Chris Love - Progressive Web Application Development by Example: Develop fast, reliable, and engaging user experiences for the web

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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.

Amar Gharat has been working with various web technologies for the last 12 years, which includes developing creative and unique web applications using LAMP, open source, and cutting-edge technology, as well as delivering work on time with dedicated teamwork. He decided to contribute to this book as a reviewer while working on PWA projects. He has explored new technologies, such as Vuejs and Nuxtjs, to build PWA for our website and found them very interesting to work with. Another book he has reviewed is Progressive Web Apps with React.

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Progressive web apps (PWAs) mark a new era in delivering user experience. Now supported by every major browser and platform, PWAs eliminate many of the missing capabilities previously reserved for native apps. If you are a developer who works on application frontends, you need to understand what progressive web apps are, their advantages, and how to effectively architect modern web apps.

You will learn the basic PWA requirements, such as the web manifest file and how HTTPS works through advanced service worker life cycle and caching strategies. The book covers web performance optimization practices and tools to help you consistently create high-quality progressive web apps.

If you're a web developer and frontend designer who wants to create the best user experiences, then this book is for you. If you're an application developer with knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then this book will help you capitalize on your skills to develop progressive web applications, which is the future of app development.

, Introduction to Progressive Web Apps, explains what progressive web apps are and the advantages they offer.

, Creating a Home Screen Experience With a Web Manifest, introduces the web manifest file and explains how it is used by browsers to design the home screen and launch experience after a PWA is installed.

, Making Your Web Site Secure, explains why HTTPS is a modern web requirement and how it works.

, Service Workers - Notification, Synchronization, and Our Podcast App, introduces service workers, the Fetch API, and implementing push notifications.

, The Service Worker Life Cycle, demonstrates how service workers are installed and updated, and how to manage the process.

, Master the Cache API - Manage Web Assets in a Podcast Application, takes a deep dive into how the service worker cache API works.

, Service Worker Caching Patterns, reviews common caching patterns you can use in your applications.