Should enterprises start building progressive web applications?

　　PWA Is a new kind of mobile Web Application mode , Now you can use . They may also be your next opportunity to save money without affecting the quality of service , And help your organization provide services faster , Without undermining your focus on business goals and new customer acquisition .

　　 So let's see PWA Whether it is suitable for enterprises .

　　 What is a progressive Web Application ?

　　 In the last few years , With Web Browser enhancements and their support for many new HTML、CSS and JavaScript Capabilities of components and Standards ,Web Applications get more functionality , Make them look like native Android or iOS Applications run the same way .

　　 You can take PWA As a responsive website , According to the user's browser function , It can automatically enhance its built-in functions step by step , Make it look and feel like native Web Applications . Their basic components are ：

　　Web Application list ： Used to express functions similar to native , For example, there is an application icon on the main screen ;

　　 Service workers ： For background tasks and offline support ;

　　 Application shell architecture ： Used to quickly load service personnel .

　　PWA advantage

　　 Indexing and discoverability

　　 If you know how much money and effort it takes to try to market your application in every proprietary market , You'll be happy to know PWA Let you forget all these .

　　 Search engine will your PWA As a website , So applications can be easily indexed , You can even display different content layers as “ Different applications ”( This is especially true for content centric applications , For example, blog 、 The magazine 、 Social networks, etc ).

　　 Universal access and sharability

　　 The app store has no geographical restrictions or arbitrary policies , Make your application publishing process simple . PWA You can copy it URL Share in the same way as sharing websites —— Although some PWA In hiding URL Lose this advantage when it looks more like an application .

 

　　 Mobile data saving and offline functions

　　 Current Web standard ( For example, service workers ) send Web Developers can more easily build applications that allow you to cache or store data on local devices , So that you can be without Internet Use some functions of the application when connected . for example , You can be with Internet Edit when disconnected PWA Documents in , And the data will be valid next time you use Internet Connect and synchronize with the server of the application when it is opened .

　　 For businesses operating in markets where Internet access is expensive or slow , Offline priority applications are an important topic . If the application is programmed to just keep trying ping The server , Then inconsistent network connections may cause the application to drain the phone's battery . A group called “Konga” Of PWA Can reduce data usage 92% And solved this problem .

　　 save ( quite a lot ) money

　　 In some cases , You can simply upgrade your existing website to PWA, therefore PWA The construction cost of is lower . Besides , structure PWA Of HTML、CSS and JavaScript It is a common skill of developers , Therefore, it is not difficult to find talents with reasonable prices to build them .

　　 You can continue to maintain your native applications , At the same time, gradually PWA Component integration into your mobile website . The browser updates faster than you think , Soon you may check your traffic data and realize that your website gets more traffic than your local application .