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I always see devs answering questions. Maybe they missed it? What's up?

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Here is what I am hoping to accomplish. I want to integrate nostr into my application. It is an offline focused progressive web app written in html, css, and javascript. Hopefully not requiring any external libraries. So that it can run with, or without an internet connection much like a static website in any web browser. At this point in time the application for 1.0 will have just a few basic features. The primary feature I am hoping for in regards to nostr integration is generating npub keys, creating and editing profile information, then publishing the nostr profile. Is it possible to generate the npub keys offline and then just import them into a browser extension signer, bunker, and/or directly into a nostr app? Must it generate the npub keys with the profile data and publish it to relays first before it is recognized by any nostr application during importing their private key? My goal is to have a section of my application dedicated to onboarding people onto nostr is as gracefully as possible. Ive never built an application with any nostr integration whatsoever. I barely understand how everything works. Any videos, educational materials, coding examples, and anything that will help me design my offline focused progressive web app. So that I can accomplish my goals. Would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, consideration, and awesomeness.

No problem! You can generate the private and public keys offline and have them directly usable by your application. You don't need Internet access to generate them. You can then import the nsec into an extension or bunker as you suggested too. You have to publish the profile metadata for it to be able to be read and seen by others on the network. However, once a key is discovered (generated) it's technically possible to follow it with zero metadata available anywhere. I hope this helps.

Do you have educational resources that can help me learn how to generate the npub keys, create and edit the profile data, and then publish them to relays?

I don't know if this basic level of resources are available but I'll be real with you here. I would build this with AI. It's honestly so easy now. Check out getstacks.dev and MKStack. Then just tell the AI what you want. I know this isn't what you asked and if you're a developer I don't want to insult you by suggesting this either. I just know that this is the way forward.