Software Engineering Insights

Ruby on Rails have been into the picture, ever since dynamic apps became the trend on web. Existing and utilized from over a decade, this open-source framework currently has 4,500 people contributing code to it.

As the businesses evolve and emphasize upon infallible software development and delivery model, DevOps is taking the front seat in IT departments. While Agile model for development have been turning up the trump for businesses from a long time, it lacked involvement of operations. Today, DevOps is successfully introducing agility in operations, owing to which organizations are able to render better customer experience with improved operational efficiency.

Machine Learning (ML) has turned out to be one of the profound applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). From Virtual Assistants to traffic predictions, ML is refining the way some of the conventional tasks are performed. With ML holding its strength in pattern recognition and cognitive learning, it has found its significance in intelligent application development.

In the galaxy of programming languages for web application development, Ruby has surely made a majestic entry. And to complement its caliber to build powerful web apps, Ruby on Rails (RoR), a framework based on Ruby language was introduced back in 2004.

From brick-and-mortar retailers (like Walmart) to web-only retailing corporations (like Amazon or Rakuten), eCommerce platforms have certainly made shopping a plain sailing experience for customers. And these days, when smartphones are acting as supercomputers in pocket, consumers take the most of this ease to find, learn, or buy whenever they want-or when the whim bangs.

In the Q1 of 2017, the Apple App Store hosted 1.75 million active apps. And if sources are to be believed, this number is projected to grow up to 5.06 million by 2020. Also, Apple confirms that this second largest app store had 180 billion app downloads in the Q1.

In the duopoly of Android and iOS, we do have some compelling grounds to opt for Android app development. Indeed, this technology is progressive, has made it to billion devices, and owing to its popularity, there is high call for dedicated Android developers in the industry.

“Over 2.3 billion users across the world are using smartphones. There are 4 billion mobile apps and 325 million connected wearable devices used worldwide.”

This steep rise in adoption of mobile platforms and smart devices has broaden up ways for physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare associations to deliver real time care and information to the users.

With Google Play Store hosting over 2.5 million Android apps, paying attention to the trends in development seems to be an obvious thing. While this year saw a lot of technological fads in the field of development, there were some ideas that were above the ordinary, took apps to a different level, and they show no sign of slowing down. The upcoming segment discuss them, along with their amazing applications.

Ever since its existence, ReactJS has been making its way to the list of most trending technologies for front-end development. What added more value to this Javascript library was React Native, which commenced a new phase to the development of Android and iOS apps.