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Hands-On Full Stack Web Development with Angular 6 and Laravel 5

You're reading from   Hands-On Full Stack Web Development with Angular 6 and Laravel 5 Become fluent in both frontend and backend web development with Docker, Angular and Laravel

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788833912
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fernando Monteiro Fernando Monteiro
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Preface 1. Understanding the Core Concepts of Laravel 5 FREE CHAPTER 2. The Benefits of TypeScript 3. Understanding the Core Concepts of Angular 6 4. Building the Baseline Backend Application 5. Creating a RESTful API Using Laravel - Part 1 6. Creating a RESTful API Using Laravel - Part 2 7. Progressive Web Applications with the Angular CLI 8. Dealing with the Angular Router and Components 9. Creating Services and User Authentication 10. Frontend Views with Bootstrap 4 and NgBootstrap 11. Building and Deploying Angular Tests 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building the baseline for a PWA

As we discussed earlier, we can now use the new ng add command to create a PWA. But, before that, let's take a look at the concept of a PWA.

A PWA is a set of techniques for developing web applications, progressively adding features that were previously only possible in native apps.

The main advantage for the user is that they do not have to download an application before knowing if it will be worth it or not. In addition, we can cite the following advantages:

  • Progressive: For any user, regardless of browser
  • Responsive: Made for any device: desktop, tablet, and mobile
  • Connection: Works even if the user is offline
  • App-like: The user feels as if they are in a native app
  • Updated: No need to download application updates; the browser will simply detect and update automatically, if necessary
  • Secure: Only with HTTPs
  • Engaging: Through push notifications...
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