Progressive Web Application Development by Example

Leverage the full potential of the web to make your web sites better than native applications for every platform.

Key Features

• Explore different models and patterns required to develop progressive web applications
• Create applications requiring shorter runtime for attracting more users
• Study different projects to understand the fundamentals of progressive web applications

Book Description

Are you a developer that wants to create truly cross-platform user experiences with a minimal footprint, free of store restrictions and features customers want? Then you need to get to grips with Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), a perfect amalgamation of web and mobile applications with a blazing-fast response time.

Progressive Web Application Development by Example helps you explore concepts of the PWA development by enabling you to develop three projects, starting with a 2048 game. In this game, you will review parts of a web manifest file and understand how a browser uses properties to define the home screen experience. You will then move on to learning how to develop and use a podcast client and be introduced to service workers. The application will demonstrate how service workers are registered and updated. In addition to this, you will review a caching API so that you have a firm understanding of how to use the cache within a service worker, and you'll discover core caching strategies and how to code them within a service worker.

Finally, you will study how to build a tickets application, wherein you'll apply advanced service worker techniques, such as cache invalidation. Also, you'll learn about tools you can use to validate your applications and scaffold them for quality and consistency. By the end of the book, you will have walked through browser developer tools, node modules, and online tools for creating high-quality PWAs.

What you will learn

• Explore the core principles of PWAs
• Study the three main technical requirements of PWAs
• Discover enhancing requirements to make PWAs transcend native apps and traditional websites
• Create and install PWAs on common websites with a given HTTPS as the core requirement
• Get acquainted with the service worker life cycle
• Define service worker caching patterns
• Apply caching strategies to three different website scenarios
• Implement best practices for web performance

Who this book is for

Progressive Web Application Development by Example is for you if you're a web developer or front-end designer who wants to ensure improved user experiences. If you are an application developer with knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, this book will help you enhance your skills in order to develop progressive web applications, the future of app development.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Progressive Web Apps
2. Creating a Home Screen Experience with a Web Manifest
3. Making Your Website Secure
4. Service Workers-Notification, Synchronization, and Our Podcast App
5. The Service Worker Life Cycle
6. Master the Cache API- Manage Web Assets in a Podcast Application
7. Service Worker Caching Patterns
8. Applying Advanced Service Worker Cache Strategies
9. Optimizing for Performance
10. Service Worker Tools

Chris Love is a frontend developer with 25 years of professional experience. He has won the Microsoft MVP award for 12 years and has authored multiple books. He has helped over 1,000 businesses of all sizes and from various industries.

Chris regularly speaks at user groups, code camps, and developer conferences, and also writes articles and videos to help fellow developers.

When he's not working on frontend development, you can find him spending time with his step-kids, doing karate, and taking part in Spartan races.