When creating a web project, every developer must be extremely careful in choosing a technology stack. The right choice of technology defines literally everything’ how the web project will look like, how productive it will be, whether it will be easy to use, and in the end, how many users it will attract.
Having interviewed web development experts from RexSoft, we’ve compiled a list of the most promising technologies for web development in 2021.
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Node.js
Node.js is a server-side platform that is part of a stack of technologies that covers all software development needs and is based on JavaScript. Node.js uses the V8 JavaScript engine, the same one used in Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. As a result, by using Node.js, code intended to run on the server can be written in JavaScript.
The advent of Node.js has made full-stack development of web projects in JavaScript possible. Consequently, developers of server-side applications have at their disposal both the strong features of JavaScript, and achievements of the JS ecosystem such as libraries that became possible to use in the server environment.
PHP
PHP is one of the most popular backend programming languages. Although PHP faces stiff competition from Python and JavaScript, the market still needs a large number of PHP developers.
Today, about 70% of websites use PHP. In WordPress, about 90% of the code is written in this language. With PHP, you can create very dynamic and interactive websites, which are very pleasing to the eyes of the user.
Ruby
Ruby boasts an active community, thanks to which it has excellent documentation and impressive open-source dependencies. In addition, Ruby code is famous for its simplicity.
Thanks to the Ruby on Rails framework, a developer can get a RESTful API up and running with CRUD resources in a matter of hours. This language also ensures convenient use of the unit and feature tests, as well as databases.
C#
C# is a high-level programming language. This means that developers can write programs in it independent of the architecture of the particular computer’s processor. It is best suited for programs with many patterns and high performance because it has many programming features such as indexers, version control of assemblies, available integration with Windows, etc.
C# is popular among developers because it has some advantages of C++ but it is easier to write code in it and avoid errors.
GraphQL
GraphQL is an open-source data query language and one of the most advanced APIs developed by Facebook. The popularity of GraphQL is rapidly growing and such large companies as Twitter, Shopify, and Amazon have already started working with this technology.
GraphQL helps developers deal with common problems because it makes uploading and processing data much easier. GraphQL provides the ability to specify exactly what data you want back from the API. This ensures that the software calling the API gets all the data it needs in a single request.
A developer’s job is mainly to solve technical problems, so it is important to work with a proven technology that has a large community behind it that will increase productivity and positively impact the project.
This list will help to navigate the current trends in web development, but the main thing to remember is that in any project the success of the technology depends primarily on the specialist who uses it. RexSoft has many experts in Node.js development, contact us and get a powerful team of experts at your disposal.
