Progressive Web Apps

Dean Alan Hume

ISBN 10: 1617294586 / ISBN 13: 9781617294587

Published by Manning Publications, US, 2018

About this Item

Description Progressive Web Apps are built with a collection of technologies, design concepts, and Web APIs that work in tandem to provide an applike experience on the mobile web. Progressive Web Apps takes readers, step-by-step, through real world examples and teaches them how to build fast, engaging, and reliable websites. This book is written with stand-alone chapters, letting readers learn about particular features of interest without having read previous chapters.   Key features . Hands- on examples . Stand-alone chapters . Step-by-step guide   Audience Readers should have some experience with developing websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.   About the Technology Progressive Web Apps let you create fast, resilient applications that benefit users regardless of their connection speed or device constraints.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Progressive Web Apps
• Publisher: Manning Publications, US
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617294586
• ISBN 13: 9781617294587
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 358 grams

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Synopsis

Summary

Progressive Web Apps teaches you PWA design and the skills you need to build fast, reliable websites by taking you step-by-step through real world examples in this practical tutorial. Foreword by Addy Osmani, Google.

About the Technology

Offline websites that work. Near-instant load times. Smooth transitions between high/low/no bandwidth. Fantasy, right? Not with progressive web applications. PWAs use modern browser features like push notifications, smart caching, and Service Workers to manage data, minimize server usage, and allow for unstable connections, giving you better control and happier customers. Better still, all you need to build PWAs are JavaScript, HTML, and the easy-to-master techniques you'll find in this book.

About the Book

Progressive Web Apps teaches you PWA design and the skills you need to build fast, reliable websites. There are lots of ways you can use PWA techniques, and this practical tutorial presents interesting, standalone examples so you can jump to the parts that interest you most. You'll discover how Web Service Workers vastly improve site loading, how to effectively use push notifications, and how to create sites with a no-compromise offline mode.

What's Inside

• Improved caching with Service Workers
• Using manifest files and HTML markup
• Push notifications
• Offline-first web designs
• Techniques for data synchronization

About the Reader

Written for readers with experience developing websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

About the Author

Dean Alan Hume is a coder, author, and Google Developer Expert. He's passionate about web performance and user experience.

Table of Contents

PART 1 - DEFINING PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS
1. Understanding Progressive Web Apps
2. First steps to building a Progressive Web App
PART 2 - FASTER WEB APPS
3. Caching
4. Intercepting network requests
PART 3 - ENGAGING WEB APPS
5. Look and feel
6. Push notifications
PART 4 - RESILIENT WEB APPLICATIONS
7. Offline browsing
8. Building more resilient applications
9. Keeping your data synchronized
PART 5 - THE FUTURE OF PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS
10. Streaming data
11. Progressive Web App troubleshooting
12. The future is looking good

About the Author

Dean Alan Hume is an author, blogger and Google Developer Expert. He is passionate about web performance and regularly writes articles about this topic on his blog at http://deanhume.com.