As the technology landscape continues to evolve, we find ourselves surrounded by new and emerging open source platforms every other day. New developments like Open Stack, Internet of Things, and more have created a complete paradigm shift in the way we use technology in our everyday lives. Here’s a rundown of the top open source trends set to rise in popularity in 2018.
The open stack will gain more importance
Open Stack is essentially a cloud operating system. It gives administrators the ability to provision and control vast computing, storage, and network resources through an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Many companies already use Open Stack to manage their cloud computing systems. The popularity of this system is due to its flexible ecosystem, transparency, servers, and lower cost compared to other equivalent alternatives. The open stack is expected to increase in acceptance and be a major influence on the future of cloud computing.
Progressive Web Apps Will Be More Popular
Progressive Web Apps are an aggregation of technologies, design concepts, and APIs that allow you to have an app-like experience in the mobile browser. Traditional websites have certain inherent shortcomings. Apps provide a more personalized experience, but are resource intensive as they must be downloaded to the user’s device. PWA offers the best of both worlds. It effectively provides an app-like experience and can be accessed through a browser. It can be indexed by search engines and can be adapted to any form factor. This technology is set to soar to new heights in 2018, that much goes without saying.
Rust to govern perfectly
Unlike most programming languages, Rust doesn’t come with a security vs. control the exchange. It offers 100% control without compromising security. Rust takes a unique approach that includes built-in testing and is seen by developers as a viable option for an open source language. It is an effective alternative to languages like C and python for writing secure code.
R user community grows
The R language is a GNU project. It is associated with statistical computing and graphics. It offers a wide range of statistical and graphical techniques for development. R is a perfect open source option for data manipulation, computation, and graphical visualization. It will definitely rule the open source market in 2018 as well.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence extend its reach
Machine learning and AI give machines the ability to learn from the past and improve user experiences without the programmer having to explicitly code instructions. With various open source technologies taking advantage of them to create cutting-edge applications, these types of applications will definitely be widely deployed in 2018.
As the Internet of Things connects more and more things and cloud computing increases in deployment, 2018 will see a number of technology disruptions and open source will definitely be a driving force for most of these innovations.