Sending the Angular app into deep, deep offline with Workbox - Maxim Salnikov - angularday 2020

Sending the Angular app into deep, deep offline with Workbox - Maxim Salnikov - angularday 2020

There is no need to advocate for progressive web apps anymore. The idea of connection-independent applications has proven its viability and we see more and more large and small projects following that path, making the offline-ready behavior a best practice, good manner of the web. In my session, based on the deep exploration of Service Worker API possibilities and gathered UX gotchas, we go through the history of the offline web, the importance of treating the network as an enhancement, current challenges (and their solutions) and proper tooling. We architect our offline-ready Angular app applying the best tech and UX practices adding the features one-by-one: app shell, caching resources and data, sync when online. All in name of our users who demand the new level of the resilient web experience.

angularday 2020 - The Italian Angular Conference.
Online, December 3rd 2020.

[StijnHommes]

"There is no need to advocate for progressive web apps anymore." Of course not! If people are tricked into downloading progressive web apps from app stores without being properly informed, there's no need to advocate for them so they will choose them of their own free accord. As long as PWAs are not properly identified on app stores, they deserve to be killed off. Don't trick people into installing spam!

In the meantime, try teaching people how to develop actual, real, native applications.