PWA
PWA
Progressive Web App or for short - PWA, is an application that is accessed through the Internet (browser application), and run through the browser.
With PWA you can enjoy a single version application - your code run on the browser instead of running on a specific OS.
Service Worker is the next step
In early days (and even today is some websites), the server rendered the all page HTML every postback.. and then come AJAX & API ... a different approach - suppurating the design from the data.
Service Worker can do even more and make your web application UX feels just like an installed app.
Installed App provide a good answer for the slow/unstable internet connection on mobile, but now there is a growing trend of using PWA technology instead of Native Applications, just like web sites replaced old desktop software.
PWA Security
Web Browser security or app permissions?
the browser is like a sandbox that protect the OS.
PWA is faster
After the first loading (installing the service worker), PWA runs very fast.
Why Native?
Although hardware capabilities the in web is growing, it is a slow process.
there are some areas in which PWA technology is currently limited