Top 8 Challenges in Web App Development in 2019
Web Apps were a rage in 2018 with stellar products like Canva, Flipkart, and much more. Taking care of these eight points will give you all the success you need in 2019.
Web apps are among the most used software. From accessing your emails and being active on social media apps like Facebook and LinkedIn to writers drafting and accessing their articles on Google Docs, most work happens on web apps. It's 2019; with the rise of powerful mobile devices, the use of computers has diminished by a very large percentage. With powerful phone apps being capable of replacing a majority of software and web apps, there are some really big challenges for web apps to overcome in order to compete with the former. These are the 8 challenges that the web application development industry faces:
Retaining users
The biggest challenge here lies is user retention. About 47% of the users expect a page load time of 2 seconds or less, while almost 40% of the users abandon a website that takes more than 3 seconds to load.
Losing to native smartphone apps
This is a major factor, which makes the development of web app a challenge in the smartphone era. That is because the web application in a smartphone can never fully utilize the high-end processing capabilities that it actually has. The I/O processes are done in the server, hence, there is always some delay with results.
Scalability
Scalability does not mean high performance, computing power, or bandwidth. It's about managing the load that increases on the servers. So, when the page traffic increases, one can add more servers to balance the existing servers’ load. Server Oriented Architecture can help to make the backend much more modular.
UI & UX
User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) are very important aspects. In our smartphone era, every web application is expected to be optimized to the mobile screen. In such a case, if the interface is complicated and confusing, the users will ditch your app. To keep the users loyal to the app, one must keep in mind to a very spontaneous interface. Intuitive navigation makes it easy for users to access the required information.
Choosing frameworks & platforms
What if you had to build a house with just a hammer? Similarly, what if you wanted to make an image recognition app from the ground up without a tool in place? This is where frameworks come in with extra performance, code libraries, and extended capabilities for developers so that they don’t need to hand-code web apps from scratch.
Being exposed to security threats
The aesthetics and performance of the product are given so much importance that security often takes a backseat. On the contrary, security should be a part of the product development cycle since ideation. One cannot neglect the urgency for security, especially if the app collects sensitive data like payment details, user information, and other confidential data.
The developer’s attitude
To complete the projects quickly, the developer may sometimes ignore best industry practices such as, not reviewing codes and suppressing errors to meet with time limits, without realizing that quality coding is imperative to the success of a web app.
Choosing the right team
The success of the product not just depends on the company, but on the team that runs it. An ideal team is one that balances out the inefficiencies of one another.
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Thinkinno Technologies is an app development company, whose dedicated team will take care of all your web app development needs from primary planning of the app to managing it with software support, enhancement, multimedia integration, and much more.
