How Close Can a Pwa Get to a Native App? Closer Than You Think
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The article explores how close Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) can get to native apps, with the author sharing their findings from building a PWA demo, sparking discussion on the potential of PWAs as an alternative to native app development.
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about 2 months ago
I set out to see how far the web can go toward feeling native. Here’s what I found while building a PWA demo that might just make a full rewrite unnecessary.
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