Webinar on developing PWA apps with NT 11

[rjolda]

Hi All,
Dreading the path to developing PWA.  Trying to get my head around the concept and what it includes.  Are there any webinars on this topic.
Thank you,
Ron Jolda

[Bruce]

Hi Ron,

I've covered this a fair bit during the user group webinars, and some Friday webinars, but the most comprehensive treatment is the NetTalk training in CIDC2019 (www.cidc2019.com). This covered all aspects of making a mobile app, including the server-side Sync server, and also the server-side admin interface.

cheers
Bruce

[rjolda]

Hi Bruce,
Is that CIDC2019 session available for purchase?
Thanks,
Ron

[Bruce]

yes;
https://www.clarionshop.com/checkout.cfm?pid=1618&q=1&

Recordings and Manual (75 page PDF) from the Two days of NetTalk Training held at CIDC 2019. Recordings are in HD and very good quality.

[DonRidley]

Here's a good articlae on PWA's :

https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/12/getting-started-pwa

Basically a PWA must:

• Be secure.  Ie., HTTPS
• Have a manifest.json file
• Have a serviceworker.js file

Fortunitely, NetTalk makes creating the files very easy.

PWA's are really not very complicated.  Just a website with a few extra features.

They work very well on most browsers on Windows.  Unfortunitely, some PWA features are hit and miss on Apple's browsers, especially running on iOS.  This is Apple's fault, not the PWA's.

Anyway, good luck with your project.  There's tons of info out there about PWA's.

[Alberto]

Hi Don
Basically a PWA must:

Be secure.  Ie., HTTPS
Have a manifest.json file
Have a serviceworker.js file

I know NT does the serviceworker.js, but what about manifest.json ?

Regards

[Bruce]

yes, NetTalk (via mBuild) generates the manifest.json file.

[Alberto]

but mBUild is deprecated in NT
how does NT12 manage it?

IOW, how to do a PWA in NT12

[rjolda]

HI Don and Bruce,
Don, great article.  Bruce, thanks for the info.   I thought PWA was a very specialized form of app -  but with more reading, I am finding that  - like you point out - it is really more of a specialized case for the web app.  Has become a lot clearer!
Thanks for the info.
Ron

[Bruce]

>> but mBUild is deprecated in NT

no, it isn't. Adobe Build has closed, so that part of mBuild is not currently working in NT11 or NT12. but the rest is fine.

Cheers
Bruce

[Alberto]

I dont understand and I cant buy CIDC19 access to see the webinar.
Is there any doc of how to do a PWA using NT11/12 ?
Thanks

[Johan de Klerk]

Maybe this can help: https://www.capesoft.com/docs/NetTalk12/NetTalkMBuild.Htm#PWA

[Alberto]

Thanks, this is a general description of what is a PWA app, Im looking for a step by step explanation.
Regards

[Bruce]

there have been a number of webinars on PWA, and it's come up a fair bit in the User Group webinars.
There's also this in the docs;
https://www.capesoft.com/docs/NetTalk12/NetTalkApps.Htm#PWA

although you should read that whole document because it's all ultimately related to making a disconnected web app, which is the basis for the PWA.

Cheers
Bruce

[rjolda]

Im looking for a step by step explanation.
Alberto,
I was looking for that as well.  However, after a little digging and reading, I realized that a PWA app is just a disconnected Web app with some other things added to spice it up and make it behave as a PWA.  Although I have not gone down the path yet, I would follow the Disconnected Web App and then tweak it to become a PWA.  That is what I have found.
Ron Jolda