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:

Glowing 3D cube with the MediaPipe and React logos overlaid, symbolizing integration of AI and web development

How to build better AI apps in React with MediaPipe’s latest APIs

Learn how to integrate MediaPipe’s Tasks API into a React app for fast, in-browser object detection using your webcam.

Emmanuel John
Jul 17, 2025 ⋅ 10 min read
Vercel AI SDK logo on a 3D black grid background

How to build unified AI interfaces using the Vercel AI SDK

Integrating AI into modern frontend apps can be messy. This tutorial shows how the Vercel AI SDK simplifies it all, with streaming, multimodal input, and generative UI.

Ikeh Akinyemi
Jul 16, 2025 ⋅ 13 min read
how to prepare for a software engineering interview

How to prep for a software dev interview: Advice from a dev leader

Interviewing for a software engineering role? Hear from a senior dev leader on what he looks for in candidates, and how to prepare yourself.

Andrew Evans
Jul 16, 2025 ⋅ 12 min read
Next.js Real-Time Video Streaming: HLS.js And Alternatives

Next.js real-time video streaming: HLS.js and alternatives

Set up real-time video streaming in Next.js using HLS.js and alternatives, exploring integration, adaptive streaming, and token-based authentication.

Jude Miracle
Jul 15, 2025 ⋅ 19 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