Progressive Web Apps are the future of apps​

The original concept of the iPhone didn’t include an app store.

Steve Jobs’s idea of apps for the iPhone was to use websites as apps. This didn’t take off. Instead, they built the app store specific for the iPhone. The App Store ended up being a huge revenue stream for Apple.

The idea of website apps for iPhone wasn’t pursued.​

Fast forward to 2015.

The advancement of web-based technology changed the way we interact with webpages. The idea of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) started as an idea to replace App Stores.

Google’s Chrome OS is a good example of an ecosystem based off progressive web apps.

I could see a future where you pay for web storage and all of your apps connect to the storage.​

Requirements for a Progressive Web App

There are 3 things required for these web apps to function.

1. Secured using HTTPS

2. A service worker

3. Web App manifest

The HTTPS means the data going from the site to the server is secured. This is present almost every website now.

Service worker allows the developers to tell the app which files need to be cached…