Today we invite you to have a closer look at JavaScript trends and make predictions about which of them will determine the near future of web-development. When it comes to forecasting the future we unwittingly start thinking about where to get some magical means for predicting it. And it is a great pity we don’t have any, isn’t it? Not really. We have something far more valuable – our expertise that helps us make precise and reliable technology forecasts.
To create the list of 2025 JS trends, we interviewed Webix top minds who have deep understanding of the topic. It comes from many years of experience multiplied by a fair amount of days spent coding in JS and mastering their professional skills.
So, let the motto of this article be “Competence and dedication with a small pinch of magic”. What is inspiration after all? Something inexplicable as well, but we all need at least a little sprinkle of it to be capable of creating a good product.
Unfading Popularity of JavaScript
In this article, we decided to focus on JavaScript evolving technologies that will for sure be an integral part of the JavaScript landscape in the coming year, contributing to its further empowerment.
It is not hard to guess that Webix engineers are JavaScript strong advocates. This core web technology helps them create and refine Webix widgets providing a great variety of modern tools for that. And we are definitely not alone in this professional passion.
According to the TIOBE Programming Community index that indicates the popularity of programming languages, JavaScript is ranked sixth in December, 2024 gaining 1.72% if compared with December, 2023. This is the highest position of JS in the rating since 2001.
JavaScript remains the most popular technology according to the 2024 Developer Survey conducted by Stack Overflow, keeping the leading position since their first survey.
The popularity of the language leads to the rapid development of its ecosystem, introduction and expansion of modern JS-based solutions. Let’s see which of them were put on the list by Webix software engineers.
JavaScript Trends in 2025
1. JavaScript vs TypeScript
TypeScript continues strengthening its position and gaining popularity in the developer community. It is now ranked fifth among most popular programming technologies according to Stack Overflow: 38.5% of respondents indicated it as a language they heavily use on a regular basis and are planning to work with in the near future. And we are sure that in the case of TypeScript the upward trend will continue.
But what are the reasons for its popularity? TypeScript provides an additional syntactic layer on top of JavaScript that allows utilizing data types. Why is it so important? It enables developers to have control over data types within the code and be aware of all the errors that arise when they are used incorrectly. TypeScript verifies types during compilation minimizing the number of possible bugs in the runtime. As a result, it becomes easier to design scalable and maintainable apps.
Let’s see why Webix engineers choose this technology:
2. Popular JavaScript Frameworks: Svelte is strengthening its positions
There are no doubts popular JavaScript frameworks – React, Angular and Vue – will maintain their leading positions in the coming year. At the same time, Webix engineers emphasized Svelte as a very promising technology for web development in 2025. According to developer surveys Svelte retains the title of one of most admired frameworks.
But what is it admired for? Svelte applications are lightweight and fast, which is achieved by means of converting code (JavaScript, CSS, HTML) into highly optimized JS with the help of a compiler. The users prefer Svelte for its shallow learning curve, optimized performance, faster development if compared with other frameworks and lower memory consumption.
The framework is relatively young, but it is evolving – in October, 2024 Svelte 5 with major improvements was released. Its ecosystem is gradually expanding, each year new solutions for Svelte appear, like SVAR UI components that propose extended opportunities for data and file management and are fully written in Svelte. So, we are sure we will see more and more apps created with the help of this emerging technology in 2025.
Here are the reasons why the Webix Team choose Svelte:
3. Micro Frontend
Micro frontend is an architectural pattern that is based on the idea of dividing the frontend of an app into smaller modules. This approach helps avoid the client-side monolith structure making your project more performant, scalable and maintainable.
The concept of decomposition is particularly relevant for large applications and allows working on the composite modules independently, including building and deploying them. You can use UI components, libraries and micro frameworks for creating your micro frontends. We are sure that more and more businesses are going to adopt this modern architectural pattern due to the advantages it provides.
The idea of independent blocks that can easily be added to your app is one of the fundamentals for Webix. With our complex widgets and a micro framework for Webix-based applications – Webix Jet, you can implement micro frontend architecture, combining, reusing and testing different components as separate independent modules.
4. Server-side Development with Node.js
Node.js remains a popular web technology being the most desired for those learning to code (ranked first in surveys) and occupying top positions among professional developers. So, we see zero reasons not to include it in our list of trends.
Its non-decreasing popularity indicates that next year we will witness further expansion of server-side development in JavaScript. And this is not surprising as Node.js provides quite a number of benefits for those writing code in JS – you can use JS for both client-side and server-side, have access to a wide variety of packages and a thoroughly developed ecosystem.
