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<p class="summary"><img alt="progressive web apps community PWA logo" src="https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/16742/pwa.png" style="display: block; height: 188px; margin: 0px auto; width: 350px;"></p>

<h2 id="PWA_advantages">PWA advantages</h2>

<p>PWA should be discoverable, installable, linkable, network independent, progressive, re-engageable, responsive, and safe. To find out more about what these mean, read <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Advantages">Progressive web app advantages</a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/beyond-spa">Google</a> uses a helpful acronym for us to understand why PWA are so effective: FIRE – Fast, Integrated, Reliable, and Engaging. This acronym is itself a perfect explanation of why PWA is in trend amongst developers.</p>

<p>To find out how to implement PWA, consult the guides listed in the below section.</p>

<h2 id="Core_PWA_guides">Core PWA guides</h2>

<p>The following guides show you what need to do to implement a PWA, by examining a simple example and showing you how all the pieces work.</p>

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 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Introduction">Introduction to progressive web apps</a></li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/App_structure">Progressive web app structure</a></li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Offline_Service_workers">Making PWA work offline with Service workers</a></li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Installable_PWAs">How to make PWA installable</a></li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Re-engageable_Notifications_Push">How to make PWA re-engageable using Notifications and Push</a></li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Loading">Progressive loading</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://pwafire.org">Collection of resources, codelabs and tools you need to build PWA by the team at pwafire.org</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://github.com/pwafire/pwadev-tips">Setting up your Progressive Web App Development environment</a></li>
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<h2 id="Technology_guides">Technology guides</h2>

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 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Client-side_web_APIs/Client-side_storage">Client-side storage</a> — A lengthy guide showing how and when to use web storage, IndexedDB, and service workers.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API/Using_Service_Workers">Using service workers</a> — A more in-depth guide covering the Service Worker API.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_API/Using_IndexedDB">Using IndexedDB</a> — The fundamentals of IndexedDB, explained in detail.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Storage_API/Using_the_Web_Storage_API">Using the Web Storage API</a> — The Web storage API made simple.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/11/app-shell" rel="noopener">Instant Loading Web Apps with An Application Shell Architecture</a> — A guide to using the App Shell coding pattern to create apps that load quickly.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Push_API/Using_the_Push_API">Using the Push API</a> — Learn the essentials behind the Web Push API.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API/Using_the_Notifications_API">Using the Notifications API</a> — Web notifications in a nutshell.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Modern/Responsive/responsive_design_building_blocks">The building blocks of responsive design</a> — Learn the basics of responsive design, an essential topic for modern app layout.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Modern/Responsive/Mobile_first">Mobile first</a> — Often when creating responsive application layouts, it makes sense to create the mobile layout as the default, and build wider layouts on top.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Progressive/Add_to_home_screen">Add to home screen guide</a> — Learn how your apps can take advantage of Add to home screen (A2HS).</li>
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<h2 id="Tools">Tools</h2>

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 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://localforage.github.io/localForage/" rel="noopener">localForage</a> — A nice simple JavaScript library for making client-side data storage really simple; it uses IndexedDB by default and falls back to Web SQL/Web Storage if necessary.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://github.com/fxos-components/serviceworkerware" rel="noopener">ServiceWorkerWare</a> — An <em>Express-like</em> microframework for easy Service Worker development.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://github.com/mozilla/oghliner" rel="noopener">oghliner</a> — Not only a template but a tool for deploying Offline Web Apps to GitHub Pages.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sw-precache" rel="noopener">sw-precache</a> — A node module to generate service worker code that will precache specific resources.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/workbox" rel="noopener">workbox</a> — Spiritual successor to sw-precache with more advanced caching strategies and easy precaching.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://www.talater.com/upup/" rel="noopener">upup</a> — A tiny script that makes sure your site is always there for your users.</li>
 <li><a class="external external-icon" href="https://serviceworke.rs/" rel="noopener">The service worker cookbook</a> — A series of excellent service worker/push recipes, showing how to implement an offline app, but also much more.</li>
 <li><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mayeedwin.vscode-pwa">PWA VS Code extension</a> - A collection of all essential code snippets you need to build Progressive Web Apps right there in your VS Code environment.</li>
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<ul>
 <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps">Progressive web apps</a> on Google Developers.</li>
 <li><a href="https://medium.com/@slightlylate/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul-3b93a8561955#.6czgj0myh">Progressive Web Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul</a> by Alex Russell.</li>
 <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/checklist">Progressive Web Apps Check List</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse">The Lighthouse Tool</a> by Google.</li>
 <li><a href="https://github.com/angular/mobile-toolkit">Tools for building progressive web apps with Angular</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://github.com/codebusking/react-pwa-guide-kit">React PWA Guide Kit</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://pokedex.org/">Offline-capable Pokédex web site</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://hnpwa.com/">Hacker News readers as Progressive Web Apps</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://ymedialabs.com/progressive-web-apps">Why Progressive Web Apps Are The Future of Mobile Web (2019 Research)</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.csschopper.com/blog/progressive-web-apps-everything-you-need-to-know/">Progressive Web Apps: Everything You Need To Know</a></li>
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