We live in a fast-growing digital age where everyone uses technology every day for their own benefit,
making their lives easier. By using the various digital devices available, you have the opportunity to
increase the responsibility and consistency, as well as the efficiency of your work.
Have you ever realized that most of the websites you visit every day are only PWAs? Have you ever wondered why you can
still use google doc when your internet connection is almost dead? Or how can you check the news feed on Facebook or
Twitter via the browser as easily as in the app? Indeed, without knowing it, we use a progressive web application
every day and every moment.
Now the question is, what exactly is a Progressive Web Application?
The idea came in 2015 in an article written by Alex Russell, a Google engineer.
There, he wrote about the requirements for progressive web applications in relation to
native applications. Since then, the entire web world has been working towards PWAs,
incorporating this into their browsers.
Now, what makes a progressive web application unique is, its ability.
So, for the first time, these web applications can run offline and in the background,
and this is done through a thing called service worker. And, you will hear a lot of these.
You can think of them as little guys working in the background. They pull in notifications.
It also temporarily stores material and thus works offline or with minimal exposure to the Internet.
When you start a PWA, it gives the experience of an application.
Why should we use PWA?
PWA works for all operating systems and is easier for the user to access from anywhere with an equally effective experience. For example, Twitter is one of the most widely used applications that launched PWA and had a huge success. They had decided that they needed an app to run on every device and load quickly, so they gave their millions of viewers the experience they were used to. In fact, it was one of the most successful to date. It is a standalone program that lives on a smartphone and only works on specific type of operating systems.
Advantages of using PWA instead of Native application:
PWAs have several advantages over native applications. Some of the biggest ones are:
- Direct development: This application sends your application directly to your user device, instead of forcing you to download it from the App Store. This allows users to access the web application from anywhere, upload it instantly to any operating system and any device.
- SEO promoted: PWAs can be searched through Google and other search engines, so you can use SEO to help your potential users find easy updates instead of going through the resubmission and verification process, you can push out updates with one click of a button. It’s safe and secure.
- Future-Scopic progressive: Web applications are in future demand because of their high adaptability. In addition, since you do not distribute it through the App Store, you are not bound by Apple instructions. Are you ready to get started? We are here to help you with this new field of mobile app development and explain how it might benefit you and do something great together.
Progressive App – The future of the Web World?
Almost 85% of the things we do on our smartphone are through an app. Of course, some of the apps can be skipped, such as watching YouTube through your phone browser.
But do we really prefer a web browser to an easy accessible App? No!
During the 1990s, every company decided to have a website to take their business to the next level. In the 2010s, everyone thought they needed their own app to attract more customers. Applications have become the default way of doing things these days, but despite the advantages, there are many disadvantages also.
Sometimes applications are a little difficult to access to both users and developers.
For the user, each application must be downloaded and installed, and then each one looks and acts differently, so they must learn each one.
They also use the storage space and memory of your phone and slows down the phone a lot.
So, if applications are both problematic for both customers and developers, then there will definitely be a better solution in the future. This is where the idea of PWA was born.
Conclusion
Progressive web applications should be part of your device. If handled well, they are fast, work offline and perform like a native application and can take your business to the next level.