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_anomDiebolt_
8 years agoQrew Elite
Service Workers are in Edge Fall Creators Update To Be Released October 17!
I have been waiting almost two years for this. QuickBase will never be the same!
Install Windows 10 Insider Preview
https://insider.windows.com/en-us/welcome-insider/
These screenshots are from the Preview Build 16296.0
https://i.imgur.com/wdv2ZPi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/p6jCEG5.jpg
All my examples appear to work in this Preview version of Edge. Here is an offline demo that works in Chrome, FireFox, Opera and now Edge:
Proof: https://dandiebolt.com/sw/demo2.html
It will take me some time to run through all my accumulated QuickBase examples but I don't think there are going to be any major problems.
I have been waiting almost two years for this. QuickBase will never be the same!
Install Windows 10 Insider Preview
https://insider.windows.com/en-us/welcome-insider/
These screenshots are from the Preview Build 16296.0
https://i.imgur.com/wdv2ZPi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/p6jCEG5.jpg
All my examples appear to work in this Preview version of Edge. Here is an offline demo that works in Chrome, FireFox, Opera and now Edge:
Proof: https://dandiebolt.com/sw/demo2.html
It will take me some time to run through all my accumulated QuickBase examples but I don't think there are going to be any major problems.
_anomDiebolt_
8 years agoQrew Elite
UPDATE:
>Utilizing this capability would require QuickBase to host on Cloudflare (they don't) ...
There is a bit of a misstatement here and some interesting news. First Cloudflare isn't really a hosting company. Rather they offer more of a unique combination of a CDN and Anycast Service (one IP address, Multiple Servers) in that their primary goal it to accelerate access to a domain and enhance security by connecting to the geographically closest servers among their worldwide network of servers (~100 worldwide). Read their description here:
Cloudflare Anycast Explainer
https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-brief-anycast-primer/
But the interesting part of this is that apparently QuickBase will be using Clourflare in the near future. I have no further information about this but it does significantly raise the prospect that QuickBase users could gain access to Clourflare Service Workers if QuickBase allowed it at some time in the future.
In any case you can still use browser bassed Service Workers today in Chrome, FireFox, Opera and shortly in Edge (10/17/17) and the same Service Worker could be used server side via Cloudflare if QuickBase allowed it. This is very speculative but it could certainly play out in the long run.
Irrespective of all of this, the Clourflare Service Worker playground (cloudflareworkers.com) can be used today to safely experiment with using QuickBase with Service Workers without altering your QuickBase application.
These are extremely interesting developments and I think the long term benefits are enormous for QuickBase despite what appears to be a lot of legacy issues they are working out in their present product development plans.
>Utilizing this capability would require QuickBase to host on Cloudflare (they don't) ...
There is a bit of a misstatement here and some interesting news. First Cloudflare isn't really a hosting company. Rather they offer more of a unique combination of a CDN and Anycast Service (one IP address, Multiple Servers) in that their primary goal it to accelerate access to a domain and enhance security by connecting to the geographically closest servers among their worldwide network of servers (~100 worldwide). Read their description here:
Cloudflare Anycast Explainer
https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-brief-anycast-primer/
But the interesting part of this is that apparently QuickBase will be using Clourflare in the near future. I have no further information about this but it does significantly raise the prospect that QuickBase users could gain access to Clourflare Service Workers if QuickBase allowed it at some time in the future.
In any case you can still use browser bassed Service Workers today in Chrome, FireFox, Opera and shortly in Edge (10/17/17) and the same Service Worker could be used server side via Cloudflare if QuickBase allowed it. This is very speculative but it could certainly play out in the long run.
Irrespective of all of this, the Clourflare Service Worker playground (cloudflareworkers.com) can be used today to safely experiment with using QuickBase with Service Workers without altering your QuickBase application.
These are extremely interesting developments and I think the long term benefits are enormous for QuickBase despite what appears to be a lot of legacy issues they are working out in their present product development plans.