Desktop Progressive Web Apps: An Introduction

Key Takeaways

Progressive web apps provide an installable app-like experience for desktop or mobile and are built and delivered directly via the web a progressive web app is fast and reliably so always loading and performing at the same speed regardless of the network connection they provide Rich engaging experiences via modern web features that take full advantage of the device capabilities users can install your pwa from Chrome's context menu or you can directly promote the installation experience using the before install prompt event once installed a pwa integrates with the OS to behave like a native application users find and launch them from the same place as other apps they run in their own window they appear in the task switcher their icons can show notification badging and so on we want to close the capability gap between web and native to provide a solid foundation for modern applications delivered on the web we're working to add things like new web platform capabilities that give you access to things like file system wake lock and more adding an ambient badge to the address bar to let users know that your pwa can be installed policy installation for Enterprises and plenty more if you're already building a mobile pwa a desktop Progressive web app is no different in fact if you've used responsive design you're likely good to go already your single code base will work across desktop and mobile if you're just starting out with pwas you'll be surprised at how easy it is to create them just add a manifest an icon a boilerplate service worker and iterate from there thanks for watching now go check out the post link below to learn how to get started and try some of my favorite desktop pwas