Link archive: July 13th, 2017

URLs are UI - Scott Hanselman

So many folks spend time on their CSS and their UX/UI but still come up with URLs that are at best, comically long, and at worst, user hostile.

How to turn your website into a PWA | Max Böck - Frontend Web Developer

This primer on progressive web apps starts by dispelling some myths:

1. Your thing does not have to be an “Application” to be a PWA.
2. Your thing does not have to be a Javascript-powered single page app.
3. PWAs are not specifically made for Google or Android.
4. PWAs are ready and safe to use today.

Then it describes the three-step programme for turning your thing into a progressive web app:

1. The Manifest.
2. Go HTTPS.
3. The Service Worker.