Service Workers are a great addition to a web developer’s toolbox – enabling offline scenarios, performance enhancements, scenarios such as Push Notifications, and more! However, with this additional functionality comes complexity and also a few traps to watch out for. In this course, Service Workers: Deep Dive, you’ll learn everything you need to know to make the most of Service Workers and avoid various pitfalls. First, you’ll understand the origins of Service Workers, take a deep look at the Service Worker life cycle, and learn about the Cache API and various Caching strategies you can use. Next, you’ll see various options to communicate with a Service Worker, and also explore Background Sync and Push Notification APIs, which are powered by Service Workers. Finally, you’ll review Service Worker build and deployment considerations, testing, and third-party libraries such as Workbox. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a deep understanding of Service Workers ensuring that you can make the most of this exciting functionality.
Author Name: Alex Mackey
Author Description:
Alex works as a Principal consultant for Telstra Purple where he’s currently focussed on Web and IoT technologies. He founded a non profit conference called DDD Melbourne and has written a couple of books on .NET.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Service Worker Recap: Why, How, and Tooling
  31mins
• Understanding the Service Worker Lifecycle: Installation, Errors, and Updating
  39mins
• Understanding Cache and Fetch APIs
  34mins
• Communicating with Service Workers, Background Sync, Notification and Push APIs
  36mins
• Making Service Worker Development Easier: Builds, Testing, and Third-party Libraries
  44mins