MUGOYA DIHFAHSIH

  In July 2018, Value Market Research released a report on the state of online payment platforms in the previous year. The report addressed, among other things, the value of the industry – $13.5 billion. Now it’s 18 months later, and a new report indicates that value has increased to a stunning $29.4 billion – that’s 55% percent higher than the previous number. Each year, payment gateways are improved and aggressively promoted to the general public. And it’s hardly ever an unsuccessful promotion – nowadays, it is hard to find an online service, be it an e-shop or a paid web app, that includes only one payment option. Furthermore, the topic has become so hot that technology companies are now in competition to provide the fastest,  smoothest  (whatever that’s supposed to mean), most user-oriented payment gateways. Despite the competition, there will never be a universal solution that meets all needs (unless all businesses suddenly agree to follow a single business model). A...

And now, let’s look at some of the data from the report to get an idea of what to expect from this report. Let me highlight that in this article you won’t find a detailed explanation of each graph and question. It is just a sneak peek. As we all know, software development is a fast-changing field. Almost every year we see new languages, software architectures, containers, methodologies, etc. A tool or language that is highly used today might be obsolete next year. This year our intention is to take a snapshot of the current state of software development and make conclusions about where it’s heading. This report has different chapters, the first part of the report is about the challenges software teams are facing and the solutions they try to implement. In this part, you will also find the most popular programming languages and project management tools. The second part of the report is about hiring and retaining challenges and solutions. is among the biggest challenges tech compa...