An example using Surge’s Auto AppCache to building offline web apps
- The promise of the Application Cache -- Why you’d want an app offline -- Why you’d want a static site offine (Slides, docs, read-it-later)
- The problems of Application Cache…it’s really, really challenging to maintain properly, is really picky about tiny details, and breaks if a single thing is wrong
- We build an
auto.appcachefile for you automatically, so you don’t have to worry about the challenging parts, and instead can focus on the fun parts: getting you app or static site to run offline - Reference the
auto.appcachefile in themanifestattribute in the<html>tag - Clean URLs work automatically
- Index page is your fallback
- Don’t add the
manifest.appcacheattribute to the200.htmlfile (?) - Script prevents jumping out of Standalone mode on mobile Safari (still having an inconsistent experience with this on harpjs.com, but it works in this demo)
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