Web development is the foundation of the internet, and it’s constantly evolving. It’s a challenging field, with new frameworks and libraries popping up all the time, and established frameworks getting regular updates. In addition to keeping up with the latest technologies, dealing with development-related issues, developers must also have to be ready for new trends in design and user experience.
So what will we see in 2022? Let’s take a look at some of the top web development trends we can expect to emerge in the coming years.
1. Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
The main reason why people use mobiles today is for surfing the internet, playing games, and downloading apps. It is the era of smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices. This is where Progressive Web Apps come into play. They can be used by both Android and iOS users, offer faster speed and also save data. These apps are lightweight which makes them easier to use. They do not take up space on your phone like other apps so they are easy to download as well.
2. Optimized Voice Search
With the rise in popularity of voice search, websites that take advantage of this technology will rank higher in search engine results than those that don’t. This is because voice searches are natural language searches, which means that the content on your site needs to be written for humans instead of machines. Also, mobile-friendly sites are more likely to get top rankings.
Voice search is already being used by millions of people and its popularity is growing. As a web developer, it is important to stay ahead of the curve and implement voice search optimization into your content strategy.
3. Motion User Interface (UI)
Motion UI is a Sass library that makes it easy to create CSS transitions and animations for your website or app. While this has been around for some time already, it’s expected to become even more popular in 2022 as users expect websites and apps that are more interactive and engaging than ever before.
4. Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
The mobile market is growing rapidly and the trend is not going to change in the next years. Google has introduced the AMP project which is a new framework that allows building mobile-first websites very quickly. The usage of AMP will lead to higher positions in SERP on mobile devices and a reduced bounce rate.
AMP pages are cached by Google servers, so they load almost instantly. This is a great way to improve the user experience and make people come back to your website.
AMP works as a part of your site code, so you can use it with any CMS or programming language and don’t need to write additional code for AMP pages.
5. Single Page Applications
The single-page application (SPA) is a web development strategy that creates interactive and responsive websites by loading all of a site’s resources when the user first visits the web page. Once the resources are loaded, subsequent interactions with the web pages do not require page reloading.
SPAs allow users to access functionality and content in real-time without disruption, but they also demand more bandwidth than traditional websites because all of the site’s code and media are downloaded at once. If a user is on a slow connection, SPAs can take longer to load. Single-page applications are often confused with progressive web applications (PWAs), which are created using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript but run within a native app wrapper rather than in a browser.
6. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days and web development is no exception. More specifically, machine learning is expected to play a big part in web development in 2022, particularly when it comes to personalization
7. Serverless Architecture
Serverless architecture is one of the top web application development trends of 2022. It is the way towards assembling applications from cloud services, which are called serverless functions because they require zero server management by developers.
Serverless computing enables organizations to assemble and run applications and services without worry or stress over physical servers. It likewise enables them to pay just for the handling time they spend on their applications, as opposed to purchasing costly equipment upfront.
Wrapping Up!
So, that was a brief overview of the top trends for the upcoming years. I hope these predictions will help you with planning and developing your projects, finding inspiration for market changes, and gaining a competitive advantage.
