Building Progressive Web Apps ─ Bringing the Power of Native to the Browser

If you’re working on the Web in 2016, you’ve probably heard something about Progressive Web Apps. But what exactly are they and what kind of benefit will they bring you? With this book, you’ll gain a practical understanding along with the skills needed to use Service Workers and other technology central to building Progressive Web Apps. PWAs are pushing the mobile web forward, aim to bring parity to web and native apps, and help mobile developers reach users beyond the confines of native app stores.

With this book, learn how to build websites that take advantage of features that have so far been the exclusive domain of native apps. Reach out to your users with push notifications and homescreen icons, speed up your site significantly and provide a fully functional app even when your users are offline or suffering from bad connectivity.

Tal Ater is a developer, consultant and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience. His experience includes both client, server and product development, and managing R&D and product departments. He is very passionate and involved with the open source community. His open source contributions, including his popular Service Worker and Speech Recognition libraries, are used by millions of people every day. He has written and spoken extensively on web development, product development, security and open source. His work and research has been extensively featured in the media, including Forbes, The New York Times and the BBC, making his mother very proud.