Bagisto PWA
1. Introduction:
PWA or Progressive Web Application uses web browser capabilities and provides a mobile app experience to the users.
It develops from a browser tab and makes pages more immersive with a low friction user experience.
It is a web technology of making a website which acts and feels like an application.
A user can launch the Progressive Web Application same like a native application regardless of browser choice.
It packs with lots of demanding features that allows your business to scale in no time:
- Separate micro site.
- More user friendly than a web application.
- Works lightning fast if compared to the website.
- Completely responsive on all the platforms.
- Launches without the internet or low-quality internet.
- Looks and feels like a native application.
- Users do not need to update progressive web application.
- No app store require managing the application.
- Increases user engagement on the store.
- Increases the store revenue due to user engagement.
- Admin can enter the application name.
- Admin can upload and change the application icon.
- Admin can set the splash background color of the Progressive Web Application.
- Admin can set the theme color of the Progressive Web Application.
2. Requirements:
- Bagisto: v2.1.2
- Bagisto Rest API: v2.1
3. Installation:
- Note: Make sure Bagisto Rest API v2.1 installed and configured. If not then install and confiure using the following link.
https://github.com/bagisto/rest-api
- Install the PWA extension
composer require bagisto/pwa:dev-master
composer require whichbrowser/parser
- Goto config/sanctum.php file and empty the guard variable.
'guard' => [],
- Run these commands below to complete the setup
php artisan config:cache
php artisan migrate
php artisan route:cache
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Webkul\PWA\Providers\PWAServiceProvider" --force
That's it, now go to https://yourdomain/pwa