PWA Podstr
The PWA Pdstr app is a demonstration application for the Packt Progressive Web Apps by Example book. It focuses demonstrating service workers and service worker caching.
Progressive Web Application Development by Example
This is the code repository for Progressive Web Application Development by Example, published by Packt.
Develop fast, reliable, and engaging user experiences for the web
What is this book about?
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.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- 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
If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!
Instructions and Navigations
All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
function renderResults(results) {
var template = document.getElementById("search-results-
template"),
searchResults = document.querySelector('.search-results');
Following is what you need for this book: 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.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-10).
Software and Hardware List
| Chapter | Software required | OS required |
|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | Nodejs 6.1 or above | Windows, MacOS or Linux supported by NodeJs and has a browser |
| Chrome, Microsoft Edge, | ||
| FireFox, Opera or Safari | ||
| Visual Studio Code or Sublime |
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Get to Know the Author
Chris Love 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.
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