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Progressive Web Apps: The Big Picture

This course helps you understand the platform of progressive web apps, how it works, and when to choose it for developing your next app. You will see PWAs in action, in mobile and desktop, and see how to distribute them to end-users.

Maximiliano Firtman - Pluralsight course - Progressive Web Apps: The Big Picture
by Maximiliano Firtman

What you'll learn

Understanding the progressive web apps platform, including its advantages, challenges, and differences with other app development approaches, can be confusing. Creating a good user experience for installation and usage is key for success, and to achieve that you need to understand a lot of concepts before starting the project. In this course, Progressive Web Apps: The Big Picture, you will gain the ability to understand the PWA platform before starting your next project. First, you will learn the differences compared to other app development approaches. Next, you will discover the main components, including the service worker, and how to get the installed app experience on desktop, Android, iOS, and iPadOS. Finally, you will explore how to start a PWA project and how to distribute the app from the browser or stores, including end-user and enterprise deployments. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of progressive web apps needed to start a project for a new app or to upgrade your current apps.

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About the author

Maximiliano Firtman - Pluralsight course - Progressive Web Apps: The Big Picture
Maximiliano Firtman

Max Firtman is a mobile and web developer, trainer, speaker, and writer. He is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide and he has been widely recognized for his work in the mobile-web community. He teaches mobile, HTML5, PWA and web performance trainings for top companies around the world.

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