Progressive web apps (PWAs) are a new way of building websites, but are they really all that new? The basic principles of PWAs came out of older strategies for app design such as progressive enhancement, responsive design, mobile-first, etc. Progressive web apps bring together proven techniques such as these with a new set of APIs and other features under one umbrella term; 2018 could be the year of PWA.
On MDN Web Docs you’ll find a set of Core PWA Guides published for everyone who’s interested in checking them out. As a game developer I couldn’t stop myself from including a gamedev-related example in the series. js13kPWA is my website listing all the entries from the A-Frame category in the js13kGames 2017 competition.
Read more at: Mozilla Hacks blog.
HTML5 Game Developer, Enclave Games indie studio founder, js13kGames competition creator and Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter publisher. Mozilla Tech Speaker, Gamedev.js community firestarter. Organizes meetups / workshops / hackathons in Poland, passionate about new, Open Web technologies, excited about WebXR and PWAs. Likes eating sushi and playing Neuroshima Hex.
