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#Progressive Web Apps

Progressive Web Apps are a new way to deliver app experiences to the people.

Progressive Web Apps are-

• Reliable: When launched from the user’s home screen, Progressive Web apps can load instantly regardless of the network state. Progressive web-apps create a cache of their assets on the user’s device which then helps them in loading at a faster rate even when the network strength is poor.
• Fast: According to a survey, 53% of users leave a site if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load! That’s a lot. And even when they are loaded, the users want the apps to be fast and they get irritated of ones which are slow to respond.
• Engaging: Progressive Web Apps can be live on the User’s Home Screen without the need for any kind of App Store. These Apps can even engage the users with web push notifications. The app’s interface can be controlled and these apps are highly customisable. Progressive Web Apps feel like a natural app on the device equipped with the power of web, with an immersive user experience.

Why is there a need to build Progressive Web Apps?

Building a good and responsive Progressive Web App has incredible benefits. It can easily delight your users and increase your profits as well as impact audience. They:

• Are Worthy of being on the home screen: The Google Chrome browser automatically prompts the user to add the app to their home screen
• Can Work reliably, no matter the network conditions: Downloading assets on the user’s device initially, can help in increasing the users of the app as everyone likes things that are fast and efficient.
• Allow Increased engagement: Web push notifications are a feature that can help in increasing user-engagement by a significant amount. It has unimaginable power. Those users then spend more time on the site.
• Allow Improved conversions: Progressive Web apps have the ability to deliver an amazing user experience and they have a higher chance of turning a new user into a regular one.
• Eliminate the need different app stores: Progressive web-apps can directly be downloaded onto the user’s home screen without the use of any app store like google play store, blackberry app world, etc. Thus making it easier to get these apps on one’s phone.

This world is full of precarious elements in life where every being is looking for a solution which is simple yet powerful enough to act as a silver lining in the sky and needless to say, Progressive Web Apps are the solution for which we’ve been looking. They are a hope for a better tomorrow, and the tomorrow can be better only if we start working at it from today.