I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I understand how a couple of features can work offline, like setting your preferences and so on, but the site is a forum - it's entirely online content being displayed in a feed or as individual posts. It can't work offline without having downloaded the entire database of posts and comments up front.
Let’s take the example of Whatsapp on your phone. When there is no network, you can still open the app, check past messages and even reply to someone. When the phone gets the internet connection, the messages are being automatically sent in the background.
This is what PWA promises to provide in web apps. It enables web apps to load when there is no network, sync in the background and seamlessly do things while providing a native-like experience for your users.
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
But what features do you imagine could remain working on a site like dev.to? I can see maybe writing a draft post, though since you wouldn't be able to link to any images or other remote content it would be quite limited.
Just one, it can work offline 😊
I understand how a couple of features can work offline, like setting your preferences and so on, but the site is a forum - it's entirely online content being displayed in a feed or as individual posts. It can't work offline without having downloaded the entire database of posts and comments up front.
This is a good read!
But what features do you imagine could remain working on a site like dev.to? I can see maybe writing a draft post, though since you wouldn't be able to link to any images or other remote content it would be quite limited.
But it'd still be an option. You could read your bookmarked posts and stuff.