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3. Service Workers

Carlos Rojas1  
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Medellin, Colombia
 

There are common scenarios in which web applications are limited by not having an active window tab in the Web browser. However, if we take our app to the mobile world, this limitation does not exists, because even though a mobile app is closed, we can interact with the user by using, for example, push notifications. Service workers are the best option for adding special capabilities to web apps, which make them feel natural when they are installed from a mobile device (without users having to “enter” an app store or Google Play).

The Web is evolving. We can now create mechanisms ...

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