Progressive Web App PWA in VSCode

Convert your website into Progressive Web App using Visual Studio Code and PWA Studio extension by PWA Builder in a simple way.

A Progressive Web App is a web application that has the ability to work offline. They can be accessed from any browser, even on mobile devices. With the help of JavaScript APIs and HTML5, they provide an app-like experience to users.

The main advantage of Progressive Web Apps is that they are cross-platform compatible and available on all devices with a web browser. You don’t have to go through the trouble of installing them on your phone or tablet, as they are always up-to-date without any additional steps required by the user.

The Progressive Web App (PWA) is a new web standard that offers an app-like experience on the web. It uses modern web technologies to bring app-like features to the mobile browser. This article will show you how to build a PWA using VSCode Builder in a simple way.

Visual Studio Code is a very-popular coding editor or IDE ((integrated development environment)) among millions of developers around the globe. If you are a developer, you are probably already using Visual Studio Code as your code editor or IDE (integrated development environment).

It’s also free, developed, and maintained by Microsoft with help of Electron.

A PWA commonly known as a progressive web app is a type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.

PWA increases development speed, reduces costs, and even simplifies the user experience. They provide a better mobile experience with easier access to data sources and the ability to create content as a single-purpose app.

PWA renders web pages extremely fast (page speed), provides a rich experience on mobile devices and desktops, and can be installed by the user on their device with a native app. It helps rank your website in Search Engines as part of Technical SEO.

So if you are using Visual Studio Code you don’t have to worry about converting your website site in PWA. You can build your PWA using PWA Builder just with steps.

Step 1. Install PWA extension in VSCode.

Step 2. Fill up all fields and then generate your service worker.

if you are using windows you probably face the Execution_Policies issue, to resolve the issue just go through the below steps.

1. Select Start > All Programs > Windows PowerShell version > Windows PowerShell (Run as administrator).
2. Type Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned to set the policy to RemoteSigned.
3. Type Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted to set the policy to Unrestricted.
4. Type Get-ExecutionPolicy to verify the current settings for the execution policy.
5. Type Exit.

then try to build the service worker again. Hope you PWA a ready by now.