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 that will gain popularity in 2018.
The open stack will become more important
The open stack is essentially a cloud operating system. It offers administrators the ability to provision and control huge compute, storage and network resources through an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Many companies already use the 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 the other equivalent alternatives. The open stack is expected to increase in acceptance and will be a huge influence on the future of cloud computing.
Progressive web apps will be more popular
Progressive web apps are a combination of design concepts and technologies, as well as APIs that allow you to have an app-like experience on 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. Search engines can index it and adapt to any form factor. This technology is poised to fly to new heights in 2018, that’s a no-brainer.
Rust to rule perfectly
Unlike most programming languages, Rust doesn’t come with security vs. compensation control. It offers 100% control without compromising security. Rust has a unique approach that includes built-in testing and is considered by developers to be a viable option for an open source language. It is an efficient option for languages like C and Python to write secure code.
The 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, calculation, and graphical visualization. It will definitely dominate the open source market in 2018 as well.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence expand their reach
Machine learning and artificial intelligence 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 leveraging them to create cutting edge applications, these types of applications are definitely going to be widely deployed in 2018.
As the Internet of Things connects more and more things and cloud computing increases in implementation, 2018 will see a number of technology disruptions and open source will definitely be a driving force for most of these innovations.