The Magento PWA Landscape

2017 saw us introduced to the concept of PWA. 2018 is going to be the year of early adopters. What solutions are Magento and the community building and how do we prepare ourselves for this revolution.

Given at the London Magento Meetup on 21st February 2018

Transcript

1. PWA Landscape TOM ROBERTSHAW Ecommerce Evangelist at Space 48 @bobbyshaw Magento
2. Slack is the bane of my life
4. “Online” is a lie
5. “You are now connected to the Wifi” (Also a lie)
6. So what’s the aim of PWA • Fast perceived load time • Consistent, smooth experience • Regardless of network conditions • Primed for re-use
7. Service Worker • Background JavaScript that runs even when offline • Provides features like: ◦ Intercept network requests and cache. ◦ Push Notifications ◦ Background Sync
10. Time for Single Page Applications
12. Single Page Applications • Single page load, dynamically load with JS • Separating application structure from content
13. Headless • Makes system sense. • Systems that change at different rates should be decoupled
14. But Magento.
15. Magento PWA Studio • Super excited about Magento • Growing an impressive & experienced frontend team. • React Ecosystem • Aim to release tooling this year • Longer term, alternative to Magento frontend
21. Spacebunny
24. Evaluate your options • In-house development skill sets • Flexibility when moving agency • Extension integration time • Long-term success of the project • Importance for your brand to be on the cutting edge
25. No mean feat • Some very successful projects • Intense focus on performance • More complicated than ever • But it’s never been more exciting
26. Frontend Monitoring Tools • Sentry.io • New Relic Browser
27. Free stuff!
28. fourpintsin.com
29. space48.com/pwa-guide tom@space48.com