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8. Push Notifications

Carlos Rojas1  
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Medellin, Colombia
 
One of the reasons why I think that service workers are starting to be used in web apps is to add the push notifications capability (Figure 8-1).
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Figure 8-1

Allowing push notifications in web and mobile devices

Having push notifications allows us to interact with our users even when they have closed our app. This is common in the mobile world, but inside the web world, it was something that could not be achieved easily until now.

What Is a Push Notification?

Think, for a moment, ...

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