Cloud computing has transformed the way IT teams do their work, and this has led to a wave of new applications and web development tools, platforms and models.
Among the major changes experienced in today’s new IT era is some emerging cloud application development trends that are already having an impact on how enterprises operate.
In this article, we’re going to discuss some of the trends in today’s application development landscape.
More of Hybrid Cloud Solutions
The increasing use of mobile devices has largely fueled the demand for applications that can seamlessly operate and be accessed easily on different operating systems. This has ultimately led to the adoption of hybrid cloud applications by many enterprises.
Hybrid apps are becoming more popular as they allow faster deployment and enable a reduction in overhead costs when dealing with multiple mobile platforms.
Hybrid apps help reduce the cost and effort required when updating and maintaining apps as the synchronized development for multiple operating systems is carried out on a single platform.
Despite challenges like integration and app incompatibility in the hybrid cloud environment, new developer tools like .NET Core are helping solve compatibility issues during the app development stage: here’s a fantastic article about net core vs. net framework.
Migration to the Cloud Will Continue Accelerating
It’s no longer a question of whether or not businesses will shift to the cloud but when they’ll move their services. As cloud providers constantly improve and update their services, we’re set to see more small businesses shift their services to the cloud.
Large organizations that have been relying on traditional IT infrastructure are also doing so as well.
Even for businesses that are not ready to shift entirely to the cloud, decisions are being made to move a material portion of the IT workload to the cloud environment. There’s no doubt that the impact of this will be considered for businesses, app users and even vendors of cloud technology.
The cost benefits of migrating to the cloud are the main drivers of this shift.
Cloud Security is Gaining More Attention
As cybersecurity threats on enterprises increase by the day, more stringent security is expected in cloud application development. The growing number of commercial enterprises moving to the cloud means that the risk of data breaches is also increasing, and that’s why IT experts and business owners are becoming increasingly concerned about the security options provided.
However, data security is becoming a core part of DevOps to ensure that businesses relying on cloud solutions get robust cloud security capabilities to ensure data protection and customer safety.
There is a growing call for security to be treated as a key basic utility in today’s app development landscape, and there’s no doubt that the cloud is key to enabling this.
The Continued Rise and Use of Containers
For many years, developers faced huge challenges when it came to managing and migrating software code from one development platform to another.
Today, with the use of containers, which enable developers to manage better and easily migrate their work, it’s much easier to build cloud applications and launch them faster using cloud services like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS.
Every public and private cloud platform today supports container development, making it easy to run development projects on different cloud solutions.
However, companies will need to deal with security, networking and monitoring issues that arise as containers are deployed broadly, especially during the app development stages.
AI and Machine Learning Will Gain More Prominence
As cloud computing technology becomes more mainstream, machine learning and artificial intelligence are set to be the next big thing in the industry.
So far, the biggest players in the cloud computing industry, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Amazon Web Services have already introduced AI and machine learning in their cloud services. Although both technologies are still in their infancy, they are set to shape the future of cloud computing platforms.
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Conclusion
As more companies embrace cloud computing, developers must take the right steps to ease cloud application development and deployment for businesses that are migrating to the cloud.
Understanding these trends plays a huge role in helping developers, and business owners get off on the right foot.
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