I develop applications using many languages and a few platforms. From what I am reading, IPv6 is going to be mainstream within then next 5–10 years, and that some ISPs even offe
Security researcher Steve Gibson spoke an amazing amount on this, to note that it isn't coming up in the near future. Here's a few links that give a little more info:
http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-199.htm -- Midway through, he starts talking about IPv6 in the transcript/podcast.
http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-200.htm -- A quick correction for a mistake in the 199 episode, and a little more detail.