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For the past few years, you might have seen the term PWA (Progressive Web App) turning up all over the place on the web. Back in 2016, in the beginning, it wasn’t that big, but it has changed over time. It’s even expected to rise much more in the coming future and that’s one of the reasons why Google is focusing more on mobile user experience.
Progressive Web Application (PWA) is a web-based application designed with popular web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It’s built to run on any platform, including desktop and mobile devices (iOS, Android). The purpose of PWA is to have the best possible webpage across all systems. To do that, web application content is cached in the device memory. Recent service worker advancements in the cache and push APIs allow users to receive push notifications or work offline. This is a benefit of PWA sites over other kinds of web pages.
PWAs applications don’t need separate distribution. It can be published to digital app stores such as the iOS App Store or Android Google Play but it’s not necessary. Developers can post the web application online, and users may add the PWA app to their mobile device home screen.
By developing a PWA, the goal is to deliver a product that functions similarly to a native app. To be defined as fully compliant with the spirit of the PWA, an application must meet certain conditions outlined by Google in its “Progressive Web Application Checklist” document:
To learn more about the progressive web apps, see the blog posts below.
August 9, 2022 - 6 min read
Today, web applications are so common, that they are practically unnoticeable. It’s hard to believe that only 20 years ago, the Internet looked completely different – it was full of very static apps that are not…
Read moreJune 7, 2022 - 4 min read
Web presence impacts business performance like night follows day. A successful website helps companies attract clients, and offer what they want. And over the past decade, web development practices have changed. Back-end programming became more…
Read moreApril 25, 2022 - 6 min read
As tech companies, we develop applications and websites that eventually require consuming loads of electricity, which is generated by fossil fuels like coal products, natural gas, petroleum products, or non-renewable wastes. All of them generate…
Read moreJanuary 27, 2022 - 6 min read
Just in 2021, there have been 230 billion mobile apps downloaded worldwide. It’s up by more than 63% from downloads in 2016. With the constantly increasing mobile market, there comes a question on how to…
Read moreDecember 23, 2021 - 4 min read
When you’re developing software, whether it’s a web application or website, you’ll need a developer to help you. Generally, we might say that front-end development is all that includes the user experience and user interface…
Read moreDecember 17, 2021 - 5 min read
It’s said that every week a couple of new front-end frameworks are released. Without a doubt, it’s hard to keep up in such a very dynamic environment. Because of that, we’ve come up with a…
Read moreOctober 13, 2021 - 9 min read
Not so long ago, native iOS and Android code was the only way to go regarding mobile apps. However, this also comes with the problem of maintaining separate codebases for similar applications and, thus, high…
Read moreSeptember 8, 2021 - 6 min read
At first glance, it may seem that there is not much difference between a web application and a website. The popular definitions are contested and often very similar to each other. But in fact, the…
Read moreJune 24, 2021 - 9 min read
We tend to view the Internet as something pure and immaterial. Unlike a car, which releases gas through its pipe, the environmental effect of the Internet is hard to visualize. Its carbon impact is mostly…
Read moreJune 14, 2021 - 8 min read
When it comes to developing a digital product, you should be aware of the primary tools used by developers in such apps. Tech stack is one of those expressions that is frequently referred to. It’s…
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Dawid Dziurzyński
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