What is a PWA?
A Progressive Web App (PWA) is basically just a website with some added features, which enable it to provide an app-like user-experience.
This means it can work practically just like a native iOS or Android app. It can be installed to the home screen of your mobile device, work offline and receive push notifications, among other things.
A well-designed PWA is indistinguishable from a native app, but it also offers some strong added benefits:
- It's just a website! You don't need to build separate apps anymore. If you have a website, you can easily turn it into and iOS and Android app as well!
- A PWA is much smaller than a native app. Your users no longer need to install tens of megabytes of code
- No need to get your app into the App Store or Play Store. Just share the link to your website and users can install it as an app
- There's no need to get users to install updates anymore. When you release a new version of your app, all your users automatically get the new version
- By default, PWAs are served over HTTPS and are therefore safe and secure
- PWAs are lightweight and offer high performance
- Especially on Android, a PWA can almost do anything a native app can
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