7 Web Development Trends that will Rule 2018

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• The web development industry is highly volatile
  as web development technology trends change quite
  faster even before you could implement it
  sometimes.
• Being a web design and development agency we are
  bringing you top 7 web development trends that
  will dominate 2018 to help you stay relevant in
  the industry and also ahead of the competition.

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1. Progressive Web Apps Will Gain Hype

• Since we first heard about progressive web apps
  (PWAs) in 2015, it has come a long way and
  continues to gain traction.
• PWAs are giving steep competition to native
  mobile apps as these web apps feels like native
  apps. Thanks to service workers which enable
  offline functionality in these apps and help
  deliver an enhanced user experience.

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• Furthermore, you can also save the shortcut of
  PWAs on your home screen. It caches most of the
  information and thus offers you the ability to
  work offline. Every time your device is connected
  to the internet service workers ensure that the
  latest information is cached.
• Therefore, in 2018 you would get to see more
  businesses exploring the promising prospects of
  PWAs. In order to stay competitive and make the
  most of this trend you would need to develop and
  deploy PWAs faster.

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2. Chatbots For Online Assistance

• Today conversational interface has revolutionized
  the way businesses interact with their customers.
  Many websites have the customer service chatbot
  to provide online assistance to site visitors
  anytime.
• AI-enabled chatbots are smart enough to help
  users by answering frequently asked questions,
  redirecting visitors to the needed page, helping
  shoppers choose the right product and also
  proceed with online payments.

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• Moreover, chatbots not only help you provide
  effortless and optimized 24/7 customer service
  but also saves time and cost of having a round
  the clock customer service department.
• In 2018, customers would prefer websites that not
  only provide online assistance but expect higher
  quality of service too. Therefore, deploying
  artificially intelligent bots for customer
  service would be a very important web development
  trend in 2018.

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3. Static websites will reincarnate

• Do you remember that in the early years of the
  Internet we used to have static websites on the
  World Wide Web? Then began the era of dynamic
  websites! The websites became more functional and
  also provided the ease of updating the website
  for people without any technical background.
• However, the development process of dynamic
  websites became more complicated as backend
  development got involved to facilitate website
  communication with the server.

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• I believe that the web would return to its root
  and static websites would become the web
  development trend again in 2018. This is because
  they are faster, safer and cheaper. However,
  static websites will experience a new
  reincarnation as they have been improved by
  static site generators.
• A static site generator combines the benefits of
  a static website and a content management
  system (CMS). The popular ones are Hexo, GitBook a
  nd Gatsby which are written in JavaScript. You
  can also find static generators written in many
  other programming languages including Ruby, Coffee
  script, Python and PHP.

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4. Angular Will Continue To Rule Web Development

• JavaScript is often hailed as the future of web
  development and Angular is undoubtedly the most
  popular frontend framework. Angular 2, the
  complete rewrite of AngularJS framework, had
  brought speed and simplicity to web development.
• Moreover, it is equipped with enhanced dependency
  injections, improved modularity, scalability of
  app structure and much more.

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• This year the release of Angular 4 which is quite
  similar to Angular 2 is reducing the size of the
  code generated to almost 60 percent. And if you
  dont use animation in your projects then there
  is welcome news for you. The animation package is
  removed from the core and put into a separate
  package.
• As Angular and its latest releases would continue
  to inspire web developers in 2018, I would
  recommend you to follow the Angular Blog in order
  to stay tuned for the latest updates.

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5. Single page websites will gain traction

• As we enter 2018, we would get to see another web
  development trend gaining traction that would
  allow all the content to be placed on a single
  scrollable page and remove all the clutter. Yes,
  you have guessed it right we are talking
  about single page applications or websites!
• Single page websites bring quite a few advantages
  to the table. If you dont want to challenge your
  site visitors with complex navigation, tons of
  text and multi-level menu then one-page websites
  are the right option.

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• But, at the same time you would need to know that
  there are limited use-cases of single page
  websites. They are definitely not suitable
  for eCommerce projects and blogs.
• However, businesses can benefit from this trend
  by presenting their services in a simplified and
  engaging manner. Moreover, they are great for
  mobile users and this would mean a lot for your
  business in the mobile-first era.
• Furthermore, this website is not only
  user-friendly but it also makes website design,
  development and hosting cheaper.

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6. Popularity of PHP 7.x Laravel 5.x will rise

• PHP has always been the popular choice when it
  comes to website backend development. And I
  believe that the latest update of the
  most-popular open-source PHP web
  framework Laravel 5.x will get even more
  recognition in 2018.
• You can fully experience the benefits of Laravel
  on dynamic websites with complicated backend.  It
  not only offers solutions for complex tasks but
  also makes development faster and more reliable.

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• Laravel also has a large developer community and
  they release regular updates to ensure that this
  framework complies with contemporary requirements
  and needs of businesses.
• So you would get to see more of Laravel as a
  backend framework in 2018.

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7. Push notifications for websites

• Nowadays, many websites are implementing push
  notifications as this idea in mobile apps did
  turn out to be a highly efficient means of
  engaging users. So, in 2018 push notifications
  would become a popular trend and you can utilize
  this technology for better user engagement.
• This technology appears quite simple as users
  visit your site, they are offered to enable push
  notifications. If they enable then they would be
  notified in case of any changes on your site like
  new blog post, even after the user has closed the
  tab of your site.

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• The major benefit of this user-friendly
  technology is that you can keep your audience
  engaged effortlessly. Moreover, they are fast,
  on-time without requiring any complicated actions
  and thus, it can be a cheaper alternative to a
  mobile application as well.
• So, get ready to make the most of this technology
  for your business in 2018.

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Conclusion

• In the digital era, a website is critical to the
  survival of your business because your audience
  thrives online. Therefore, staying updated with
  latest web development trends could mean
  attracting new customers and could translate into
  increase in conversions.
• Do you think we have left out any trend that
  would dominate 2018? Would you like to add any
  trend to this list? You can talk with our web
  development experts regarding your app ideas. We
  would love to hear from you please be the first
  to leave your comments below.

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