Progressive Web Apps - For The Win

PWA FTW!

Ok, scratch this, scratch everything.

Dolores is now a Progressive Web App, available on the (new URL) MobilOhm website.

After about a month of Android APK development, I’m not impressed. I mean even Capacitor is still way too much Java for my blood:

  • Gradle (and its delicious not-really-java syntax) which is broken (just a bad symlink, but still) on Debian BTW
  • Maven / Ant 😐
  • Docker (! yes, to test your APK against all kinds of cryptic stuff for inclusion in the app stores)
  • Vagrant (yes, that Vagrant)
  • Android Studio (yes, the Behemoth you need to at least generate the APK signing keys anyway)
  • Etc.

And after my build toolchain suddenly stopped working after a system install (no way to sign a release w/o resorting to Android Studio) I decided to stop spitting coffee at my screen and give the DJinn whispering “PWA FTW” in my inner ear more of my attention.

I passingly tested Google WorkBox which turned out to be a giant mess, so I wrote my own Service Worker and it service worked right away.

Go ahead and test her, feedback welcome.