How Websites Work
What actually happens between typing an address and seeing a page — DNS, servers, HTML, and the round trip in between.
Beginner8 min readDaksh BathlaDEFINITIONDevelopment
PWA
Progressive Web App
A website built so it can be installed to a phone's home screen and behave like an app — working offline, launching without browser chrome, and sending notifications where supported.
EXAMPLE
A field-service tool that keeps working in a basement with no signal and syncs when the connection returns, without ever going through an app store.
WHY IT MATTERS
It's one codebase instead of three, with no app-store review. The trade-off is reduced access to some device features, and platform support that varies.
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