The web is at the heart of many modern business applications. We use browsers as the universal interface for our services, wrapping them in familiar HTML and JavaScript.
If yoursquo;ve got an internet connection and a browser, yoursquo;ve got access to an application, whether on your PC or on your smartphone.But what if you need access to more than the keyboard and the mouse, such as using cameras or other device hardware in your code?[ Only at InfoWorld: What you need to know about progressive web apps. | Get your websites up to speed with HTML5 today using the techniques in InfoWorldrsquo;s HTML5 Deep Dive PDF how-to report. | Learn where HTML5 is headed next. ]Thatrsquo;s where the next iteration of the web comes in to play, the progressive web app. Progressive web apps originated at Google, with a focus on the mobile web and the prospect of being able to deliver web apps that can work offline. With cross-platform support a key deliverable, itrsquo;s an important shift, one that goes further than Microsoftrsquo;s existing hosted web apps.
Build a progressive web app for Android, and it should work on a future release of Windows 10.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
If yoursquo;ve got an internet connection and a browser, yoursquo;ve got access to an application, whether on your PC or on your smartphone.But what if you need access to more than the keyboard and the mouse, such as using cameras or other device hardware in your code?[ Only at InfoWorld: What you need to know about progressive web apps. | Get your websites up to speed with HTML5 today using the techniques in InfoWorldrsquo;s HTML5 Deep Dive PDF how-to report. | Learn where HTML5 is headed next. ]Thatrsquo;s where the next iteration of the web comes in to play, the progressive web app. Progressive web apps originated at Google, with a focus on the mobile web and the prospect of being able to deliver web apps that can work offline. With cross-platform support a key deliverable, itrsquo;s an important shift, one that goes further than Microsoftrsquo;s existing hosted web apps.
Build a progressive web app for Android, and it should work on a future release of Windows 10.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here