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What is your opinion about why has Progressive Web Apps already become the standard in software development?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18AoAiEdAUfxFYOsCqKJle_m3OyWsJT92lN40XKzq0fA/edit#gid=0

What is your opinion about why has Progressive Web Apps already become the standard in software development?

Small retreat…
Here is a Сhecklist with solutions for those who have already implemented PWA:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18AoAiEdAUfxFYOsCqKJle_m3OyWsJT92lN40XKzq0fA/edit#gid=0

My experience and communication with clients indicate that this combination of a regular site with application functionality solves several problems at once. Moreover, for all interested parties - developers, website users and business owners.

Joy for developers in:

  • No need to create additional APIs - when developing a PWA, a single code is used
  • No need to create a mobile version of the site or worry about adaptability - PWA works absolutely on any device
  • PWA concept has the most flexible and convenient user interface, and therefore it takes less time to work on the design

Good for site visitors thanks to:

  • quick installation on any device - one click and the website is on the main screen
  • takes up little space in the device’s memory - the device does not slow down
  • offline access - they can browse through the site pages even without an Internet connection
  • works on any platform - iPhone, Android smartphone or Windows laptop- it doesn't matter anymore
  • regular push notifications - all news and promotions upcoming instantly

Benefit for business because:

  • attracting more customers to the site
  • increase site’s conversion
  • give competitive advantage (compared to less progressive competitors so surely)

Benefits of PWA for healthcare, e-commerce and 2 more I described here:
https://y-sbm.com/blog/pwa-increase-your-business/

What do you think of that?

submitted this linkon August 28, 2019
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    Are they the standard? Doesn't seem like they are yet.

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    Excellent thread Daniel!
    I believe PWA will be the standard for Android and even iOS, very soon.

    Probably, native apps will be replaced by Progressive Web Apps (when the user experience and performance will be the same), like how HTML5 killed Flash.

    Finally, there are already progressive web app stores like PWAStore.com and some folks out there already submitted their PWA to Apple and Google Play stores.

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      Appreciate your comment. Thank you @ph7

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    I think they're great but not as an alternative to building a native app at this point. Until iOS has better support and some larger companies start teaching people about PWAs I don't think I'll be spending my time there.

    I think the technology is great but the performance just isn't there for me yet.

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      It's a debatable moment "great but the performance..". Let's see in the future, but really thank you for your answer, @bighitbiker3

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    We created a PWA and it worked very well. Thanks for the post.

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      Also, I hope that PWA Checklist will be helpful for you,@netfalcon . Thanks for the comment.

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    Great post. Thanks!

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      @maxshash, cool that you 'liked' it :)

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