What will be the key in web development this year 2010

[farscapeone]

I don't agree with you about the JS. It's more popular now then ever before and there's a good reason for that too. When Mootools, jQuery, Prototype, ... and other JavaScript frameworks came out we saw how useful it can be. Facebook, Gmail, Joomla, WordPress, ... you name it, they all use advanced JS functionality to make our lives easier. JS provides an excellent platform for user interactivity and it enhances the overall usability of any website or web app.

Try getting more deep into it and you'll see ;)

[psycrosis]

I don't think that it will happen this year but i do believe the future of the web is client side distributed applications. When server side stuff came around it was back when people had really slow computers and very limited bandwidth. Now bandwidth is huge and computers are ultra fast. With alot more people on the web with high speed connections it can become a burden on servers. With the distributed model it eases of the backbone of the internet and allows user to have a richer experience then what can be provided now. Examples of what I'm talking about would be stuff like Java(which I believe pioneered distributed applications) WPF with xbap's, Silverlight, Flash(Though this was designed to deliver multimedia content but can and does do apps e.g. the irc chat app here) Of course by distributed apps I also mean uses by interfaces other then computer terminals such as phones and other gadgets that have an internet connection. Server side spripting won't go away anytime soon though as the web is quite largely integrated with sites that use the technology and there are plenty of scenarios where a web interface is more suitable such as accessing a router without needing any apps installed on the computer.

[necteraaus]

Web 3.0 :P allthough no idea about this xD

Lol, I wonder what Web 3.0 will bring........ Oh well, time will tell :P I'm not sure what 2010 will bring, but I hope its good.