2022-05-19
2460
#netlify#react#typescript
John Reilly
12019
May 19, 2022 ⋅ 8 min read

Build a progressive web app (PWA) with React

John Reilly MacGyver turned Dev 🌻❤️ TypeScript / ts-loader / fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin / DefinitelyTyped: The Movie

Recent posts:

Improving Frontend Workflows With In-Browser Database Tools

​​Improving frontend workflows with in-browser database tools

In-browser database tools like RxDB and Neo4j Sandbox help frontend devs manage data, work offline, and streamline tasks with AI support.

Muhammed Ali
Jun 3, 2025 ⋅ 7 min read
How To Iterate Over Enums In TypeScript

How to iterate over enums in TypeScript (with code examples)

Learn exactly how to iterate over numeric and string enums in TypeScript, with practical code snippets and type-safe patterns.

Matteo Di Pirro
Jun 2, 2025 ⋅ 9 min read
How To Import SVGs Into Your Next.js Apps

How to import SVGs into your Next.js apps: A 2025 guide

Learn the best 2025 methods to import SVGs in Next.js 14+, with tips on performance, styling, and App Router integration.

Joseph Mawa
Jun 2, 2025 ⋅ 9 min read
designing llm first products

Designing LLM-first products, not just features

Everyone’s building chat-first AI products. And most of them suck. Here’s how to break the mold and ship LLM-native software that actually solves problems.

Rosario De Chiara
May 30, 2025 ⋅ 4 min read
View all posts

7 Replies to "Build a progressive web app (PWA) with React"

  1. Great article to get started with PWA and being smart about breaking up code.

    Just wanted to point out something small that needs to be corrected in your article (where you break up the code in different chunks):

    It currently states:
    Note that we now have multiple *.chunk.js files: our initial main.*.chunk.js, then 3.*.chunk.js representing Home.tsx, and 4.*.chunk.js representing Home.tsx.

    As you can see you named them both Home.tsx instead of 1 About.tsx and 1 Home.tsx

  2. Two questions! So does create react totally handle what goes on in the service worker? I watched a tutorial where this logic was written manually, but it was not create react app.

    With a PWA is there any any difference in how we handle react state, for example the context api? Thank you.

  3. These days it is not necessary to write three different applications (web, ios, android).
    Take a look at react-native (ReactJS for IOs/Android) or Xamarin (C# for Android and IOS).
    But of course, a PWA nevertheless saves this effort independent from which second app you create.

Leave a Reply