Does your website have a Progressive Web App (PWA)?

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Does your website have a Progressive Web App
(PWA)?
The modern-day apps that are either available on
web platforms or native devices have made it
extremely convenient for us to harness the full
potential of technology and make our lives
easier. You have the expansive range and
reachability of web-based applications that can
instantly update themselves with the latest
trends, and then there are native applications
that comfortably sit on your devices and provide
a cohesive experience, even without a good
network connection. So, on the one hand, we have
the reliability and connectivity that is provided
by native applications and a wide reach that can
help you instantly connect with a wider audience.
But, what if you can have an application that can
perform both of these tasks? Leading web
development companies have brought their most
capable minds together and came up with
Progressive Web Apps as a solution for this
particular necessity.
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• What exactly is a Progressive Web App (PWA)
• Progressive Web Apps are enhanced applications
  that are built with contemporary Application
  Programming Interface (API) software to provide
  your native
• applications a wider range. They provide the
  capabilities, reliability, and installability of
  platform-specific apps and integrate them with
  the wide range and reach of web
• applications. Its kind of like the best of both
  worlds.
• In recent years, there has been a significant
  surge of PWA usage by custom software
  development companies who are trying to provide
  their clients with the
• best-performing apps.
• There are certain requirements that an
  application needs to meet in order to be deemed
  as a PWA
• It has to be progressive, which means it should
  be compatible with all kinds of devices and
  operating platforms, old and new. It should tend
  to the basic needs when it comes to old browsers
  and fully functional with the latest platforms.
• Being a progressive web app that provides a
  web-based reach, it should be
• discoverable throughout all search engines.
• It should be installable so that it is readily
  available. The users should be able to add the
  application to their home screen or app launcher.
• The application should be highly linkable, which
  means it should be shareable by sending just the
  URL. It should instantly reload and retain its
  state when the user runs the URL.

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• The application should be re-engageable. That
  means the user should be able to easily reuse
  the app. Also, the application should provide
  push notifications.
• Its UI should be responsive to the devices
  screen size and form factor so that it is
  compatible with phones, tablets, TVs, laptops,
  computers, etc.
• And last but not least, it should be safe.
  Considering that it has a web-based reach, it is
  also vulnerable to be infested by third parties.
  Hence, it should be hosted over HTTPS so that
  the data is secured.
• Why should you implement Progressive Web App?
• Studies have shown that, on average, an
  application can lose about 20 of its user base
  for every step that is added between the first
  contact of the application to the moment it is
  functional. However, with PWAs, the users can
  immediately start using the application from the
  moment your user stumbles upon the application.
• Along with that, PWAs provide a wide range of
  benefits that smartly integrate the best aspects
  of native applications and web applications
• PWAs provide instant loading of your pages after
  the first use. In addition, the dedicated and
  highly powerful caching provided by them can
  drastically decrease the loading time and
  provide you with seamless performance every
  time.
• While native applications might ask the user to
  re-download the application multiple times, even
  for incorporating minute changes, PWA makes that
  system obsolete. It has the ability to update
  only the changed content in the application and
  provide you a more efficient updating feature.
• It can put your application out there and make it
  easier for your target audience to find it. PWAs
  perform extremely well on all search engines and
  offer
• condensed and comprehensive metadata to instantly
  provide your users with special capabilities.

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• Along with the high-performing functionality of
  web applications, it can help you connect with
  your audience just like a native application. It
  can constantly communicate and re-engage with
  the user and provide dedicated push
  notifications that can substantially improve your
  relations with the target demography and
  increase the conversion rate.
• Incorporating a PWA mechanism to develop your
  application can provide a certain amount of
  network independence. You can easily revisit a
  site and
• browse through the content even if there is no
  network available. With the help of a strong
  Cache API and Web Storage features, whatever
  content the user has browsed through once will
  get added to the cache memory, which can be
• archived and used instantaneously.
• Having a PWA mechanism ensures that your
  application will be functional on all kinds of
  browsers. It can shine and shop its true
  potential on fully capable browsers and assure
  an acceptable experience when it comes to less
  capable or old browsers.
• Conclusion
• Progressive Web Apps are an ingenious range of
  applications that can truly expand your reach
  and help you deliver a comprehensive application
  at the click of a button. Companies that have
  incorporated them have never looked back, as PWAs
  have drastically improved their functionality
  and productivity. For example, Twitter
• experienced a substantial increase of 65 in
  pages per session, decreased its bounce rate by
  20, along with making its app 97 smaller!
  Thats an astonishing
• achievement.
• If you want to see such drastic changes in your
  application, Perception is here to help you with
  that. Our comprehensive web development services
  can help you immediately incorporate a PWA
  mechanism into your application and make it much
  more efficient.
• To know more about our services, check out our
  website.