{"id":1069,"date":"2018-08-10T05:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T05:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2018-08-18T14:17:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T14:17:48","slug":"web-development-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/web-development-evolution","title":{"rendered":"Web Development Evolution Over the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Change is the only constant. With other things, web development has also witnessed an evolution comprising many changes over the years. New ideas and technologies have raised the industry standard of web development to a whole new level. In this article, we will highlight how web development has changed over the years and what\u2019s the contrast between yesterday and today.<\/p>\n<h2>Many Visually Appealing Fonts Available<\/h2>\n<p>Rollback the clock, or ask designers from yesteryears, they will go on and on talking about how standard the fonts were those days. You only had a handful font style, patterns to play around with. Every second website looked more or less similar. There weren\u2019t any multi-font graphics that are available today. Today, you can not only find almost any font you think of, but can even create your own font.<\/p>\n<p>User experience is critical and therefore a lot of emphasis is given on customization of elements, including the fonts. Fonts customization has become fairly easy, owing to the readily available tools (both paid and free). You may think what\u2019s the need of so many fonts to convey the message through the website? Well, it\u2019s not just about the text or what the text is trying to communicate; it\u2019s more about the overall user experience and how well the fonts settle with other design elements of the website to enhance the experience, look, feel of the website.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1073\" src=\"http:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fonts.jpg\" alt=\"Many Visually Appealing Fonts Available\" width=\"768\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fonts.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fonts-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>GIFs Have Replaced PNG and EPS<\/h2>\n<p>Low page loading time is a vital element for any website\u2019s success. In the past, designers and developers were very reluctant to use high-quality images as their large size hampered the page loading time. Therefore they used low-quality, stock images. However, the time has changed and users now expect HD images. Best WordPress page builders understand the importance of images and offer many options for integrating them into your site seamlessly.<\/p>\n<p>PNG offers a wide range of images, but you may still notice a low pixel resolution of images, especially while viewing in different resolution. This is where EPS images have come in to minimize the distortion. Being based on vector imaging, they eliminate distortion or bad resolution. Moreover, they quickly upload, since they are compressed. The GIF is seeing a comeback, and they are no longer restricted to funny cat memes, they hold more visual importance now and is one of the most effective formats for animation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1070\" src=\"http:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gifs.jpg\" alt=\"GIFs Have Replaced PNG and EPS\" width=\"768\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gifs.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gifs-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Social Media is Everywhere<\/h2>\n<p>We don\u2019t really need to push on how drastically social media has grown during the past ten years and is now a crucial part of our lives. Facebooking is now an action, messaging someone is a typical part of a conversation and our websites understand the language because we have to be social on our websites. Plenty of viral and news content floating throughout sites and social media is a normal occurrence. The number of people accessing news on Twitter or Facebook before one of the popular news shows is almost double.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s imperative for every business to have a solid social media strategy in order to survive in today\u2019s world. Integrating social media into a website is a regular step in today\u2019s web development process. Developers work hard to help users navigate their way over to \u201clike\u201d and \u201cfollow.\u201d Developers nowadays don\u2019t even ask \u201cDo you need to integrate social media channels into your website?\u201d It\u2019s given, an unwritten rule given the current scenario.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1072\" src=\"http:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/social_media.jpg\" alt=\"Social Media is Everywhere\" width=\"768\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/social_media.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/social_media-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Development Simplified, Good Content Gained Importance<\/h2>\n<p>You no longer need to be a coding ninja to develop a website. HTML is not as necessary these days as it was a decade ago. If you want to build a website, you can use a drag and drop page builder and have a website up and running quickly. It looks great and most of the time functions in line with visitors expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Meta tags are still here, but the importance is less than what it used to be a decade ago. Search engines will still pay attention to your metadata, but if you look at how important it was ten years ago and how important it is now, you will notice a major difference. That said, high-quality organic content is much more important in the search engines than any data you type in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1071\" src=\"http:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/good_content.jpg\" alt=\"Good Content Gained Importance\" width=\"768\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/good_content.