1. React
  2. CSS-Minsk-JS
  3. 2019
  4. Diving deep, deep offline — the web can do it

Diving deep, deep offline — the web can do it

Explore the history of the offline web, treating the network as an enhancement, current challenges, solutions, and proper tooling.

Maxim Salniko at CSS-Minsk-JS 2019

There is no need to advocate for progressive web apps anymore. The idea of connection-independent applications has proven its viability and we see many projects following that path, making the offline-ready behavior a best practice, good manner of the web. In my session, based on the exploration of Service Worker API (Cache Storage, Background Fetch, Background Sync) we go through the history of the offline web, treating the network as an enhancement, current challenges, solutions, and proper tooling.