Workbox
Production-ready service worker libraries and tooling.
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Service worker overview
Service workers are specialized JavaScript assets that act as proxies between web browsers and web servers.
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Caching strategies
Strategies for interaction between a service worker's fetch event and the Cache interface.
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Workbox overview
A set of modules that simplify common service worker routing and caching.
Expectations around service worker deployment
Understand the effect a service worker has on a website once deployed.
Remove buggy service workers
How to fix a service worker that is causing problems.
Improve the service worker development experience
Solve some of the local development issues you may encounter when using service workers.
Troubleshoot and logging
A look at Workbox's logging features, and in-browser service worker debugging tools.
Strategies for different architectures
Introduction to the two different website architectures.
Application shell model
How to pair the application shell model with a service worker in your SPA.
Navigation Preload for Network-first HTML
What Navigation Preload is, how it speeds up navigation, and how to use it in Workbox.
Faster multipage applications with streams
Use workbox-streams to create multi-page applications to create fast experiences that render almost instantaneously.
Pre-caching dos and don'ts
Learn the do's and don'ts of pre-caching.
Storage quota
A guide on configuring Workbox to avoid storage quota issues.
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Use workbox-window
Sometimes users go offline. Learn how to adapt, and help them resume requests when they eventually go back online.
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Caching resources during runtime
Learn how to handle caching resources during runtime, including cross-origin resources.
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Force network timeout
Learn how to force a network timeout in the presence of a slow network connection, with the right timing.
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Access caches from the window
Accessing cache instances isn't just restricted to the service worker scope. Learn how to access them from the window context.
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Serve cached audio and video
Learn how to use workbox-range-request to deal with audio and video resource requests in a predictable way.
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Manage fallback responses
Sometimes users encounter network failures or go offline. Learn how to adapt to those situations and provide a fallback response.
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Retrying requests when back online
Sometimes users go offline. Learn how to adapt, and help them resume requests when they come back online.
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Workbox plugins
While Workbox offers lots of off-the-shelf utility, you may need to extend it to satisfy application requirements.
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Workbox modules
Service workers are specialized JavaScript assets that act as proxies between web browsers and web servers.
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Workbox on GitHub
File issues, read release notes, and browse the source code.