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/good_content-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the times continue to change, we have to change and adapt to make sure that we are not left behind with a website from yesteryears. There is no reason to not set yourself up for success with a stunning website with great functionality and the ability to give its users an experience they will want to repeat. Talk to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/index.html#contact-section\">Our experts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and know how you can do that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change is the only constant. With other things, web development has also witnessed an evolution comprising many changes over the years. New ideas and technologies have raised the industry standard of web development to a whole new level. In this article, we will highlight how web development has changed over the years and what\u2019s the contrast between yesterday and today. Many Visually Appealing Fonts Available Rollback the clock, or ask designers from yesteryears, they will go on and on talking about how standard the fonts were those days. You only had a handful font style, patterns to play around with. Every second website looked more or less similar. There weren\u2019t any multi-font graphics that are available today. Today, you can not only find almost any font you think of, but can even create your own font. User experience is critical and therefore a lot of emphasis is given on customization of elements, including the fonts. Fonts customization has become fairly easy, owing to the readily available tools (both paid and free). You may think what\u2019s the need of so many fonts to convey the message through the website? Well, it\u2019s not just about the text or what the text is trying to communicate; it\u2019s more about the overall user experience and how well the fonts settle with other design elements of the website to enhance the experience, look, feel of the website. GIFs Have Replaced PNG and EPS Low page loading time is a vital element for any website\u2019s success. In the past, designers and developers were very reluctant to use high-quality images as their large size hampered the page loading time. Therefore they used low-quality, stock images. However, the time has changed and users now expect HD images. Best WordPress page builders understand the importance of images and offer many options for integrating them into your site seamlessly. PNG offers a wide range of images, but you may still notice a low pixel resolution of images, especially while viewing in different resolution. This is where EPS images have come in to minimize the distortion. Being based on vector imaging, they eliminate distortion or bad resolution. Moreover, they quickly upload, since they are compressed. The GIF is seeing a comeback, and they are no longer restricted to funny cat memes, they hold more visual importance now and is one of the most effective formats for animation. Social Media is Everywhere We don\u2019t really need to push on how drastically social media has grown during the past ten years and is now a crucial part of our lives. Facebooking is now an action, messaging someone is a typical part of a conversation and our websites understand the language because we have to be social on our websites. Plenty of viral and news content floating throughout sites and social media is a normal occurrence. The number of people accessing news on Twitter or Facebook before one of the popular news shows is almost double. It\u2019s imperative for every business to have a solid social media strategy in order to survive in today\u2019s world. Integrating social media into a website is a regular step in today\u2019s web development process. Developers work hard to help users navigate their way over to \u201clike\u201d and \u201cfollow.\u201d Developers nowadays don\u2019t even ask \u201cDo you need to integrate social media channels into your website?\u201d It\u2019s given, an unwritten rule given the current scenario. Development Simplified, Good Content Gained Importance You no longer need to be a coding ninja to develop a website. HTML is not as necessary these days as it was a decade ago. If you want to build a website, you can use a drag and drop page builder and have a website up and running quickly. It looks great and most of the time functions in line with visitors expectations. Meta tags are still here, but the importance is less than what it used to be a decade ago. Search engines will still pay attention to your metadata, but if you look at how important it was ten years ago and how important it is now, you will notice a major difference. That said, high-quality organic content is much more important in the search engines than any data you type in. As the times continue to change, we have to change and adapt to make sure that we are not left behind with a website from yesteryears. There is no reason to not set yourself up for success with a stunning website with great functionality and the ability to give its users an experience they will want to repeat. Talk to Our experts\u00a0and know how you can do that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39],"tags":[292,293,37,151,291],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Web Development Evolution Over the Years - NYX Ditech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, we will highlight how web development has changed over the years and what\u2019s the contrast between yesterday and today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nyxditech.com\/blog_staging\/web-development-evolution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Web Development Evolution Over the Years - 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