Docs don't mention registering the Service Worker about workbox-microsite HOT 2 CLOSED

Thanks for the comments @jeffposnick. I think I'm beginning to get up and running. I'm very keen on PWAs and as part of that I want the barrier to entry to be as low as possible. Workbox certainly helps with that which is wonderful. I feel that not being able to work out how to get up and running directly from the documentation is a missed opportunity. So I wanted to highlight that.

Thanks again for your work and I did enjoy your talk on workbox. (Was watching it earlier on)

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Hello John!

Yes, that's something that we don't explain in in great detail in the project's documentation.

The service worker that Workbox generates (whether via the Webpack plugin, workbox-cli, or some other build integration) can be registered using the best practices that apply to other service workers. The best documentation for that is https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/primers/service-workers/registration (and we've started linking to that in the service worker template used in v3).

The example registration in that article needs to execute within the context of your web application, but in terms of "where" the code needs to live, that's up to you. If you're looking for examples to follow could be what create-react-app is doing.

We do also have a rewritten Webpack getting started guide that will be published in the near future; CC: @kaycebasques to double-check that we talk enough about registration (I'm almost certain that the demo does).

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