5. Vite vs Webpack
Vite was included by the Webix developers in the list of 2025 trends as a modern building tool and an alternative to Webpack. This year Vite is already ranked higher than Webpack among tools for compiling, building and testing in the Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Last year the situation was the opposite – Webpack was ahead of Vite.
Here are the reasons why Vite is becoming more and more popular: fast server start and Hot Module Replacement, optimized bundle size, smooth integration with all popular frameworks. We can’t but admit that due to the good combination of these features Vite will become more and more widely used for building modern web applications.
6. GraphQL: REST API Alternative
Webix developers indicated GraphQL as a solution that is gaining traction and is worth paying attention to when choosing a technology to master in the coming year. GraphQL is an open-source query language that offers a different approach to interaction with APIs and efficiently manages over- and under-fetching issues typical for REST APIs.
The core advantages of this technology include: extensibility that allows extending existing schema and add new data types; strong typing that helps avoid errors before you run the query; flexibility that allows using it for queries that contain different data types; query optimization that gives the possibility to ask for the needed amount of data.
Bearing in mind that all the benefits mentioned above are associated with data management optimization, we expect that GraphQL will see the rise in popularity in the near future.
7. Cross-platform App Development
The core idea behind the concept of cross-platform development is “a single codebase – multiple operating systems”. Modern tools for cross-platform development, like Tauri or Electron allow creating apps that can run on Windows, MacOs and Linux. They make it possible to use web technologies in combination with different programming languages for designing desktop applications that do not require internet connection. Thus, you do not need to worry about your technological stack as the frontend of your app can be written in any framework or just using HTML, CSS and JS. You can write part of the functionality in one of the compiled languages.
Cross-platform development solutions are cost-effective, facilitate the development process and allow combining different technologies for creating business solutions. And these are the reasons why the number of their followers is continuously growing.
8. Al-assisted Coding
Let’s go over some figures indicating the share of software developers that use artificial intelligence on a regular basis and can evaluate the impact of this technology on their professional activity. Thus, according to the Developer Survey more than 82% of professionals responded that AI helps increase their productivity, about 60% admitted that it is a good assistant for facilitating the learning process and making their working process more efficient. Other benefits of this new technology presented in the report include improved collaboration and accuracy in coding, as well as more manageable workload.
We interviewed Webix developers and here is what they think about the pros and cons of AI tools:
Webix developers follow all the opportunities provided by modern technologies very closely, and AI is not an exception – we added the possibility to interact with chatbots (starting from v10.2) for our complex widget Chat to enhance user experience.
So, what about AI further expansion in 2025? A definite yes as the answer from Webix engineers.
9. UI Prototyping with Design-related Tools
Webix engineers included design-related tools in the list of 2025 trends. They predict solutions for prototyping will become more and more popular among users as they help to accelerate the design process and implement the UI into an app requiring no programming skills. Providing the possibilities of real-time cooperation and quick progress without worrying about the code, these tools become more and more sought after.
Webix developers are really into the idea of creating user-friendly tools that translate design into code markup you can easily add to your app and have your UI ready. As a result Webix created Webix UI Designer and Form Builder that are at the intersection of design and programming.
10. Data Visualization Tools
One more thing we should not ignore in 2025 is data visualization tools – software that is used for data representation and visual manipulation. They help businesses identify most important trends and improve the decision-making process, depicting data in a more digestible format. These tools include all kinds of chart libraries, gantt charts, spreadsheet components with data visualization functionalities. We are sure these solutions will be implemented more and more often for visualizing business intelligence.
Sharing the view of the unconditional importance of visualization the Webix Team is constantly refining data representation widgets, including Gantt Chart for project management, Pivot and SpreadSheet for data management with the possibilities of big data visualization.
Beyond Trends
Keeping an eye out for technology trends, do not forget about timeless principles that form the basis of the product design.
Webix developers emphasized the following fundamentals that go beyond trends:
- performance optimization;
- code maintainability;
- process standardization;
- communication with the users (handling feedback and requirements);
- transparency of internal processes for the team.
Conclusion
We were very happy to share with you our vision of 2025 JavaScript trends:TypeScript strengthening, Svelte growing popularity, further expansion of AI tools, increased interest in micro frontend architecture and design-related tools. We hope that the list of promising technologies with our arguments in their favor will help you decide on which of them to add to your personal list and have a closer look at. Feel free to share your ideas about JS solutions that are going to boost in the coming year. We are really excited to discuss them with you in the comments section!
