Until independence Armenia economy was based largely on industries like chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber, and textiles and highly dependent on outside resources. Since 1991, Armenia's economy has also switched to small-scale farming away from the colossus agricultural complexes of the Soviet era. The service sector and small enterprises also constitute the mass growth of eceonomy of Armenia. Computer programming and software development have gained a significant foothold in the Armenia economy field in the last three years. The greatest economic potential for the country in the near future is tourism.