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Since Alex Russell, who coined the term Progressive Web App and outlined the concept, first spoke publicly about them at our Code 2015 conference (watch the video below), this approach to developing powerful, engaging web applications has become extremely popular, and has been adopted by some really significant brands, as well as being deeply integrated into the Android platform.

Progressive Web Apps combine a number of Web technologies, including Web Manifests, Service Workers and Push Notifications but, above all, provide a conceptual framework – both for developers and users – for installable, native-like experiences that work even when a user is offline, and which integrate into the user’s device and are embedded on the homescreen, but are also plain old Web sites for platforms that don’t support all the PWA technologies yet.

PWA Roadshow coming to Sydney in two weeks!

If you’re keen to learn more and start building PWAs (or if you already are), then Google is bringing a number of its key engineers in this area to Sydney in a couple of weeks for a free day of presentations and hands-on workshops for the Progressive Web App Roadshow.

The folks at Google asked Web Directions to help make sure the day is a great experience for all attendees (since that’s something we do rather well) and we wanted to make sure that you – as someone who’s been to our events – get the first chance to RSVP for what will be a full house.

It’s on in a couple of weeks, Thursday 16 March, at Dockside, Darling Harbour in Sydney, about five minutes walk from Town Hall Station, nicely catered, with some world leading speakers, and it’s completely free!

The lowdown

What: Progressive Web App Roadshow

Where: Dockside, Darling Harbour, Sydney

When: 9am-5pm Thursday 16 March

How Much: Free!

Why: To get started with, or go deeper into Progressive Web Apps

More like this at Code 2017

There will, of course, be much more along these lines at Code, taking place in Sydney, Melbourne and for the first time this year in Brisbane in late July and early August.

We’ll be announcing the lineup for this in a few weeks, but you can register right now if you want to lock in the best price.