Oracle Magazine, March/April 2019
Application Developer LOW CODE BY JT THOMAS The New Agnostic Applications The future is progressive web apps Progressive web apps PWAs deliver feature rich web applications that can take full advantage of native browser and mobile device features Whereas responsive web apps can change their layout depending on the device resolution and orientation PWAs enable and disable features based on the browser and device running the apps PWAs give a development team the option of managing a single common standards based codebase not just across device platforms but also across desktop and mobile while still delivering a top notch experience for each target platform This article focuses on the linkable and installable capabilities that enable seamless distribution and installation of a PWA onto a mobile device using Oracle Visual Builder You can find a large catalog of web apps at https pwa rocks that deliver their content to mobile devices as PWAs View the apps on your mobile device where you will also be presented with the option to add the apps to the device home screen Although a PWA is initially delivered to a device through a browser you can ORACLE MAGAZINE MARCH APRIL 2019 57 ORACLE VISUAL BUILDER
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