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Learn Service Workers inside and Out with a New PWA Mastery Game

67 points by dedalus 8y ago

chrisweekly 8y ago
Great idea! Looking fwd to checking this out.
saagarjha 8y ago
I haven't tried it, but I'm curious if this game works offline.
pault 8y ago
To beat the game, you have to wait 24 hours or change the domain.
tacotime 8y ago
It is a "preview" and currently does not contain any information about service workers. I did not realize that until I created an account, invested some time clicking through a bunch (too many) dialogue boxes, and was presented with a message that part 2 would be emailed to me. I do not currently feel enticed, I feel a bit annoyed. Nice flash animation but the title promises to teach something and that is misleading and should be changed.
- AlexCoventry 8y ago
  Seconding. I wish I could downvote posts.
  - peteretep 8y ago
    You can flag them
- elken 8y ago
  Agreed, I'm 2 pages in, the content renders too wide for mobile and I'm still none the wiser about what a service worker is. Very frustrating.
rectangletangle 8y ago
I'm a huge fan of the new service workers functionality. Between it, and local storage, you can write offline web apps, which offer native app like functionality.
blablablerg 8y ago
I don't understand what this is about but I love the artwork!
cjslep 8y ago
And here I was wondering why we needed to learn the insides and outsides of laborers in the service industry.
Kiro 8y ago
Can someone give me an example of a website that would be useful offline?
- jhoh 8y ago
  Entertainment sites like blogs or image boards, todo apps, note taking apps, recipe websites etc. Basically PWAs allow you to build features that were only possible in native apps before.
  - Kiro 8y ago
    Thanks! All native apps I use require internet connection anyway (reddit, Facebook, online games etc) but I guess I'm not a good representation.
  - benfrain 8y ago
    I made a free to use PWA for organising team games. No connection needed: https://io.benfrain.com https://io.benfrain.com
- pault 8y ago
  I was working on an internal inventory tracking system a few months ago, and three weeks before delivery the product team discovered that the rooms where the back stock is counted have no wifi signal. I was able to make it work offline with a service worker in three days without major changes to the architecture.
- JeanMarcS 8y ago
  Several years ago I was asked for a software for inhouse maintenance technicians (for AC). As some of the customers were in the middle of nowhere, the technicians would have to check boxes on their checklists without the possibility to validate it online. We add to go for a native app as service workers were not a thing at the time, but it would have save us a lot of time if we could have use plain html/js
dmitriid 8y ago
All you need to learn is in this article: "You need neither PWA nor AMP to make your website load fast" http://tonsky.me/blog/pwa/ http://tonsky.me/blog/pwa/
anilakar 8y ago
https://i.imgur.com/8Q6PBBp.png https://i.imgur.com/8Q6PBBp.png Is this the definition of progressive web design? :)
falloutx 8y ago
It had almost no content on actual Service Workers, and after 15 minutes of constant clicking, I had to just give up.

67 points by dedalus 8y ago

chrisweekly 8y ago

Great idea! Looking fwd to checking this out.

saagarjha 8y ago

I haven't tried it, but I'm curious if this game works offline.

pault 8y ago

To beat the game, you have to wait 24 hours or change the domain.

tacotime 8y ago

It is a "preview" and currently does not contain any information about service workers. I did not realize that until I created an account, invested some time clicking through a bunch (too many) dialogue boxes, and was presented with a message that part 2 would be emailed to me. I do not currently feel enticed, I feel a bit annoyed. Nice flash animation but the title promises to teach something and that is misleading and should be changed.

AlexCoventry 8y ago
Seconding. I wish I could downvote posts.
- peteretep 8y ago
  You can flag them
elken 8y ago
Agreed, I'm 2 pages in, the content renders too wide for mobile and I'm still none the wiser about what a service worker is. Very frustrating.

rectangletangle 8y ago

I'm a huge fan of the new service workers functionality. Between it, and local storage, you can write offline web apps, which offer native app like functionality.

blablablerg 8y ago

I don't understand what this is about but I love the artwork!

cjslep 8y ago

And here I was wondering why we needed to learn the insides and outsides of laborers in the service industry.

Kiro 8y ago

Can someone give me an example of a website that would be useful offline?

jhoh 8y ago
Entertainment sites like blogs or image boards, todo apps, note taking apps, recipe websites etc. Basically PWAs allow you to build features that were only possible in native apps before.
- Kiro 8y ago
  Thanks! All native apps I use require internet connection anyway (reddit, Facebook, online games etc) but I guess I'm not a good representation.
- benfrain 8y ago
  I made a free to use PWA for organising team games. No connection needed: https://io.benfrain.com https://io.benfrain.com
pault 8y ago
I was working on an internal inventory tracking system a few months ago, and three weeks before delivery the product team discovered that the rooms where the back stock is counted have no wifi signal. I was able to make it work offline with a service worker in three days without major changes to the architecture.
JeanMarcS 8y ago
Several years ago I was asked for a software for inhouse maintenance technicians (for AC). As some of the customers were in the middle of nowhere, the technicians would have to check boxes on their checklists without the possibility to validate it online. We add to go for a native app as service workers were not a thing at the time, but it would have save us a lot of time if we could have use plain html/js

dmitriid 8y ago

All you need to learn is in this article: "You need neither PWA nor AMP to make your website load fast" http://tonsky.me/blog/pwa/ http://tonsky.me/blog/pwa/

anilakar 8y ago

https://i.imgur.com/8Q6PBBp.png https://i.imgur.com/8Q6PBBp.png Is this the definition of progressive web design? :)

falloutx 8y ago

It had almost no content on actual Service Workers, and after 15 minutes of constant clicking, I had to just give up.