"Progressive Web Apps (PWA)" will be offered at the Microsoft Store at the next large-scale update of Windows 10

Microsoft is the next big update of Windows 10 "Redstone 4", "Progressive Web Apps (PWA)We will offer on the Microsoft store announced.

Welcoming Progressive Web Apps to Microsoft Edge and Windows 10 - Microsoft Edge Dev BlogMicrosoft Edge Dev Blog
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2018/02/06/welcoming-progressive-web-apps-edge-windows-10/

You can find out about the advantages of "PWA" that realizes a web application (website) that behaves like a native application by looking at the following article.

What are the advantages of PWA conversion of website? - GIGAZINE


Microsoft will run Windows 10 in July 2016Policy to support PWA, And PWA will be officially supported by the next major update "Redstone 4" scheduled to be released in the spring of 2018. On February 6, 2018, Microsoft announced details on PWA support.

In Windows 10 standard browser Edge, "EdgeHTML 17.17063"Supports" Service Workers "from preview build, push notifications are enabled by default. Details of Service Workers support are described in the following articles.

Service Workers: Going beyond the page - Microsoft Edge Dev BlogMicrosoft Edge Dev Blog
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/12/19/service-workers-going-beyond-page/

In the following Twitter embedded movie, it runs on the Windows 10 insider previewroadtripYou can check the state of PWA.

Just for kicks, here is@ davatron 5000's@ godaytripas a#PWAon a preview build of Windows 10! (inspired by:https://t.co/Flm63mmu6K)pic.twitter.com/t2Kr5MlTOX

- Kirupa (@ kirupa)February 1, 2018

In addition, it was revealed that PWA will be listed in the Microsoft store. PWA installed via the Microsoft store is packaged as an AppX running in its own sandbox container. The user will now be able to install and run PWA content directly from the Microsoft store. Also, the PWA will be displayed in the application context such as the start screen and search results of Cortana. By providing PWA on the Microsoft store, developers can benefit from being able to grasp user behavior not only from within the store, but also from installation / uninstallation, sharing, performance analysis, etc. .

Microsoft has developed tools for creating PWA's AppXPWABuilder"Is provided free of charge. Microsoft wants to apply for PWA's proactive registration with the Microsoft store from developers without relying solely on crawling with the Bing crawler.


Already by active support of PWA on Windows 10Universal Windows Platform (UWP)According to Microsoft, UWP fully supports PWA and is backwards compatible, according to Microsoft. Where the native application (UWP) may be the best choice when aiming for maximum user experience on each platform, if planning the release of a new product that requires the functions provided on the web, the PWA develops It is said that the period is very short and it will be a highly efficient choice in terms of cost, and seems to think that it is better to choose properly according to the purpose of the application.