With 2017 coming to a close, it’s time to identify the latest trends in web development that will take over 2018. Will AI chatbots ever get smart? What about the omnipresent IoT platforms? Will software developers finally make the Web secure (and great!) again? Check out R-Style Lab’s guide to latest web development trends - and let us know what you think!

1. Web Dev Trends
to Watch in 2018

2. 2017 – the year of AI, high-profile
cyberattacks and omnipresent IoT –
is coming to a close. It’s time to identify
the trends that will shape the global
web development market in 2018 and
beyond!
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3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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4. GLOBAL AI MARKET IS ON THE RISE
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2014 2019 2024
($, in billion)
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5. Humans are getting more reliant on
conversational UIs, facial recognition
technology, expert systems and
embedded software automating routine
office tasks.
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6. HOW WILL AI IMPACT WEB DEVELOPMENT
IN 2018?
• Evolution of chatbots (improved NLP &
cognitive capabilities);
• Growing adoption of AI-powered website
design solutions (which analyze content &
build webpages around it);
• AI-based SEO plugins (resulting in quality
content and increased online visibility).
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7. FOCUS ON SECURITY
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8. IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW…
• Cybercrime has become a $ 600 billion opportunity;
• Over 200 thousand malware samples are captured on
a daily basis;
• In 2021, cyberattacks will cost enterprises & individual
users $ 6 trillion (up from $ 3 trillion in 2016);
• Nearly 43% of cyberattacks now target small- and
medium-sized businesses.
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9. New threats force companies to
increase cybersecurity spending
(from $ 80 billion in 2016 to $ 1 trillion
in 2021).
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10. THAT’S HOW COMPANIES PRIORITIZE
IT SECURITY SPENDING
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Cooperation
b/w business &
IT
New security
challenges
IoT security Enterprise
architecture
Advanced
authentication
(%)
Obviously, developers won’t stay out of it.
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11. WEB DEVELOPMENT SECURITY BEST
PRACTICES FOR 2018 INCLUDE
• Web app security blueprints, inventory &
prioritization;
• Vulnerabilities prioritization;
• Data encryption;
• HTTPS implementation.
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12. INTERNET OF THINGS
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13. IoT market has topped $ 170 billion
this year. The Internet of Things
platforms and middleware solutions
now account for 41.6% of all IoT projects.
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14. The trend will dominate 2018, too,
driving demand for Java, C, .Net,
JavaScript and Python developers.
Linux will remain the most popular
operating system for IoT devices &
gateways.
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15. IOT CLOUD SERVICES IN DEMAND
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AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud On-prem cloud
2016
2017
(% of respondents)
*based on Eclipse IoT Developer Survey
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16. Following 2017’s high-profile botnet
attacks, more enterprises and
software development companies will
ditch private clouds and reinforce
IoT security standards.
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17. POST-LAMP ERA
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18. KEY REQUIREMENTS TO SOFTWARE DEV
NOW INCLUDE:
• Easier tool integration;
• Continuous deployment;
• Flexibility;
• Faster (and affordable!) scalability.
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19. As a result, more developers will
abandon the LAMP tech stack
(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) to
JavaScript frameworks, AWS, Ruby,
Python and PostgreSQL.
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Sources:
http://r-stylelab.com/company/blog/web-development/top-5-trends-in-web-development
https://www.rswebsols.com/tutorials/web-design/web-development-trends-2017
https://medium.com/commit-push/the-top-rising-javascript-trends-to-watch-in-2017-86d8e87db3b3
https://www.upwork.com/blog/2016/10/3-web-development-trends/
http://www.csoonline.com/article/3153707/security/top-5-cybersecurity-facts-figures-and-statistics-for-2017.html
https://www.keycdn.com/blog/web-application-security-best-practices/
https://www.cmscritic.com/the-big-three-a-security-comparison-of-wordpress-drupal-and-joomla/
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