5 web development trends for 2019

New year, new trends and practices for web developers to get familiar with and use on various projects!

Let’s have a look at what seems to be the predominant 2019 trends on web development and get excited for what the future has in store:

AI

Digital Transformation Strategies are all the rage these days and at their core, you will usually stumble upon two words: Artificial Intelligence! Developers should expect to delve deeper into AI’s various implementations, especially on client service applications, like intelligent chatbots. AI always looked like the future, but in 2019 it becomes clear that the future is already here.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)

Mobile app functions and features will gradually show up more and more at web properties. These types of web applications, which are actually web pages or websites, should properly work on all browsers, be available offline and be progressively improved to provide the best possible user experience, thus reducing bounce rates, increasing mobile conversions and impressions and allowing companies to employ push notifications, which is also a major trend.

One-Page Websites

If we consider the staggering amount of people who browse websites from their smartphones, it’s easy to comprehend the eventual rise of one-page websites. Speed and ease at finding the information needed dictate simplifying UX/UI approaches on web design, so expect to see more one-page setups emerging online.

JavaScript frameworks

JavaScript frameworks are already being favoured by a growing number of web developers for their ease and adaptability. If you have already jumped on the JavaScript frameworks train and wish to dive deeper on their use, check out Dimitris Livas’s presentation “Under the hood of RxJs: Managing our Reactive, Side Effected World”

Motion UI

Static images and flash-based graphics on websites are counting down their days towards extinction since users seem to slowly get over them. Enter… Motion UI!

Motion UI elements can be employed to improve usability and since they are highly customizable, they can easily become a developer’s playground!