What is a PWA? Why PWAs?
All about Progressive Web Applications.
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10 min readMay 12, 2020
Yea I keep hearing a lot about PWAs…but
Seriously, what exactly are PWAs?
If you stumbled upon this article, it probably means that you have heard about PWAs and know what they are roughly. I will tell you all that you need to know about a PWA — what they are, what constitutes a PWA exactly and Why PWAs?
Previously, I also had all these questions in my head, though I have read a few articles on PWAs. I THINK I knew what it was, but at the end of the day I still ask myself this: Aren’t PWAs just responsive websites with Mobile View? The answer is Yes and No. Let me share with you why.
Before we begin… when did ‘PWA’ start?
Steve Jobs in 2007
Back then, Steve Jobs already envisioned a mobile application that is
- Available on the web browser — you don’t have to install anything
