Progressive Web Apps (PWAs )

Akash Jain
5 min readJan 15, 2021
Mobile Apps

In the last 4 - 5 years, mobiles became the primary source to surf the internet. Many companies have shut down their website and launched their mobile app but if we talk about using an app on mobile, people always prefer to download an app from the play store or apple store instead of opening the website on mobile.

Why mobile apps are more efficient than mobile’s browser?

The user never wants to engross themselves in the tedious procedure, for example, the user wants to order a meal then he will order it directly from the app instead of using the browser for ordering the food.

  • It saves time
  • It helps the user to continue working on the current website without any distraction
  • User don’t need to remember the URL

Making a mobile app is not an easy job, you need to learn native mobile app language like java, Ruby, Rust, etc.

But PWA gives a feature to create a mobile app using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It can work like a native app by providing push notification, you can work offline but this is not a native app so, there are some limitations.

  • Can’t access mobile device sensors
  • Can’t download this app from the play store
  • Consume more battery

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Akash Jain

Love to write code and discuss technology | If you explain to others in simple words it means you know it very well — akashjain132@gmail.com