Question

Does web development have a future if I start learning now?

Answer 1

I think yes, there are few areas like

1. PHP (for CMS -tech like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal)
2. PHP vanila
3. PHP Frameworks

Other that are well paid like

1. Java
2. Js
3. Python
4. and more

Just look the salaries in your area, and compare with Google Trends the popluarity of a tech. There are sites where you can see the activity of a language.