Why PWA v/s Native Mobile apps a wrong question to ask. PWA has already gathered a lot of momentum recently and is structured to give “App like” experience to its user base. Reveal all the extra layers underneath and create magic with brand new ideas to design progressive web apps.
What comes to your mind when you imagine leading a progressive life? Definitely, it is going to be far better than the previous one. Progressive Web Apps (PWA’s) are going to work to outweigh the advantages brought in by the native mobile applications. PWA’s have enlarged the horizon and have imbibed the best of both worlds from web apps to mobile apps. Installation free, hassle-free loading that runs buttery smooth even on flaky networks, progressive web apps are most sort after in web app scenario at the moment. Further to add to it, it loads as the top level, gives full- screen experience, sends relevant push notifications it grips audience right from first browser visit. All the power lies within that small icon on home screen.
Intelligent Progressive Web App Technology strategy is increasingly being adopted and companies are hiring Indian developers to work on them.
Avoid common UI/UX Mistakes that can ruin your PWA
Scrolling Minor Flaws
Scrolling a one-page website can be a nightmare with information overload. These can be made a delight by rendering the DOM nodes to make it compatible to be used over mobile browser in the same way as on web browser.
Make It Interactive Without Hindering Performance
Web application development companies make use of custom fonts in making the application interface prettier and interactive; these must be used only on demand of users, as they make application bulky.
Gestures Cannot be Predicted
A website must be designed in a way so that users come and know where they wish to navigate, what they want to click. A simple navigation feature at the bottom can achieve these results for you.
Avoid Blue Flashes
If you think you can grab your user's attention by one of those blue flashes then you might be wrong. Take care to remove them from your CSS immediately a nd they can rather be annoying.
Make use of Native UI on Web
You must know how React fits into the web application. A JavaScript library by name of Polymer and Material UI which is a collection React Components must essentially be made part of the web application.
Augment the Load Performance
Imagine how important those few extra seconds can be and the huge impact they can have on your ability to engage visitors and make sales! Page views, customer satisfaction, and conversions must go simultaneously.
It essentially means that having a fast site is important – not just to score high on Google but also to keep your bottom line profits high.
It is true that slow speed kills conversions. An average customer will not wait for more than 2 seconds for a web page to load and will abandon it otherwise.
A glance at a simple example of customer's purchase behavior via the website on a computer :
Figure 1: How load performance can affect shopping behavior (Image Courtesy: https://blog.kissmetrics.com/loading-time/)
Putting it across in another way, how a customers reacts while accessing the website from a mobile phone:
Figure 2: Common Problems when accessing a website from a mobile phone (https://blog.kissmetrics.com/loading-time/)
PWA’s can be structured and served in PRPL way. It optimizes the minimum time to interaction, especially on first use. Additionally, caching efficiency can be increased with more number of updates.
Service Worker Caching
Service workers are really good at caching! Service worker script that browser can run in the background and serve instantaneous responses even on flaky networks. Works capabilities, push notifications and background synching are all possible with PWA’s.
Server-Side Rendering
Google always recommends server-side rendering for PWA's.
Generally, we add a script tag which detects javascript is enabled or not in your browser. It goes like this,
If JavaScript is disabled then only above tag will run, else it will be skipped.
Install Lighthouse
Check performance of your web app by running an open source performance management tool by name of Lighthouse on Chrome Extension or as a Node Module. Regular audits are important and failing audits must be fixed.
