Awesome Progressive Web Apps

A curated collection of resources and projects focused on Progressive Web Apps.

Contents

• Must Reads
• Learning Resources
• Browser Support
• Videos
• Case Studies
• Sample Progressive Web Apps
• Specific Technologies
  • Service Workers
  • CacheStorage API
  • Background Sync
  • Push Notifications
  • IndexedDB
  • Installable Web Apps
    • App Icons
  • Web Share APIs
• Awesome Performance

Must Reads

• Building Progressive Web Apps - O’Reilly Media - A deep dive into progressive web apps, service workers, push notifications, background sync, IndexedDB, offline first and much more.
• Offline Web Applications Using IndexedDB & Service Worker - A free Udacity course introducing the basic concepts of building a progressive web app.

Learning Resources

• Google Developers - Your First Progressive Web App - A step-by-step guide to building a progressive web apps using the app shell pattern.
• Awesome Service Workers - A collection of awesome resources for learning service workers.
• Service Workers W3C Specification - The official service workers spec.

Browser Support

• Can I Use - Service Workers - Up-to-date browser support table of ServiceWorker API.
• Is Service Worker ready? - Current status of ServiceWorker support in different browsers.

Videos

• Instant Loading: Building offline-first Progressive Web Apps - Google I/O 2016 - A quick dive into the most common technologies and techniques for building progressive web apps.
• Intro To Progressive Web Apps - This free Udacity course by Google covers intro to PWAs, service workers and web app manifests.
• Offline Web Applications Using IndexedDB & Service Worker - This free Udacity course is a must if you’re planning to dive deep into service workers.
• Progressive Web Apps (Chrome Dev Summit 2015) - An introduction to progressive web apps by Alex Russell and Andreas Bovens.
• Polymer and Progressive Web Apps: Building on the modern web - Google I/O 2016 - Using Polymer to build progressive web apps.

Case Studies

• Building the Google I/O 2016 Progressive Web App - Building and launching a progressive web app using web components, Polymer, and material design.
• AliExpress Case Study - AliExpress increases conversion rate for new users by 104% with new progressive web apps.
• eXtra Electronics Case Study - United eXtra Electronics grows eCommerce sales by 100% with Web Push Notifications.
• Jumia Case Study - Push Notifications help Jumia reverse cart abandonment and increase conversions by 9X.
• Konga Case Study - Konga cuts data usage 92% with new Progressive Web App.
• Suumo Case Study - Japan’s top real estate site supercharges new listings with web Push Notifications and sees a 31% open rate for notifications.

Sample Progressive Web Apps

• PWA.rocks - A showcase of several progressive web apps, collected by the Opera Dev Relations team.
• SVGOMG
• Guitar Tuner
• Voice Memos
• Hacker News

Specific Technologies

Service Workers

• Awesome Service Workers - A curated collection of the finest service worker resources.

CacheStorage API

• Offline Storage for Progressive Web Apps - The current state of offline storage in the browser
• CacheStorage API - API docs, and sample code from Mozilla.

Background Sync

• Introducing Background Sync - A gentle introduction to background sync, along with some great videos and code samples.
• Background Sync Explained - The official “explainer” document for background sync, including one-off synchronization and periodic synchronization.
• Background Sync Spec - The WIP spec for Background Sync.

Push Notifications

• Can I Use - Push API - Up-to-date browser support table of Push API.
• Chrome Platform Status - Web Notifications - Implementation status for Chrome and other browsers.
• PWA Dev Summit 2016 codelab - Push Notifications Up-to-date getting started tutorial for Progressive Web App, Push Notifications and service worker basics.
• Using the Push API - An article introducing Push API.
• web-push-libs - A collection of useful libraries for web push in different technologies (Node.js, PHP, Python, etc.)

IndexedDB

• IndexedDB API - API docs, key concepts, and sample code from Mozilla.

Installable Web Apps

• Increasing Engagement with Web App Install Banners - An intro to App Install Banners and making sure Chrome offers your web app to your users.
• Installable Web Apps with the Web App Manifest in Chrome for Android - An introduction to installable Web Apps in Chrome for Android.

App Icons

• RealFaviconGenerator - A great way to generate all the images, favicons, and associated files needed to display your app icon across different browsers.
• Android Asset Studio - Launcher Icon Generator - Generate Android style icons.

Web Share APIs

• Introducing the Web Share API - High level introduction to the Web Share API.
• Web Share API explainer - An explanation of the API, along with some examples. Part of the proposal doc.
• Web Share Target API - The proposal for the Web Share Target API, as well as a high level explainer.

Awesome Performance

• Web Fundamentals - Performance - Google’s performance learning portal, containing a wealth of knowledge on optimizing your web apps for perfomance.
• Introducing RAIL: A User-Centric Model For Performance - The seminal introduction to RAIL by the Gang of Pauls.
• Website Performance Optimization - A free Udacity course on optimizing websites for speed.
• Browser Rendering Optimization - A free Udacity course helping you create web apps that maintain jank-free 60fps performance.
• The PRPL Pattern - A new pattern for structuring and serving Progressive Web Apps, with an emphasis on performance.
• Browser Rendering Performance - Understand how HTML, JavaScript and CSS is handled by the browser, and how to optimize your page accordingly.