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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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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

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

Optimizing for Performance

Performance is one of the key aspects of user experience. In fact, many experts argue that web performance creates a good user experience. There are different aspects of web performance that you should consider when you are delivering an online experience, such as:

  • Time to first byte (TTFB) and server-side latencies
  • Rendering processes
  • Interactions

One of the primary attributes of a Progressive Web App (PWA) is speed. That's because people like pages to load fast and respond to actions or input even faster. Making fast, interactive websites is as much of an art as it is a science.

Before diving into making fast PWAs, I want to define what this chapter is designed to help with:

  • Goals: Defining key performance indicators to measure performance
  • Guidelines: Defining ways for you to achieve these goals
  • Demonstrate: Applying these guidelines to the...
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