7. Um okay, What are the features?
• Responsive: to fit any form
factor
• Connectivity independent:
Progressively-enhanced with
Service Workers to let them work
offline
• Discoverable: Are identifiable
as “applications” thanks to W3C
Manifests and Service Worker
registration scope allowing
search engines to find them
8. Um okay, What are the features?
• Fresh: Transparently always
up-to-date thanks to the
Service Worker update
process
• Safe: Served via TLS (a
Service Worker requirement)
to prevent snooping
• App-like-interactions: Adopt
a Shell + Content application
model to create app-like
navigations & interactions
9. Um okay, What are the features?
• Re-engageable: Can access the
re-engagement UIs of the OS;
e.g. Push Notifications
• Installable: to the home screen
through browser-provided
prompts, allowing users to “keep”
apps they find most useful
without the hassle of an app store
• Linkable: meaning they’re zero-
friction, zero-install, and easy to
share. The social power of URLs
matters.
12. Not every customer or potential customer
will have your native app installed
13. You should provide a faster web
experience for web customers
In short, the faster your site is, the more likely you are to have happy
customers and make more money
.
Progressive Web Apps are fast. The Washington Post’s Progressive
Web App loads new pages in less than a second.
15. So what did we learn today?
• PWA will help us provide a better user experience
to web customers.
• PWA is safe, speedy and beautiful.
• Not every users will download and keep your native
app, hence web app is the way to go.