But enough about single-page applications and JavaScript rendering for now. It’s time to explore the second of the two key technologies that underpin PWAs. Promise you’ll stick with me until the end haha, nerd joke, because it’s time to explore Service Workers.
3. Service Workers
First, I should clarify that the two technologies we are exploring - SPAs and Service Workers - are not mutually exclusive . Yes, together they underpin what we usually call Progressive Web Apps, but it is also possible to have a PWA that is not a SPA . You can also integrate Service Workers into traditional static websites i.e. websites without any client-side rendered content, and I believe we will see this happen more in the near future. Finally, Service Workers operate in conjunction with other technologies such as the Web App Manifest .
Ultimately, however, it's Service Workers that make the armenia mobile database most exciting features of PWAs possible . They are one of the most significant changes in the history of the web platform, and everyone whose job involves building, maintaining, or auditing websites needs to be aware of this powerful new set of technologies. If you're like me, you've been eagerly checking Jake Archibald's " Service Workers Readiness " page over the past few years, and as adoption by browser vendors has increased , you'll know that now is the time to start building with Service Workers.
We’ll explore what they are, what they can do, how to implement them, and what impact they have on SEO.
Service Workers are special JavaScript files that run outside the main browser thread. They sit between the browser and the network and their functions include: