Project Fugu: Progressive Web Apps, Superpowered

Can a web app truly rival a native desktop application? With Project Fugu APIs, the answer is closer than you think.

#1about 6 minutes

Introducing Project Fugu and its goals for PWAs

Project Fugu is a cross-vendor initiative to bring powerful, native-like capabilities to Progressive Web Apps while ensuring user safety.

#2about 7 minutes

Demonstrating Fugu APIs with a paint web app

A live demonstration of a PWA using the File System Access API, Async Clipboard API, and File Handling API to provide a native-like experience.

#3about 5 minutes

Tracking the status of new web capabilities

The Fugu API tracker shows the development status of various APIs, from shipped features like Web NFC to those in developer trials like the Ambient Light Sensor.

#4about 4 minutes

Implementing Fugu APIs with progressive enhancement

Fugu APIs are designed to be simple, often requiring a single method call, and should be implemented with feature detection to provide fallbacks for unsupported browsers.

#5about 4 minutes

Enhancing user experience with UI integration APIs

Explore APIs like the Badging API for notifications, Shortcuts for quick actions, and the Screen Wake Lock API to prevent the screen from turning off.

#6about 5 minutes

Managing files and data with advanced Fugu APIs

Learn how the File System Access, Async Clipboard, and File Handling APIs enable web apps to open, save, copy, and register as handlers for local files.

#7about 6 minutes

The future of PWAs and Fugu API adoption

PWAs are becoming the standard for productivity applications, with data from the Web Almanac showing growing adoption of key Fugu APIs like Async Clipboard.

#8about 8 minutes

Addressing security, privacy, and cross-browser concerns

The Q&A session covers key topics like push notifications on iOS, security measures, user permissions, fingerprinting risks, and testing strategies for Fugu APIs.