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Main software development trends for 2024

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Trend #1 — Cloud computing

In 2023, Cloud was embraced not only by startups and businesses but even by governmental organizations and institutions. Hospitals, security offices, legal authorities, and also the Pentagon recognize the value of the technology. It’s possible that by the end of 2024, we are going to see a significant transition of businesses and institutes to Cloud, and not just in the United States, but all over the world.

The reason why Cloud is one of the most prominent software industry trends is that transitioning to this computing form has never been easier. At this point, all global firms are investing in the technology (with the frontrunners like Google, Amazon, Microsoft), and they enable Cloud computing to businesses and individuals. You can even get free credits for the first month to see if the Cloud infrastructure fits your needs well.

Trend #2 — The monopoly of AWS faces challenges

Amazon Web Services was the first global public cloud infrastructure that enabled businesses to switch their computing operations to remote servers. However, despite being the first, AWS will not necessarily be the most popular one. According to Canalys, AWS holds 32,6% of market share, whereas Azure and GCP hold the remaining 22.4%. Microsoft has been challenging Amazon with its Azure infrastructure and JEDI Cloud project, which will be conducted in partnership with Pentagon. Google doesn’t fall behind, either: the company invested in cloud-native computing, which targets business owners and governmental institutions. IBM bought Red Hat — one of the most promising cloud service providers on the market.

Trend #3 — Changes in container development

Docker has been one of the most popular container solutions for a while, with competition from Mesos, Swarm, and Kubernetes. Now, it’s the latter that won the leadership. Kubernetes grew a loyal community and emerged as a global authority on container development. Kubecon + CloudNativeCon was attended by 12 000 people — the company double of its last-year attendance rate.

Kubernetes will be used as an industry standard for container development, with more and more developers moving away from Docker as their preferred solution.

Trend #4 — Global recognition of microservices

Recent developments in Cloud and container development lead more developers to consider microservices as a leading form of architecture. Monolith architecture (the one where you build one big service and add new features to it as the project grows) proved to be a hardly scalable long time ago. Still, it’s only now that microservices might be able to peak, because of so many advancements in Cloud computing.

Rather than building one great service, developers will break the functionality into manageable sections. The software will consist of microservices, where each one performs a single function but does it impeccably. If you need to update a function, make a change in one microservice.

Trend #5 — The rise of Python

Python is a language that fits all modern development needs. Web development, mobile development, or enterprise project — this language can handle it all. What sets Python apart from other universal languages is its ability to allow conducting complex mathematical operations, data analysis, machine learning, and neural network building. As you can see, the language is already ranking the third one after Java and C in terms of popularity. Its growth rate is astonishing: the demand of the language increased twice. What’s more, Python isn’t difficult to learn, but it can be adapted to very complex projects with advanced levels of skill.

Trend #6 — The rise of new languages

Even though developers still prefer learning all-purpose languages like C, Python, Java, new languages have their niche. The last decade surprised us with many elegant languages, among which are Go, Swift, Rust, TypeScript. These tools are simpler to learn and master, the syntax is clearer, and the projects are easy to maintain.

New languages — unlike, for instance, PHP, which was founded in 1994 — are adapted to new hardware and correspond with high user standards. They focus on delivering fast performance, multi-threaded processing, cross-device optimization, and seamless deployment. Importantly, these new languages are backed up by large corporations (Go by Google, Swift by Apple, Rust by Microsoft), which were heavily investing in the growth of these projects over the last few years.

Trend #7 — JavaScript is still the go-to language for web development

2024 will hardly bring any surprises for this software development trend. The dynamics of JS growth are pretty apparent. Ever since the introduction of AngularJS in 2014, the language became more capable of sustaining many backend operations simultaneously. It was always a strong candidate for frontend development, and the possibility to use JS both for client-side and server-side appeals to developers.

JavaScript frameworks are likely to be the next big thing in web development. Perhaps, they are there already — but the trend will become even more apparent as this year goes on.

Trend #8 — Enterprises embrace native development

Over the last few years, we’ve seen many discussions on choosing between native versus hybrid development. Initially, hybrid development appealed to developers with its simplicity and cost-efficiency. Applications are expected to be cross-OS anyway, and it’s cheaper to hire one team instead of several ones.

However, enterprises understood that to develop an intuitive and complex solution, neglecting the standards of native development isn’t always the best bet. While startups and small businesses will still likely pursue cheaper hybrid development, enterprises are likely to come back to more reliable native practices.

Trend #9 — React Native will still dominate hybrid development

Even though enterprises will move away from the massive adoption of hybrid solutions, startups and small businesses will still prefer universal cross-platform development. React Native, backed by Facebook, has been among software development trends for many years, and the situation isn’t likely to change.

While Xamarin and Flutter, two other most popular hybrid frameworks, offer decent competition, React Native still provides a higher percentage of code reusability and is simpler to learn.

Trend #10 — Using TensorFlow for AI development

Artificial Intelligence has been topping the lists of technology trends many years in the row, and it’s not going to change in 2024. Last year, big corporations and smaller startups kept investing in Artificial Intelligence. Each year, users become more accustomed to using AI for daily practices, and it doesn’t start that many ethical conversations.

For developers, incorporating AI in their solutions also becomes a must-have rather than a preferred practice. Google recognized this tendency and developed TensorFlow — a library for neural network development. Combined with Theano, one of the most prominent AI frameworks, it provides developers with a fast environment for building and testing neural networks.

Conclusion: implementing tech trends 2024

Many businesses will face difficulties with adapting to security trends in 2024. To address changes in technology, you need to have a powerful team that can offer skills beyond your in-house technology stacks.

At Jelvix, we offer internationally recognized software development and testing services. Our team always keeps in touch with the latest shifts in software development trends. We are ready to assess your business needs, the current progress of your digital transformation, determine the key challenges, and solve them with disruptive solutions. Keeping tangible business outcomes in mind, we make sure that our technology meets your needs.

If you have an idea for a current or new project in mind, contact our team. We will take a look at your business model, market, audience, and come up with the optimal tech stack that fits the preferences of potential users.