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Progressive Web Application Development by Example

You're reading from   Progressive Web Application Development by Example Develop fast, reliable, and engaging user experiences for the web

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787125421
Length 354 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chris Love Chris Love
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Preface 1. Introduction to Progressive Web Apps 2. Creating a Home Screen Experience with a Web Manifest FREE CHAPTER 3. Making Your Website Secure 4. Service Workers – Notification, Synchronization, and Our Podcast App 5. The Service Worker Life Cycle 6. Mastering the Cache API - Managing 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 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Service worker updates

Updating the service worker file can be a tricky concept as well. There are several factors that determine when your service worker is updated. The update cycle does not start until the browser determines that there is a new service worker file available.

Once a service worker is registered, the browser treats the file like any other file when determining if there is a new version available. It makes a request to the server, which triggers a well-known cycle.

First, there is the local browser cache (not the service worker cache) for the file. If there is a local version available that has not become stale, it is retrieved. Next, the request is sent across the network to the server. If the server responds with a 304, it means that the browser has the most current version. If the file has not changed, then the service worker update cycle does not start. If...

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