Best of both the worlds: reach of the web, and the reliability, speed and engagement of a native app.

Building an app is an expensive, time-consuming challenge. On the contrary web development is fast, low cost and reaches a wider audience. Web is the biggest platform in the world. If apps could run on the web freely nothing like it. A couple of years ago Google introduced Progressive Web App (PWA), which precisely did that.

A PWA is a web app that uses modern web capabilities to deliver an app-like experience to users. Developers can deploy their app as PWAs as well as Native apps and take advantage of both channels. PWA as a platform delivers great experiences enabling huge reach, low friction, high engagement and lower costs.

PWAs Now Supported On The Desktop

Earlier this month the Chrome PWA team published a video on PWAs desktop experience:

Unprecedented User Experience

Best of both the worlds: reach of the web, and the reliability, speed and engagement of a native app.

Reliable — Load instantly and never show the downasaur, even in uncertain network conditions.
Fast — Respond quickly to user interactions with smooth animations & no janky scrolling.
Engaging — Feel like a natural app on the device, with an immersive user experience.
This new level of quality allows Progressive Web Apps to earn a place on the user’s home screen.

PWA Resources

Progressive Web App Checklist:
https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/checklist
This checklist breaks down all the things we think it takes to be a Progressive Web App.

Progressive Web App Dev Summit Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYkxOF6rcIAWWNR_Q6eLPhsyx6VvYjVb
Videos and behind-the-scenes insight from the first-ever PWA summit.

Move to HTTPS:
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https
Progressive Web Apps must be served from a secure origin.

Preventing Mixed Content:
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/prevent-mixed-content/fixing-mixed-content
Finding and preventing mixed content is vital to ensuring a secure origin.

Lighthouse:
https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/
Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of your web apps.

Get Support
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/progressive-web-apps
Get your questions answered on Stack Overflow.

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