Top 5 Web Technologies to Learn

Anas Khalid
IEEE ENSIAS Student Branch
4 min readMar 21, 2020

In this article, I’ll present to you the top 5 web technologies you must learn in This year. After a search in job offer websites and LinkedIn, I’ve come with this list of trends technologies in the Moroccan job market.

Node js:

With the rise of Microservices and the separation between frontend development and backend development, Node js win a big market share, especially with startups. Node js help developers to build efficient and scalable server-side apps in a short time. So what is Node js?

Node. js is a platform for writing server-side JavaScript applications. It is built on top of the V8 JavaScript runtime and uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it perfect for data-intensive, real-time applications.

Here is a list of some famous Global Companies Using Node.js in production:

  • Netflix
  • Linkedin
  • Trello
  • Medium
  • Uber

React JS:

React.js is a dominating front-end JavaScript library, and it’s getting more and more popular,(I know there is a confusion between developers on calling it a library or Framework. for me, I’d like to call it a library because it does not provides stuff like routers and/or widgets, etc). So what is ReactJS?

ReactJS is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces maintained by Facebook and a community of individual developers and companies.

Here is a list of internet giants Using ReactJS :

  • Facebook
  • Netflix
  • Instagram
  • WhatsApp
  • New York Times

Spring MVC / Spring Boot:

With the growth of many backends frameworks, Java is still holding its market share, thanks to its famous and powerful Spring framework.

You maybe heard about Spring and Spring Boot, and you don’t know what is the difference between them.

So, The Spring framework provides an elaborate programming and configuration model. It aims to simplify Java EE development and helps developers be more productive at work. Unlike other frameworks, Spring focuses on several areas of an application and provides a wide range of features. While the Spring framework focuses on providing flexibility to you, Spring Boot aims to shorten the code length and provide you with the easiest way to develop a web application.

Here is a list of Global Companies and institutions that use Spring:

  • Almost all Banking & Financial firms.
  • Amason
  • MIT
  • indeed
  • Iris Software, Inc.

Angular :

The Angular framework has a huge reputation between frontend developers and tech companies of the enormous features that offer. So what is Angular?

Angular is a Javascript framework that is used by developers for building web, desktop, and mobile applications. The development of Angular applications involves the usage of Typescript, which is a superset of Javascript, along with HTML, CSS, etc.

Here is a list of internet giants Using Angular:

  • PayPal
  • Upwork
  • Freelancer
  • iStock photo
  • Lego

Django :

Now it’s Python turn with its famous framework Django: ‘ The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines ’. Django gains a lot of importance among tech startups in morocco because of its features and its simplicity. So what is Django?

I think the slogan told everything. So Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. It’s free and open source.

Here is a list of some famous Global Companies Using Django in production:

  • Youtube
  • Spotify
  • DropBox
  • Pinterest
  • Udemy

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy some of these technologies as much as I do :) Please drop a comment if you’ve got any other famous web technologies that you think is trending in the Moroccan job market!

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