PWA development
Delivering fast, reliable, and engaging app experiences
Whether you’re looking to enhance your existing website or build a next-generation digital product, our team ensures your PWA delivers speed, engagement, and scalability.
At gbws, we develop Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) that combine the best of web and mobile technologies. PWAs provide a seamless, app-like experience directly through a web browser without requiring downloads or store approvals.
With fast performance, offline functionality, and push notifications, PWAs give your users the power of a mobile app and the accessibility of the web.
What is a Progressive Web App?
A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a web application built with modern technologies that make it feel and perform like a native mobile app. Users can access it via a standard web browser but still benefit from app-like functionality such as:
In short, PWAs bridge the gap between websites and mobile apps, offering the best of both worlds.
- Offline access and caching
- Push notifications
- Home screen installation
- Lightning-fast performance
- Secure, responsive design across all devices
Our PWA development services
- Custom PWA design & development
- We design and develop PWAs tailored to your brand, audience, and business objectives. From user flow and interface design to architecture and deployment, we build solutions that provide high performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Our team ensures your PWA not only looks great but also performs flawlessly under real-world conditions.
- PWA conversion for existing websites
- Already have a website? We can convert it into a fully functional Progressive Web App, extending your reach and engagement without rebuilding from scratch. This approach is ideal for businesses that want to modernise their online presence and provide users with a fast, app-like experience.
- Offline functionality & caching
- PWAs can work even without an internet connection. Using service workers and intelligent caching, we ensure critical content, features, and interactions remain available offline, enhancing reliability and user satisfaction.
- Push Notifications & engagement
- We help you stay connected with your users through personalised push notifications, updates, and promotions. This feature drives re-engagement and increases user retention by keeping your brand top of mind, even when users aren’t actively browsing your site.
- Performance Optimisation
- A key strength of any PWA is speed. We follow best practices for Lighthouse performance, code optimisation, and caching strategies to ensure fast load times and smooth user interactions across all devices.
- Integration with backend & APIs
- Our developers integrate PWAs seamlessly with existing APIs and backend systems, enabling dynamic data exchange, authentication, and real-time updates. Whether your backend runs on Laravel, Node.js, or another framework, we ensure your PWA communicates efficiently and securely.
Technologies we use
- Frontend
- Our front-end development leverages Vue.js, a powerful and flexible JavaScript framework to create dynamic, responsive, and component-based interfaces that enhance the user experience. Combined with HTML5 and CSS3, we build visually engaging and structurally sound layouts optimised for performance across all devices. We also utilise modern JavaScript (ES6+) to ensure fast rendering, improved interactivity, and clean, maintainable code. At the heart of every PWA, Service Workers enable features like offline access, caching, and background synchronisation delivering seamless, app-like functionality even when users are offline.
- Backend
- Behind every great PWA is a strong and secure backend. We rely on Laravel, a modern PHP framework known for its elegant architecture and scalability, to power the core of our applications. Laravel allows us to build clean, efficient, and secure APIs that handle authentication, business logic, and data storage with ease. Using RESTful API design principles, we ensure that your PWA communicates smoothly with backend services — enabling fast data retrieval, seamless integrations, and scalable infrastructure. For dynamic and interactive experiences, we also implement real-time data handling, ensuring that users always see the most up-to-date content without needing to refresh or reload the page.
- Tools & Standards
- We adhere to industry best practices and modern web standards to guarantee performance, security, and longevity. The Web App Manifest defines your app’s identity including its name, icons, and colour scheme, enabling users to install it directly to their home screen. All our PWAs are deployed with HTTPS encryption, ensuring secure communication and user trust. For local data storage and offline access, we utilise IndexedDB and Caching APIs, which allow your app to run smoothly even without a network connection. Finally, every project undergoes Lighthouse audits, a comprehensive performance and accessibility testing process by Google to ensure your PWA meets the highest standards of speed, usability, and reliability.
Benefits of a progressive web app
- No App Store Barriers
- Users can install your app directly from the browser.
- Offline Access
- Functionality remains available without an internet connection.
- Improved Performance
- Faster load times and smoother navigation.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility
- Works across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
- Reduced Development Costs
- One codebase for all platforms.
- Enhanced Engagement
- Push notifications and app-like behaviour increase retention.
Why Choose gbws for your next project?
At gbws, we combine strategy, design, and technology to deliver digital experiences that make an impact. Our multidisciplinary team takes a holistic approach blending creative thinking with technical precision to produce solutions that are visually engaging, user-friendly, and performance driven.
Whether you’re a startup building your first product or an established enterprise enhancing your digital presence, we partner with you from concept to completion.
With a focus on collaboration, transparency, and measurable results, gbws is more than a service provider, we’re your long-term digital partner dedicated to helping your business grow.
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