Progressive Web Applications (PWA’s): Detailed Comparison with existing Mobile Application Development Architectures


EOI: 10.11242/viva-tech.01.05.160

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Shloka Patil, Chirag Shah, "Progressive Web Applications (PWA’s): Detailed Comparison with existing Mobile Application Development Architectures", VIVA-IJRI Volume 1, Issue 5, Article 160, pp. 1-7, 2022. Published by Computer Engineering Department, VIVA Institute of Technology, Virar, India.

Abstract

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are web applications built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Assembly. PWA’s which combine the features of native as well as web development turned out as a better alternative amongst other development approaches due to additional benefits such as offline capability, background synchronization, etc. Service Workers allows the app to work offline by intercepting network requests. This research highlights at carrying out a detailed comparative study on the mobile application development architectures using the Systematic Literature Review technique, performing feature comparison on the Native Application, Mobile Web Application, Hybrid Application and Progressive Web Application (PWA) architecture and finally contend for PWA development architecture based on the comparisons. This comparison will assist research scholars and development firms in understanding the concept of PWA, thus encouraging them to adopt this strategy for further development

Keywords

Cross-platform, Hybrid Applications, Mobile Application Development, Native Applications, Progressive Web Applications, Service Workers.

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