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When it comes to the languages, frameworks, and skills that are available to us what are the reasons we choose the ones we do? One of the key things that Skill Up 2016 looked to uncover was what motivated developers and IT professionals to pick up new tools. The results were interesting, and if you haven’t looked at them yet, check out Pages 23-25 of our Skill Up Report here.

The key reasons people either picked up a new piece of software or decided to drop them came down to 4 simple points: What software offered the speed needed for the job? Which software did other programmers recommend? What was the most popular tech currently around? And finally, which piece of software was the best tool for the job in the end?

Why would you want to learn a new piece of software for these reasons though? Let’s have have a look at each reason in more detail!

The Need For Speed – Docker

Who doesn’t like a fast application? How many times have you been waiting for a web page to load, annoyed that it’s taking so long? When it comes to customer needs speed is right up there with usability, and as a developer you have to walk the fine line without sacrificing either for the other. No wonder Docker has become the go-to option for developers looking to get as much speed as they can without having to optimize every single part of their applications. Docker is designed with being lean to the nth degree, it loads in a millisecond most of the time. Who doesn’t want that sort of speed in their applications?

Docker’s widespread adoption for its speed is proof enough that developers have seen its potential in the wide world, and if you haven’t jump on it yet then it’s definitely something you should start looking into – faster applications mean that everything is better and everyone is happier after all.

The One Everyone Recommends – Swift

At the end of the day, what do you trust more? The unproven language or software, or the one that everyone is running up to you, trying to convince you to give it a try and let it change your life? While we all like to try new things in the end, the real winner will be the one that everyone else has already tried, loved, and is now attempting to convince you to take that plunge too so you can join them in the revolution they’re currently going through.

Apple is pushing Swift hard. Swift users are pushing Swift even harder. Improving on the key flaws seen after years of C++ development and creating a language designed from the ground up to revolutionize the world of iOS development Swift has created a fanbase that swears by it. People who are trying Swift for the first time constantly understand that it’s just as good as they were told, so why not give it a try for yourself if you haven’t already? After all, could tens of thousands of developers be wrong?

The Popular One – React.js

No-one wants to be using tired old “uncool” software. Tech is the business of innovation, and when a big company like Facebook releases a new piece of software to the wide world people are going to turn their heads, take notice, and immediately get down the complete ins and outs of it. Adding Facebook’s secret weapon to your toolkit makes you so much more of an appealing developer to companies when the time comes.

React has brought one of the biggest buzzes to the JavaScript world since the original Angular was released. Bringing many of the latest changes in web design like a component based approach to JavaScript without sacrificing usability and ease of writing it’s pretty obvious why React has taken the world by storm – and not showing any signs of slowing down either!

The Best Tool For The Job – AWS

Probably the easiest reason to start picking up a new skill; which one of us hasn’t wanted to enter a job or task without the best tool for the job? Having the best of the best available to us means that the job is so much easier in the long run – there is less chance of issues popping up during and after development and we can have piece of mind that our customers will be having the best possible product we can provide without much cost to us in stress or unforeseen circumstances.

AWS is tried and tested when it comes down to providing everything that developers are looking for in a platform, it itself holds dozens of different tools for any situation and when it comes to price as well developers say it’s one of the most competitive around; with Amazon handling the security side of things too it’s obvious that for those who swear by it it’s the development platform that should be your first choice when looking into a cloud based solution.

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