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Essay / The Software Development Vision - 778
"Technology allows people to take control over almost everything except technology." - John Tudor Our mission as software developers is to develop technology product solutions that provide both the means and methods to work faster, perform better, and accomplish more. The technologies we develop provide users with the control and functionality needed to be more efficient. The field of software development has grown at an exponential rate. New products arrive on the market daily. New innovations are coming. Today, the world of software development is very large and much more complex than it has ever been. New software is hitting the market in large numbers, from beta to fully functional products. This near-exponential growth in the software development market is not limited to any one market segment. Rather, it’s about software development as a whole – and that represents a huge challenge that needs to be addressed. The question is how developers can keep pace with relevant new innovations without being buried under this overwhelming mass of information about technologies that are marginally connected. to their own projects? Gone are the days when developers waited for a new innovation to arrive. In the beginning, new tools or technologies were released at reasonable intervals. Developers could afford to wait for the new software to be released, or in other words, the waiting game paid off in the long run. But in today's world, the waiting game is a losing game. New technologies and innovations are evolving at a much faster pace than a decade ago. The software field now touches a wider spectrum of technologies, e.g. web, cloud, mobile, enterprise, which requires a lot of paper. A better understanding of project needs helps facilitate the filtering process – the process of finding relevant technologies that serve the purpose while ignoring technologies that serve little or no purpose. Software developers, by refining their vision, can identify which technologies should be added to their shortlist and thus keep their skills fresh and up-to-date. There is no accurate way to predict the future of software development. And this only increases the pressure on developers to easily accept and quickly adapt to accelerated cycles of technological evolution. Software developers shouldn't worry about knowing every technology, but rather finding what works best for them so they always remain available to adapt to rapidly changing situations..