A simple app for the PWA Workshop

Prerequisites

1. Latest stable versions of node, npm installed.
2. Having yarn installed is strongly recommended.
3. Any simple web server od browser extension. Recommended:

• http-server. This is preferred option.
• Web Server for Chrome. Use this as a fallback option.

Install

1. Clone the repo

yarn

or

npm install

Install/update Angular CLI

npm uninstall -g angular-cli
npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
npm cache clean
npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

Check the version:

npm list @angular/cli version -g

The output should be at least 1.4.9

Checking the app

1. In the terminal

ng serve

2. Open http://localhost:4200/. You should see the page with PWAtter header.
3. "Ctrl-C" to stop the app.

Creating a production build and serving it via external web server

ng build --prod

The dist folder should be created.

• If you use http-server: Run http-server dist -p 8080 and open http://127.0.0.1:8080 in your browser.
• If you use Web Server for Chrome: Start Web Server for Chrome extension and point to this folder using "Choose folder" button OR. Open the link you see in "Web Server URL(s)" section (make sure the "Automatically show index.html" option is on).

You should see the page with PWAtter header.

We are ready to start the workshop! Follow the trainer instructions.