THE USABILITY OF THE PROGRESSIVE WEB APPLICATIONS

Abstract

The paper presents progressive web applications as well as their history of development since the first mention of this concept. Basic features, advantages and disadvantages of progressive web applications are given. The technologies and tools used to understand progressive web applications are also described. The growing need for mobile solutions for existing websites is shown, as well as the problem of developing more than one application due to support on different devices, which causes large financial and time investments. A market need was presented that led to the idea of a one-app solution that progressive web applications provide. Differences between web, native and progressive web applications, whose popularity is constantly growing, are also described. For the purpose of demonstration, an application intended for work in the library was created. The application was developed with the help of Angular and Ionic, and a special emphasis was placed on showing the possibility of making a web application a progressive web application, which can also be used on mobile devices.