ENHANCED ONLINE BOOK STORE MODEL: ADOPTING THE PROGRESSIVE WEB APPLICATION (PWA) TECHNOLOGY

From the physical book store to the online bookstore, business owners find a way to meet the demands of their prospective customers. The daily advancement in technology has brought about a huge change the operation of ecommerce. The development of the Progressive Web Applications (PWA) by Google has caused a revolution in mobile development. Using an online bookstore as a case study, this research work presents a PWA architectural framework that can be adopted by any e-commerce applications. This was achieved after a systematic review of existing online bookstore models was carried out – identifying the gaps which will serve as strengths for the proposed model. Also, the emerging technology of PWA was critically reviewed to solidify the proposed model. Adoption of the model will avoid current issues faced the world of mobile development especially code fragmentation. However, exploring the payment gateways and modules will help solidify the model.