Progressive Web Application Development by Example

Service worker clients

I have mentioned the service worker clients several times in this chapter. The obvious definition is a browser tab with a site's page open. While this will be the case in most situations, it is not the only client type.

Because service workers execute in a separate context from a browser tab's UI thread, they can service multiple clients. This includes multiple tabs, push notifications, and background sync events. The latter two are clients without a traditional user interface.

The service worker specification says (https://w3c.github.io/ServiceWorker/#service-worker-client-concept):

"A service worker client is an environment."

It goes on to define a series of potential client types. The concept of a service worker ...