13 Web Development Trends for 2023

Web developers are responsible for developing the code that tells websites how to work. This includes front-end/client-side development and back-end/server-side development, as both components are necessary for all except the most straightforward websites to function. Web Developers implement visual designs and layouts, integrate graphics and content, optimize website performance and capacity, and test to ensure their websites work as intended across any type of computer, mobile or device screen.

Web development closely aligns with web design, which involves designing the features and functionality of websites and apps. Indeed, people often use the term web development in a broader sense, including website design alongside the construction and programming of websites and apps.

Of course, you will notice that the look and functionality of websites are constantly changing. A modern site today looks very different from the first web page in 1991 that explained the World Wide Web. That was very simplistic by current standards, with basic HTML at a simple level.

Web development patterns have changed rapidly over the last 30 years. Does anyone remember when Frames were the latest and greatest in web development? Mercifully that web development trend passed quickly and became obsolete by the early 2000s.

So, where is web development (and design) heading now? We've taken out our "virtual" crystal ball and come up with our predictions for web development trends for 2023 and beyond.