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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

Benefits await without Polyfils

Even if you don't polyfil the add to homescreen behavior, your web application will see user engagement gains on iOS and other non-PWA platforms. Many companies are publicly sharing their improvements in various progressive web application case studies.

Wego, an online air travel booking service, reported a 50% increase in conversions and 35% longer sessions on iOS. Mynet increased page views by 15%, and a 23% lower bounce rate on iOS. Lancôme increased iOS sessions by 53%. These are just a small sampling of positive progressive web application case studies.

These companies are reaping the rewards of PWAs on iOS because, by nature, properly architected websites perform better. Plus, creating a progressive web application forces you to put the customer first, not the developer. When you do this, you create a better user experience, which...

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Progressive Web Application Development by Example
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