Will the future of software development in 2021 see us using more open source software? Will all-in-one AI assistants become mainstream, or will they fail to live up to the hype? How will the next generation of developers react to the trends that are currently shaping the industry? To find out, we reached out to seven software experts and asked them for their predictions. The results are quite exciting.
The future of software development is already here. Despite this, many companies still insist on developing their products in the old way. Such organizations are rooted in the past and backward-thinking, which eventually will catch up to them. We can't accurately predict exactly how things will play out in the future; however, we can make educated guesses using recent events as a basis for doing so.
Software development is one of the fastest growing industries there is. The global software development market has grown at an annual compounding rate of 6.5% in the last several years, totaling to $301 billion in 2016. Its future prospects are incredibly positive, with the market expected to reach approximately $400 billion by 2020. Software will become more complicated, powerful and virtual thanks to cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, mobile apps and internet of things (IoT) technologies. Here are trends that will affect software development in 2021: