PWA Landscape
TOM ROBERTSHAW
Ecommerce Evangelist at Space 48
@bobbyshaw
Magento
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Slack is the bane of my life
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“Online” is a lie
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“You are now connected to the Wifi”
(Also a lie)
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So what’s the aim of PWA
● Fast perceived load time
● Consistent, smooth experience
● Regardless of network conditions
● Primed for re-use
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Service Worker
● Background JavaScript that runs even when offline
● Provides features like:
○ Intercept network requests and cache.
○ Push Notifications
○ Background Sync
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Time for Single Page Applications
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Single Page Applications
● Single page load, dynamically load with JS
● Separating application structure from content
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Headless
● Makes system sense.
● Systems that change at different rates should be decoupled
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But Magento.
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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
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Spacebunny
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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
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No mean feat
● Some very successful projects
● Intense focus on performance
● More complicated than ever
● But it’s never been more exciting
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Frontend Monitoring Tools
● Sentry.io
● New Relic Browser