Progressive Web App (PWA)

[Simon Smith]

Progressive web apps are just websites, with a manifest file (JSON based
text file that contains additional settings, like links to the "apps"
homepage icon). Any website can be made into a PWA regardless of the
technology used to create it.

PWA can make use of Javascript-based service workers that can help give
that native feel, e.g. for caching, data storage and offline support. Sadly
though on iOS, PWA's are yet to support push notifications.

You access the URL of the PWA and get prompted to add the app to the home
screen. From there, when the app is launched, it is displayed fullscreen,
how the app now functions depends purely on how you have coded the app.

There tends to be a lot of focus on creating single-page based apps for
mobile (e.g using vue, angular, react etc) to get that "native" app
experience - but personally I prefer multipage apps and only using
javascript when needed. Depending on what you are doing, performance often
exceeds that of the "native" app approach.


On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 3:45 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> The answer is EITHER:
>
> Use LiveCode SERVER to generate the HTML5 and CCS for the app and layer
> your own Javascript into it [Much more work, but you can deliver exactly
> the front end you want - you have to keep track fo what HTML, CSS, and
> Javascript you use is standards-compliant)
> OR
> Use LievCode HTML to deploy your stacks/App as an HTML/CSS/Javascript
> app.(lLess work, but you are limited to what the HTML builder for
> LiveCode can produce [mostly, I think there is someone on this list who
> has posted many example of extending the generated web app with
> supplemental javascript])
>
> However, in my opinion "intended to work on any platform that uses a
> standards-compliant browser." (from the definition of WPA) is marketing
> bullsh*t. I find way too many things that are *supposed* to work across
> all browsers that do not.
>
>
>
> On 2/18/2020 8:42 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote:
> > Does anyone have a reply to Ingar’s original question?
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 18, 2020, at 6:16 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Aren't all discussions political? ;-)
> >>
> >> Bob S
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Feb 16, 2020, at 13:33 , doc hawk via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Feb 16, 2020, at 5:15 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>> "A progressive web application is a type of application software
> delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including
> HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It is intended to work on any platform that uses
> a standards-compliant browser.”
> >>>
> >>> And foolish me thought we were going to have a political discussion .
> . .
> >>>
> >>> :)
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