Motion UI

An emerging trend we will see a lot more of in the new year, Foundation for Apps already implemented strong visual feedback using animation. Along with Motion UI, Google’s Material Design is an emerging trend which We’ll no doubt do a lot more of, helped along by frameworks like the Polymer Project.

New JavaScript features

WebGL 3D will become increasingly popular as browsers continue to increase in speed and capability. Powered by frameworks like three.js, We offer in my projects more applications of this awesome technology in-browser. HTML5 JavaScript APIs will have increased support in iOS and Android browsers. ServiceWorker magic for offline web-app use. Object.observe – revolutionising two-way data binding in JavaScript MV* frameworks

Foundation for Apps

Foundation’s first foray into the app space, the new framework introduces app templates, an integrated JavaScript development environment with AngularJS and Gulp. New design components including Motion UI and the flexbox grid. It’s still early days for the framework, but We expect use it for big things.

The rise of Instagram

Instagram recently passed Twitter in their number of users, does this mean a movement away from micro-blogging and an increase in the popularity of image sharing applications? We are doing more creative ways to share images and videos as new technology becomes available. We also keep an eye out for developments and trends within other image-based sharing applications like Pinterestand SnapChat.

The rise of Node.js

We see a shift in web application development to Node.js and probably other JavaScript server-side frameworks. Our teams shift towards using a single language on web projects. Node help us to push this transition along, as our both front and back end developers are generally competent in JavaScript.

Single page applications

Following the growth in popularity of the above-mentioned technologies, We expect more single page applications being produced. In the new year We hope to find more solutions to some of the challenges which building these apps present.

The Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things is the network of physical objects that contains embedded technology in order for them to communicate and interact with their environments and each other. More devices are becoming network-accessible, so as an web developer, We'll be tasked with coming up with new solutions to help users control and communicate with their cars, heat pumps, ovens, toasters and plants. Many companies already have kits that make your house appliances smart so in 2015, We predict that IoT software platforms will continue to displace hardware. Although much of the early hype has been about high-tech wearables and wireless technologies, this year We will increase focus on the software and especially the cloud services to make all these sensors connect, upload data, and drive analytics that generate insights and enable efficiencies and communications across the business.

The IoT movement is so huge that recently Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt predicted that internet will “simply disappear in the future” as it becomes “part of your presence all the time”.

Web UI components (IoT)

Polymer and ReactJS are growing in popularity as We move towards for more reusable dynamic components. Facebook’s ReactJS library is framework-agnostic and uses some fancy new techniques to quickly build user interfaces. The Polymer project is a larger framework which allows you to create client-side applications and incorporates mobile-ready design.

Web API

We are building more web APIs, utilised by their web app and their native apps. This is already starting to happen, and will almost certainly increase in popularity as a single codebase is a lot easier to maintain.

New challenges for responsive design

While wearable technology continues to grow in popularity, we can expect new design challenges presented by devices like the Apple Watch, Google Glass and Oculus Rift. Supporting every screen regardless of size or shape is what my responsive design is all about. ZURB’s Foundation is evolving into “Foundation for Sites” and continues to evolve. Semantic UI is a new design framework which is looking really promising, particularly for app design.