Investigation of Progressive Web Applications and Understanding Its Working Mechanism, Advantages and Disadvantages

Abstract

Progressive web applications are similar to the mobile applications and are more reliable and secure than the normal applications. The PWA are developed in such a way that nobody can tell the difference between mobile apps and the progressive web applications. The progressive web apps are developed using normal web techniques like HTML, Java Script, CSs etc. It is a software application which will resemble like a desktop or mobile app but it will operate on web-based technology. The main advantage of this type of web bases application is that they are faster and provides good user experience due to their simple user interface. This type of applications can directly be published online on the web page and does not require separate platform. The paper will explain the need and importance of the progressive web applications and shall also discuss the benefits and challenges of these kind of applications.