application development plays within the business world, only the ones who keep up with the latest trends are going to have a competitive advantage. Let us look at the 4 most important trends of 2016:
Security
All through the last year, the main thing which definitely is on the rise is cyber-crimes. The sophistication levels of such attacks today are beyond our normal imagination level. And together with the vulnerabilities which many applications still contain, it’ll become a matter which requires instant attention. We believe the main web application development trend we will see in 2016 includes a push towards better security.
Rise in the adoption of hybrid apps
As all of us know the use of devices and mobile phones have rapidly increased over the last couple of years. As a consequence, consumers and business employees also expect enterprise web applications to become accessed through their cellphones. In fact, Gartner predicts that by the year 2017, the need for enterprise application development is going to outrun its supply by nearly 5 times. There are more advantages of hybrid apps which include better performance and reduced cost which additionally make hybrid apps more popular and in demand. These alongside the necessity for individuals to combine mobile apps and web applications, is going to drive most companies to the choice of hybrid apps.
Increase of more powerful web applications
In the past, a client-server model of web applications that had been an increasing trend, witnessed a majority of the work being accomplished on a server and results being sent to a client. Basically, client-side development, earlier, was the in thing. But, that’s swiftly changing now. These days, people want more responsive, stronger web applications which are able to compete with desktop software and native mobile apps. It’ll mean the bulk of the application has to be placed in the browser instead of the server.
With rising demands for web applications generated by front-end technologies, we’ll definitely witness the increase of more powerful web applications such as native apps.
Adaptive/responsive design as a “trend” is fading out
Over the past couple of years, one major trend was the development of web applications which has the ability to adapt to any device and various screen sizes. Now, a web application simply is expected to be accessible from all devices from smartphones to tablets to laptops, also irrespective of their screen size.
