Magento 2 PWA Extension

Magento 2 PWA extension is a very easy-to-implement Progressive Web Application for your online store. You just need to do some simple configuration and it becomes ready for your customers.

• The admin can set the application's name and short name.
• To send a push notification, set up credentials.
• Decide the splash background color and the theme color from the configuration.
• Set  PWA orientation as Any, Natural, Landscape, and Portrait.
• PWA display type can be defined as Fullscreen, Standalone, Minimal UI, and Browser.

Magento 2 PWA extension has a push notification feature and we know, it is useful for an eCommerce business. So here in a progressive web application, the admin can send notifications to PWA apps.

• The notification can be managed by the admin from the store backend.
• The admin can add, delete, and edit the notification templates.
• Set the title and the body of the notification along with its target URL.
• Show an image icon for the push notification.
• The push notification will be seen by customers once the PWA is added to their smartphones.

The customer can easily add the PWA by adding the website to the Home Screen.

• The customer can easily install the app by adding it to the home screen.
• The customer can also edit the name of the application while adding it to the home screen.
• The PWA launches the same as a native application.
• The application launches with a splash screen with an icon image.
• The customer can click on the Plus icon, near the cart button to add the app to the home screen.

One of the best features of the PWA is that it works in poor internet connection as well as in offline mode.

• The customers can access the application in poor connectivity.
• Using the PWA, the customers can easily access the store even in offline mode.
• The store pages, which are already cached, do not need to be loaded at all times.
• The customers can easily navigate through the pages, which they already visited in the offline mode.

Workbox handles cache updates for you and offers premium features to build high-level Progressive Web Apps. It also helps to improve PWA performance and provides numerous ways to create an offline-first experience.

• Precaching
• Runtime caching
• Strategies
• Request routing
• Background sync

The runtime caching implementation helps to improve the performance of the Progressive Web Apps. Also facilitates to advance of the PWA app with faster page loading.

• A premium feature of the service worker is it allows the implementation runtime cache.
• Enables cache assets in the first-page load.
• Runtime Caching refers to adding a response to a cache as you go.

Artificially speed up the internet connection with pre-caching, web pages are cached (momentarily saved) so that they load promptly the next time you visit that page.

• Use a service worker to cache resources on the customer's device because accessing cache memories is more immediate than accessing the main memory.
• Prefetching allows applications to maximize performance and minimize wait times by preloading resources that customers will need before they request them.

Allows to put restrictions on a cache and define how long it should allow details to be stored in a cache or how many items should be stored in a cache.

• Restrict the number of cache entries.
• Restrict the time range of cached entries.
• Helps to remove old entries for the new response.

Cache strategies improve the responsiveness of the website. Caching allows content to be regained faster because an entire network request execution is not necessary. Drafting used cache strategies name below:

• Cache First - To fulfill the request using the cached response without using the network.
• Network First - Network First strategy is an essential solution for requests that are performed repeatedly.
• Network Only - To fulfill the specific request from the network.
• Cache Only - To assures that responses are received from a cache.

Performed search request fails instantly due to the dropped internet connection or server down problem. So the implemented BackgroundSync is an absolute solution to this problem.

• BackgroudSync for the search page is implemented.
• Let the service worker detect the failed network request and register to receive a sync event for delivering the requested search result when connectivity has returned.
• Sync events automatically replay failed requests even if the customer has left the app to deliver the requested search result.

Tracking downloads is very important for any store owner. This tracking system helps the store owner to know how many downloads or rejections are done on any date.

• Track the number of downloads on any particular date.
• Rejected PWA can also be tracked.
• Can view the PWA Download tracking analytics in graphical representation.
• The date filter is available to view the tracking analytics for any previous date.

Virtual Mart - Jamaica's largest grocery store operating online. The store is in alliance with multiple numbers of well-established players within the grocery sector of Jamaica only. 

To solve the grocery issues of customers, this time Virtue Mart has added PWA functionality on the website.

Thus, allowing the customer to purchase the product from the native-like app.

This will allow the customer to freely look into the product from anywhere and anytime even with low network connectivity.

Orra - One of India’s finest jewelry retail chains having 34 stores across 25 cities.

It has consistently been at the forefront of design leadership and product innovation with five global design centers in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Antwerp, Mumbai, and New York.

Orra is utilizing PWA (progressive web application) technology for providing a seamless mobile commerce experience to its customers.

Orra Jewellery PWA offers many advantages to both online shoppers and merchants.