Latest web trends, techniques and new possibilities for front-end development that affect the UX design

Introduction:

Since the inception of the idea of attracting the users to use the websites and portals for maximum use, better sales, better user experience for them in the last decade the trends for the web page/front end development have changed dramatically.

Web page was used to be a simply designed interface for the entry/view/update of various entities by and for the end users.

Present Industry based Technology:

The technologies have evolved from the basic HTML, CSS to the best in the industry today listed as below:

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• JavaScript frameworks: 

It is considered to be the most used programming language in the world and new website trends in the coming years will see the further development of JavaScript frameworks. JavaScript has been the first choice for the client side validations to ease the job of the web client development.

• Multi experience: 

Multi-experience development involves creating fit-for-purpose apps based on touchpoint-specific modes, while at the same time ensuring a consistent user experience across web, mobile, wearable, conversational and immersive touchpoints. 

Most of the websites have infused multi experience. Widely used sites such as google search engine, Udemy, IRCTC are the classic examples in day to day use of the wider range of users.

• Content personalization: 

This involves creating personas for different users to ensure personified experience for better engagement. Now a days the screens and experience is designed to be persona specific so that it can be a very specific experience to enable various categories of the users. This helps in maintaining a great engaging experience as only required menus, actions and workflows are maintained. These days all the web sites and portals have the personalization.

• Motion UI: 

The technology enables developers to create motion within a native app setting for adding dynamism to the page. It is a standalone library that powers the transition effects used in a number of Foundation components, including Toggler, Reveal, and Orbit.

• Responsive websites: 

Responsive web design is a web development approach that is used to create dynamic websites that adjust to different screen sizes. The technology helps solve a lot of problems, like improving user experience, and increasing the amount of time a user spends on a website. Github, Google, BBC News, Disney.com are a few of the best responsive websites.

• Micro frontends: 

Micro Frontends is a recent web development trend of breaking up frontend pillars into smaller, more manageable pieces. Micro frontends are a new pattern where web application UIs (front ends) are composed from semi-independent fragments that can be built by different teams using different technologies. Micro frontends are all about breaking up a large web app into many verticals. Great example of the micro frontend usage is app based services from various providers like Zomato, Swiggy and Curry Delights.

• Virtual reality: 

Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience of a three-dimensional image or environment, which is created using an electronic device. The adoption of virtual reality is going strong. In the field of web development, the latest innovations are voice-activated self-standing devices, and voice optimization for apps and websites. One of the major benefits of VR in design is how immersive and effective it is at stimulating some of the same senses that you use in the real world. This extraordinary benefit can give designers a new way to enhance the user experience (UX) for a product or brand.

• Progressive web pages: 

Have comparatively low development costs and help to Create an immersive user experience with low development costs. A progressive web app (PWA) is a website that looks and behaves as if it is a mobile app. PWAs are built to take advantage of native mobile device features, without requiring the end user to visit an app store, make a purchase and download software locally

With all these advancements happening in the front and design and development, have also led to revolutionary changes in the field of the UI/UX designs. The UI/UX designs are no longer conventional as they have to meet the current trends. These designs are done by a special group of the skilled professionals who have learnt the art of the design formally and with the tools like figma, InVision, Photoshop and Adobe XD.

UI/UX design has become an important skill and getting experiences professionals in these skills along with technically skilled people has become a need of the hour.

UX design ideas greatly influence the web application development from the end user perspective.

The tools used for the UX design enable an online or a demo ready prototyping of the actual product so that the product owners and the managers as well as development team knows about the business impact, feedback in time for the enhancement and also for the changes in the technical design and development of the application.

With advancement of the UI design and development, UX has become a key to success of the application.