What makes a web application a PWA?

In simple words, a PWA is meant to be eventually installed to the user's home screen, which means they will access it exactly like a native application. So users expect the same experience as when using a native application. Since Ionic 3 is designed to create a native application experience with standard web technologies, this is already handled.

PWA should be very performant, since PWA is going to be installed to the home screen right along side with native applications. Ionic 3 is built from the ground with performance in mind, which means you barely have to think about it. As PWA is going to be installed on the user's home screen, this process requires a web manifest for your application. Thankfully, ...

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