Service Worker Travel Log - Day 13
Day 13 - Hip Hip Cheerio! Let's continue our previous post which dealt with our new Service Worker buddy sw8.js. Code Page sw8.js https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bmtpmup9...
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The Service Worker Travel Log has been on a bit of a hiatus during the summer as I am super busy but I wanted to pass on the latest good news.
As previously mentioned we are waiting for Service Workers to land in Edge in September. Meanwhile, the last browser holdout - Safari - has now committed to adding Service Workers to their browser:
Apple signals it's willing to let next-gen web apps compete with iOS apps
Service Workers land in WebKit, clearing way for better in-browser applications
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/04/service_workers_land_in_webkit_heralding_apple_acceptance/
As previously mentioned we are waiting for Service Workers to land in Edge in September. Meanwhile, the last browser holdout - Safari - has now committed to adding Service Workers to their browser:
Apple signals it's willing to let next-gen web apps compete with iOS apps
Service Workers land in WebKit, clearing way for better in-browser applications
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/04/service_workers_land_in_webkit_heralding_apple_acceptance/
- Apparently Apple has released a version of Safari (Safari Tech Preview 38) which includes support for Service Workers behind a flag. This is hot off the press so I can't find much additional information at this time but it is great news:
https://twitter.com/fr3ino/status/900485318738149377
This is from a credible source PWA (Progressive Web Applications) Tips newsletter:
https://pwa.tips/2017/08/24/Issue-7.html - This is so exciting Service Workers coming to Edge in September. QuickBase will never be the same again.
Microsoft Adding Support for Progressive Web Apps in Windows 10
By the time the Fall Creators Update is released in September, Edge should have all the service workers required for PWAs turned on out-of-the-box.
https://www.petri.com/microsoft-adding-support-progressive-web-apps-windows-10
Also, Microsoft's Patrick Kettner (Product Manager for Edge at Microsoft) "not" talking about Integrating service workers into the browser:
Top 5 Browser APIs You�re Not Using with with Patrick Kettner
http://shoptalkshow.com/episodes/278-top-5-browser-apis-youre-not-using-patrick-kettner/#t=4:40 - Okay here is the new update on the release of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (which I think will include Service Worker support in Edge):
Create and play this holiday with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update coming Oct. 17
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/09/01/create-and-play-this-holiday-with-the-windows... - Today is the day Microsoft reveals their upcoming Service Worker offering in Edge:
Microsoft Edge Web Summit 2017
Service Worker: Going beyond the page
Sep 13, 2017 11:15AM�11:45AM PST by Ali Alabbas
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/WebPlatformSummit/Microsoft-Edge-Web-Summit-2017/ES05
This event will be live streamed.
We are near the inflection point, the convergence, the singularity - god mode is coming to QuickBase. All Your Base Are Belong To Us.