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Day 37 of #100DaysOfCode: PWA + SPA: initialize PWA on Create React App(CRA)

Introduction

The target of Progressive Web Apps(PWA) is to provide awesome experiences like native Apps. There are three main points for PWA.

  1. Reliable: they should load fast and even work if you're offline
  2. Fast: it should be able to access device features in an intuitive way
  3. Engaging: Feel like a native App on mobile devices

This article notes the initialization of PWA on the React App.

Steps

1. Create a React app

  • Use the following command to create a React app
create-react-app pwa-example
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2. Show hidden configure files

  • Use the following command to show hidden folders
npm run eject
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  • The config folder will show Alt Text

3. Edit src/index.js

Change the last line from

serviceWorker.unregister();
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to

serviceWorker.register();
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4. Generate files for production

  • Use the following command to build static files ad assets
npm run build
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  • It will generate the build folder with filed including service-worker.js Alt Text

5. Create a temporarily server to render pages

  • Use the following command to install serve and execute it to listen the build folder
npm install -g serve
serve -s build
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  • Serve will start to listen requests Alt Text

6.Validations

  • Open the browser and visit http://localhost:5000/
  • Open the developer tool and select Application/Service Workers
  • Check Offline and reload. The page should be rendered correctly. Alt Text

That's it!

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