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“Progressive Web Apps are experiences that combine the best of the web and the best of apps.” (Google Developers). Brief, to the point, and encompassing, in just a few words, all the reasons why PWAs have gained so much popularity over the last few years!
They sure carry loads of potential to shape the future of mobile web in the years to come!
Now let's try a “guessing game” and see if we can guess why you've chosen to build a progressive web app instead of sticking to optimizing your current site for mobile:
Moreover (and this is no tiny detail, for sure), to the memorable experience that a progressive web app delivers to the end user, add the benefit of a relatively low-complexity development process!
Speaking of which, here are the 5 best tools to use to build a progressive web app:
When you say “web development” you instantly say “JavaScript”, right?
Yet, when you're planning to set up a progressive web app you should be more specific than that: you should “laser-focus” on one of its many tempting frameworks!
In this respect, here are the 3 ones that we recommend you to consider! Select your suitable core framework depending on factors such as your future app's complexity or the time limit that you need to adapt your workflow to:
Pros:
Con:
By far this framework's most “seducing” feature is its component-approach to web development!
Practically all the components putting together the UI are JavaScript-based, which enables you to easily reuse them at need! A powerful UI development speed-booster tool!
Besides its component-centered approach we could easily point out a couple of other reasons for choosing React to power up your progressive web app with:
Now when time is a “merciless” projection of your client, Polymer makes the perfect choice of core framework to build a progressive web app!
It “spoils” you with:
… which stand for the perfect definition of a “fast app development process”!
Creating prototypes is, no doubt, the perfect use case for this framework! You can just make use of the template that Polymer provides you with for setting up the code of your app project and add on the client's input later on in the development process!
There's more! Since “fast” is the defining characteristic of this framework, where do you add that Polymer uses PRPL pattern for speeding up the app's delivery to the chosen device?
Should we mention, as well, that the template features the Google-emblematic material design out-of-the-box?
If the aforementioned Polymer makes a great choice for getting started, for setting up your apps's prototype, then Webpack gives you access to the next level! The one where you build a progressive web app that's more complex and front-end driven.
Its two major benefits:
In short: managing dependencies gets so much more streamlined with Webpack
Con:
If it's a lightweight, yet functionality-loaded, quick to set up progressive web app that you have in mind, then Knockout is the framework to go for!
Here are some of the powerful features that make it an indispensable asset for your toolbox:
And this is how our suggested “arsenal” of tools to build a progressive web app looks like! Keep in mind, though, that this is an ever-changing list, considering the fast pace at which new web technologies emerge in the digital landscape!
We’re excited to hear your project.
Let’s collaborate!