Progressive Web Apps: Sensor Integrations
PWAs promise all the user experience of a native application but delivered with standard web technologies. This course will show you how to leverage Handset Sensors such as Camera, Geo, and Network to deliver a great mobile experience over the web.
What you'll learn
At the core of delivering truly native-feeling PWA user experiences is a thorough knowledge of integrating local handset sensors. In Progressive Web Apps: Sensor Integrations, you’ll learn how to leverage over a dozen local handset sensors to deliver truly native-feeling applications. First, you’ll explore Geo sensors to identify user location, identify local landmarks and even offer navigation through Google Maps. Next, you’ll learn how to capture photos, audio, and video and play them on your handset to create a video diary. Finally, you’ll discover how to sense network availability and speed to architect and deliver compelling offline experiences, syncing back online when the network returns. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a foundational knowledge of all common PWA Sensor Integration Points that will help you deliver native-feeling cross-platform applications using modern web technologies.
Table of contents
- Introduction 0m
- What Will You Learn? 1m
- Approaches to Camera Capture 2m
- Taking Your First Selfie 4m
- Applying Instagram Filters 3m
- Working with Full Screen Mode 3m
- Lightweight Audio and Video Capture 3m
- Streaming Media API Overview 5m
- Choosing a Specific Camera 3m
- Capturing Stills from Streaming Video 2m
- Recording a Streaming Video Diary 5m
- Summary 2m
About the author
Glen is an enterprise software developer, trainer, author, and speaker based in Canberra, Australia. He's the co-author of Manning's Grails In Action books, an international conference speaker, and maintains a popular blog on all things dev. When he's not inspiring developers about web, Git, and Agile stuff, you'll find him speaking at local user groups or hacking on open sources apps. His company, Bytecode Pty Ltd, is a motley crew of stunt programmers building next generation web applications ... more