What is a Progressive Web App?
“A Progressive Web App uses modern web capabilities to deliver an app-like user experience.”
Progressive Web Apps bring features we expect from native apps to the mobile browser experience in a way that uses standards-based technologies and run in a secure container accessible to anyone on the web.
Some interesting things to note
3X improvement in conversion rate 38% improvement in page load times 160% increase in shopper sessions 2. Book My Show developed an improved version of their mobile website using a Progressive Web App and noted:
It drove an 80%+ increase in their conversion rates The PWA takes less than 2.94 seconds to load and enables checkout within 30 seconds 3. Flipkart Lite a PWA of Flipkart:
Uses 3 times less data as compared to its native app and has faster loading time, irrespective of the network The PWA home screen icon has already accounted for 70% increase in the conversion rates
What will be discussed? What is PWA? Key features & Importance Which companies use PWA and how does it impact them? Deep-dive into different features - routing, offline caching, installation, performance When not to use PWA? What can go wrong while building a PWA ?
Prerequisites Basic Javascript Knowledge Some experience with front-end development
About the Speaker: Mohit Jandwani, Tech Lead at LimeTray
Mohit leads the dev of their new POS built as a PWA He has worked in multiple languages from C to JS & has led the development of all kinds of applications from recommendation engines to PWAs Previously: built a tech team at BabyChakra and worked as a software developer in Zomato and Qualcomm
Early Bird Ticket Price: Rs 699 Early Bird discount is valid till 11 pm on 29th April After that price will be Rs 899