Progressive Web App
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Progressive Web App (PWA) is a web site that a client can progressively enhance into a standalone app that's comparable with a native app.
Built on the basis of good adherence to modern web standards and technologies; they are platform independent, can be accessed through a URL, accessible and indexed by search engines.
A typical PWA will usually have included a high proportion of the following features and capabilities:
- Load over HTTPS
- Load over offline/poor performing network conditions (typically with a service worker script)
- Prompt user to Add to Homescreen
- Have a design that's mobile friendly
- The web site is progressively enhanced
- Optimised assets and requests, sometimes including delivery over HTTP2
- Provide enhanced accessibility features such as using ARIA attributes
Contents
IndieWeb Examples
Calum Ryan with calumryan.com
Jeremy Keith with adactio.com
Articles
- What, Exactly, Makes Something A Progressive Web App? https://infrequently.org/2016/09/what-exactly-makes-something-a-progressive-web-app/
- Designing Responsive Progressive Web Apps https://cloudfour.com/thinks/designing-responsive-progressive-web-apps/
Tools
- Lighthouse audit tool (Chrome extension) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lighthouse/blipmdconlkpinefehnmjammfjpmpbjk
- PWABuilder http://preview.pwabuilder.com/
