Mikeal Rogers, Alex Sexton, and Rachel White discuss PWAs (Progressive Web Apps), Service Workers, and Time in JavaScript. Jenn Schiffer also joined the show to talk about Glitch, our project of the week.

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Featuring

• Jenn Schiffer – Twitter, GitHub
• Mikeal Rogers – Twitter, GitHub
• Rachel White – Twitter, GitHub
• Alex Sexton – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Notes and Links

Prep notes for this show: https://github.com/thechangelog/jsparty/blob/master/shows/2017-03-17.md

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PWAs (Progressive Web Apps)

Progressive Web Apps - https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/

PWA Builder - http://preview.pwabuilder.com/

PWA Directory (a directory of Progressive Web Apps) - https://pwa-directory.appspot.com/

Essential Reading List for Getting Started With Service Workers

Time

• MDN / Date
• Moment.js

Talking with Jenn Schiffer about Glitch

• Glitch
• Glitch For Your API - From zero to working code in one minute
• Best Buy Remix API

Picks

• Mikeal Rogers: ild Fermentation
• Rachel White: Hiring Without Whiteboards - Companies that don’t have a broken hiring process
• Jenn Schiffer: Greek Yogurt, this tweet, and jQuery 3.2.0