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WHAT EVERY DEVELOPER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OFFLINE-FIRST APPS

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Offline-first app development prioritizes local data storage and synchronization with the server after the fact, so that data persists even without internet connectivity. This article goes into the various ways to implement offline-first architectures natively on the web using components like IndexedDB, the Cache API, and Service Workers. It also goes over strategies for conflict resolution, state management, error recovery, and testing.