When to build a PWA

Dinesh AC

We talked about PWAs a few posts ago. Now, here’s some deeper gyaan to help you decide whether or not you should go in for a PWA.

PWA vs Native Apps #

There are a bunch of misconceptions about PWAs:

And so on.

Progressive Web Apps are an established technology that big players like Twitter and AliBaba have adopted with great success.

Traditionally-native features that PWAs can also use are:

Native Android features that PWAs currently lack: #

For most use cases, PWAs can do the job and also be a much better investment — you don’t have to develop and maintain three separate code bases for Android, iOS and the Web. PWAs also have certain features that native apps lack.

Advantages of PWAs over native apps: #

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Source: https://youtu.be/qmE_jpnYXFo?t=96

So, should you build a PWA or a native app? #

If you still ask, “A future without apps…?” #

Well, not exactly. Currently, having both a native app and a PWA just makes sense.

Use Cases: #

For more PWA demos, see https://pwa.rocks.

Dinesh A.C. is Digital Solutions Strategist at Influx. An ex-entrepreneur, now an intraprenuer, he has a strong background in UX, tech, and business. His experience includes designing the UI/UX and running CanCan, handling Business Development for Cognizant, and being Product Manager for a Polaris Internet Banking product.

 
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