PWA Starter: The PWA Checklist
Text from Google's PWA Checklist used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Google's PWA checklist presents both a basic and an advanced set of requirements for Progressive Web...
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PWA Starter: More APIs to make an even better PWA
Before we jump into the PWA checklist we'll talk about APIs we can use in PWAs to enhance performance beyond the basic functionality of PWAs we've discussed so far. Background Sync # The background...
PWA Starter: Automating Service Worker Creation with Workbox.js
SW-precache and SW-toolbox made creating Service Workers with dynamic caching much easier but there were two separate libraries and SW-precache required a separate file with all the SW-toolbox...
PWA Starter: Caching Strategies
Jake Archibald's Offline Cookbook provides additional ideas of when to cache data and different caching strategies. We'll concentrate in the later and talk about caching strategies. Cache only # Use...
PWA Starter: Service Worker
Service Worker # Note that this section will make heavy use of arrow functions, let and const, and other ES2015 and newer features. I've chosen to do this because I treat PWAs as progressive...
PWA Starter: Manifest
Manifest # The first, and easier, aspect of a PWA is the manifest. This is a JSON file that holds information about the content and gives supporting browsers hints and instructions for installing the...
PWA Starter: Introduction
Last year I worked at Google creating ILT curriculum for Progressive Web Applications. It's a great idea and I think the final product worked well, but it's not complete. If you're getting started you...
Pre Commit Hooks: Combating Laziness
I have to admit that I'm absolutely lazy when it comes to actually testing and linting my Javascript code. I make sure it works but not to run unit tests or make sure that the code I write follows the...
Variable fonts for the win!
A lot of this material is taken from Get started with variable fonts and the CSS Fonts Module Level 4 Version 1.8 of the OpenType font format specification introduces an extensive new technology,...
What do we need to do to test apps in browsers
I came across this question in Quora and prepared a detailed answer but the more I think about it the more I think it deserves a more elaborate answer because it starts from a false premise, that you...