{"id":1828,"date":"2016-10-08T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T12:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capitalnumbers.com\/blog\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:37:40","slug":"throwback-to-the-top-5-programming-trends-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalnumbers.com\/blog\/throwback-to-the-top-5-programming-trends-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback to the Top 5 Programming Trends of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capitalnumbers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Programming-Trends-2016_061016.png\" alt=\"programming-trends-2016_061016\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/>--><\/p>\n<p>2016 is shaping up to be a very exciting year in the world of programming. New programs and&nbsp;design choices abound as developers are experimenting with all of the possibilities this year has&nbsp;brought with it. Now is the perfect opportunity to learn about what\u2019s \u201cin\u201d this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Single-page web apps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Website developers are continuing to ditch the traditional web page to web page design&nbsp;of the past in favor of a more streamlined browsing experience. The main difference between a&nbsp;single page web app and a typical web page is that all of the necessary information for the&nbsp;entire website is retrieved at the same time; no additional pages need to be accessed.<\/p>\n<p>There are many advantages to designing a single page web page. For starters, your&nbsp;information is organized, simple, and understandable for all of your visitors. Putting all of your&nbsp;pertinent info on a single scrollable page divided into sections based on the subject is much&nbsp;easier on the eyes and users can tell what you\u2019re talking about with just a glance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GitHub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Github is the latest and greatest for coding projects. Whether you want to work on&nbsp;something alone, with a small team, or with your entire staff, Github can let you experiment and&nbsp;work together on all your most important coding endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>The open source nature of the service allows programmers to observe other projects&nbsp;and even offer up their services to help it along. GitHub acts as a repository of code that can be&nbsp;accessed at any time. It works as a source control tool, making sure to keep track of every&nbsp;version of an app as well as who on the team implemented it.<\/p>\n<p>It can also be a great learning tool for budding programmers to watch experts build apps&nbsp;right in front of them. Those same experts can review the amateur\u2019s work and give them helpful&nbsp;advice to improve their coding skills. You can pick up valuable skills just by watching the experts&nbsp;at work. Working on any of the millions of projects available from other Github users will help&nbsp;you gain experience for your projects.<\/p>\n<p><!-- This site is converting visitors into subscribers and customers with OptinMonster - http:\/\/optinmonster.com :: Campaign Title: RemoteHiring --><\/p>\n<div id=\"om-kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz-holder\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz,kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz_poll=function(){var r=0;return function(n,l){clearInterval(r),r=setInterval(n,l)}}();!function(e,t,n){if(e.getElementById(n)){kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz_poll(function(){if(window['om_loaded']){if(!kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz){kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz=new OptinMonsterApp();return kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz.init({\"u\":\"18402.333867\",\"staging\":0,\"dev\":0,\"beta\":0});}}},25);return;}var d=false,o=e.createElement(t);o.id=n,o.src=\"\/\/a.optnmnstr.com\/app\/js\/api.min.js\",o.onload=o.onreadystatechange=function(){if(!d){if(!this.readyState||this.readyState===\"loaded\"||this.readyState===\"complete\"){try{d=om_loaded=true;kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz=new OptinMonsterApp();kv9ydvtgjiv3iarz.init({\"u\":\"18402.333867\",\"staging\":0,\"dev\":0,\"beta\":0});o.onload=o.onreadystatechange=null;}catch(t){}}}};(document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0]||document.documentElement).appendChild(o)}(document,\"script\",\"omapi-script\");\/\/ ]]><\/script><!-- \/ OptinMonster --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Material design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This modern philosophy combines flat colors with simulated shadows and flashy&nbsp;animations, of which Google been the biggest proponent. Not to mention they even coined the&nbsp;term. Fluid animations help in-app actions flow together and provide a more vibrant experience.&nbsp;2015 introduced us to the new mobile designs of Google\u2019s main line of services like YouTube,&nbsp;Gmail, and Google Maps featuring their new layout. It\u2019s apparent that they are quite proud of&nbsp;what they have come up with, judging from their widespread implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Developers are taking notice of this new trend, too. Now that it has become the standard&nbsp;in the latest Android operating system Marshmallow, devs want to create apps that look&nbsp;congruent with the new design. Thankfully Google has published their entire <a href=\"https:\/\/material.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">design document<\/a>&nbsp;with all of the dos and don\u2019ts on how to make the best looking and feeling app with their design&nbsp;philosophy in mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backend as a service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>App developers are adopting BaaS faster than ever, and that trend is expected to&nbsp;continue for the rest of the year. The olden days of coding demanded that if you wanted a&nbsp;server for storing user data, you would have to craft the infrastructure from scratch. Thanks to&nbsp;the vast improvements brought by the internet and cloud storage in particular, devs no longer&nbsp;have to trouble themselves with that mess.<\/p>\n<p>The backend is composed of three interconnected parts: the application itself, a&nbsp;database on which the information is stored, and a server that houses the database. Connecting&nbsp;to the backend isn\u2019t always the easiest process, but the cloud has made it infinitely easier for&nbsp;developers to focus on making outstanding applications without spending so much time&nbsp;tweaking the nitty-gritty parts of their apps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloud Computing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More and more applications are relying on internet-based systems to function. Cloud&nbsp;computing is the future of web development. Rather than buying or renting rows upon rows of&nbsp;dedicated servers that you may or may not use, you can simply use the power of the ecloud&nbsp;through services like Amazon Web Services to pay only for the computing power you need.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main draws of cloud computing is its scalability. If you notice that you\u2019ve&nbsp;gained an influx of users to your site or app, you can easily get more capacity so your app stays&nbsp;stable and all of your visitors will have a smooth experience. No one likes a slow web page and&nbsp;cloud computing can bring some much needed speed to your service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 is shaping up to be a very exciting year in the world of programming. New programs and&nbsp;design choices abound as developers are experimenting with all of the possibilities this year has&nbsp;brought with it. Now is the perfect opportunity to learn about what\u2019s \u201cin\u201d this year. 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