Imagine this: Web development powerhouses from Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Google, and more, coming together to create the ultimate web experience. This is how PWAs came to be. They people came together in order to determine the best way to create a web application, and their brainstorm yielded Progressive Web Apps. And, the coolest part? These leaders weren’t looking to monetize PWAs – there’s no such thing as a Microsoft PWA builder or a Google PWA builder – they simply shared a passion for the web, and wanted to come up with a set of standards to ensure that it was being used to its full potential.

Microsoft’s PWA initiative is led by Jeff Burtoft, who shared the story of how PWAs came to be in this episode of Mobile Matters. (It involves a pub in London, a few pints, and some napkin doodles.

On the surface, it's pretty simple: native apps get downloaded to a mobile device through an app store (like the Apple App Store or Google Play), whereas a progressive web app or PWA is accessed through the web browser (usually Safari or Chrome on mobile devices) by typing in a URL, or via a bookmark, shortcut, or QR Code.

For the most part, PWAs are secure because they follow HTTPS protocols just like any other website or web application. In addition, since they are accessed through web browsers, PWAs benefit from all of the modern security features built into web browsers too.

Modern site builders create responsive websites and require 3rd Party coding to add PWAs. Our platform is the first to create both responsive and adaptive sites and PWAs with no additional coding required. This means that when the server receives a request for a page it first checks the browsers screen size and sends the page that was specifically created for that devices screen size for the ultimate user experience.

Our platform allows users to enable or disable caching. When enabled people using your PWA will be able to access the main content and images of your pwa even when they have no signal and no wifi. If you create a PWA as your digital business card, then people will have no problem accessing and viewing your digital business card info.

Progressive web apps can now be installed on Windows, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, and soon on macOS. Chrome, the most popular web browser by far, now prompts Windows users to install progressive web apps (PWAs) to their desktop and can also show up in your PCs Start menu.

Yes, however… the website must be built in our platform first. Once that has been done you'll just need to add an SSL certificate and conversion to a PWA will be as simple as creating a title, a description for your PWA and then uploading your custom icon image. That's it! You will then be able activate the push notifications feature if you want.

PWA's are a great way to provide a better experience to you website visitors. They also allow you to send push notifications to all those that installed your PWA on their devices. This allows business owners the opportunity to stay in touch with their clients/customers with messaging and/or send them promotions through the push notifications feature.

PWA provides efficient applications with the advantage of a responsive user interface like a native app. The application runs seamlessly like a native app with the help of cache and service workers and saves data like a regular website.

• Easily found by search engines because it promotes your website.
• Easy to install on a devices home screen without having to download from an App Store.
• Easy to link to by sharing a URL or QR code.
• Works online and offline even when there is no network connection.
• Useable on on older browsers and fully functional on all new updated browsers.
• Has ability to send notifications to all subscribers when new content or offers are available.
• Can be used any mobile phone, tablet, laptop and watches that have a browser.
• Secured connection between the user, the PWA, and server

PWAs can do most things native apps can and many native apps could easily be replaced by a PWA. PWAs are inherently mobile app experiences deliver via a web browser.

A native mobile app is a smartphone application that is coded in a specific programming language, such as Objective C for iOS or Java for Android operating systems. Native mobile apps provide fast performance and a high degree of reliability.

MobiFirst offers a wide variety of subscription plans to fit the needs of your business, including a free subscription plan. Try out our PWA builder online for free.

Yes it is EASY, we provide hundreds of pre-made templates which can allow you to have a completed PWA or website launched in as soon as just a few minutes. In some cases all you may need to do is switch out the templates content with your own information and images. The first time that you log into the platform you'll be greeted with an introduction video and additional tutorials that walk you though the process. Not only that, our platform has a library of tutorial videos on every aspect of our platform. From setting up platforms, selecting and using widgets to creating pages for your website or pwa.