Learn how to build progressive web apps by understanding and implementing their building blocks.

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Web development is challenging, but progressive web applications provide a significant advantage over traditional web applications by enabling capabilities such as installation to the device, offline access, and push notifications.

You’ll start by learning about PWAs and understanding the core tenets of a PWA. Next, you’ll learn to implement features like offline support, intercepting network requests, and app installation banners using service worker APIs. You’ll then progress to caching strategies for improved performance, IndexedDB for storing data locally, and background syncing for unstable networks. Finally, you’ll cover responsive web design and native-device APIs to make your PWA feel and look like a native app.

After completing this course, you can build progressive apps with engaging and responsive experiences. You’ll also be prepared to optimize your existing web apps as PWAs, extending their reach and improving performance.

Building Progressive Web Applications

# What is a web app manifest file?
A web manifest is a JSON file containing information about our PWA. The browsers use the web manifest's properties to install the PWA on the user's device.

For a web app to be installed on the user's device, it must meet the install criteria set by the browsers. A web app should have a valid manifest file attached to all its HTML pages to fulfill this criterion.


Start building a PWA by creating a web app manifest file.

Introduction

Understanding the App Manifest

The Service Workers

Caching Using Service Workers

Cache Strategies

Offline Image Viewer

IndexedDB

Note-Taking App

Creating App-like UI & UX

Offline Experience with Background Sync API

Web Push Notifications (Notification API, Push API)

Native Device Features

The Photo-Sharing App

Wrapping Up

Getting Started with a Web App Manifest

What is a web app manifest file?