What is PWA?
Also called: Progressive Web App
The short answer
A PWA is a website that can be installed to a phone or desktop home screen and can work offline, behaving much like a native app.
PWA, explained
A web manifest supplies the icon and name; a service worker caches files so the app opens without a connection. No app store is required.
Questions people ask about PWA
What is PWA?
A PWA is a website that can be installed to a phone or desktop home screen and can work offline, behaving much like a native app.
Related terms
A web app is software that runs in the browser and lets people do things, such as edit, book, chat or buy, rather than only read.
CacheA cache is a stored copy of something, like a page or image, kept closer to the visitor so it loads instantly next time instead of being fetched again.
WebsiteA website is a collection of linked web pages published under one domain name, stored on a server and viewed in a web browser.
Web pageA web page is a single document on the web, identified by its own URL and written in HTML, that a browser renders for a visitor.
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