Progressive Web Apps in the Wild
summary
Baseline checklist and concrete wins: run Lighthouse audits in Chrome DevTools to find missing HTTPS/HSTS, a manifest.json and a registered service worker cache; implement Add to Home Screen + offline fallback so start_url loads without network. Case studies: AliExpress sees 4× engagement for homescreen users, housing.com cuts load time ~30% and reports −40% bounce/ +38% conversions, Flipkart serves cached product searches offline. Also try Web Payments, Web Share and deferred beforeinstallprompt handling.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:06Progressive Web Apps
- 3:55Progressive Web Apps Diagram
- 5:13Progressive Web Apps Checklist
- 6:32Lighthouse
- 9:02HTTPS
- 14:25Responsive
- 16:32Add to Home Screen
- 22:35Risks
- 26:03Service Workers
- 30:01Cross Browser
- 32:12Page transitions
- 34:16Usability heuristics
- 35:09Page URLs
- 37:30Whistlestop tour
- 37:51Indexability
- 38:17User Experience
- 39:43Add to Homescreen
- 42:18Caching
- 46:30Add Fields
- 46:58Digital Asset Links
- 47:13Baseline Checklist
- 47:43Outro
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