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Ayush Kumar Singh
Ayush Kumar Singh

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Should I make PWA(Progressive Web Apps) generator?

I am thinking of making a PWA(Progressive Web Apps) generator so that anyone without any knowledge can convert his/her website to a web app that can be installed anywhere.

Here is how I am thinking of making it.

First, there would be 2 options after all the boilerplate details.

  • WordPress
  • Custom

If someone chooses WordPress I will recommend plugins so that they can edit

tag details in and then they have to click on the next step.

In the next step, you have added details in simple HTML inputs with a preview on the other side of the manifest.json that will generate after you submit all these details.

Then comes the service-worker step where I am thinking of sharing a simple sw.js for the WordPress users and for the custom code users I will allow them to add their file structure for cache and offline.

This is it in three steps you will see the + button on your browser.

Why I am making this?

When I was learning about PWA and trying to convert my PHP website into PWA it just has a lot of unnecessary details which I think is not required by most beginners.

What is the problem?

Does anyone else has also faced this problem or is it just me who is this dumb? :)

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