Beginning Ionic Mobile Development

Beginning Ionic Mobile Development

Ionic is one of the leading frameworks to develop mobile apps and Progressive Web Apps in HTML5. Ionic is especially useful if you are familiar with web development HTML, CSS, JavaScript and would like to build mobile apps, but don't fancy having to learn Objective C and/or Swift for iOS, Java for Android, etc. In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to master Ionic. You'll start building Ionic apps within minutes. Every section is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need. In the end, you will have what it takes to develop a real-life mobile app using Ionic. About the Reader This book is for developers with basic familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript and Angular. About the Author Greg Lim is a technologist and author of several programming books. Greg has many years in teaching programming in tertiary institutions and he places special emphasis on learning by doing. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Ionic Chapter 2: Setting Up Our Development Environment Chapter 3: Building Our Notable Notes App Chapter 4: Building Our Notable Notes App (II) Chapter 5: Deploying to a Device Chapter 6: Storing Data Chapter 7: C.R.U.D. with Firebase Chapter 8: Authentication in Firebase Chapter 9: Authorization in Firebase Chapter 10: Cordova Plugins and Ionic Native Chapter 11: Deploying to the AppStore Chapter 12: Deploying to a Web Server Chapter 13: Building a Progressive Web App Appendix A: Themes

Mobile App Development with Ionic

Mobile App Development with Ionic, Revised Edition

Learn how to build app store-ready hybrid apps with Ionic, the framework built on top of Apache Cordova (formerly PhoneGap) and Angular. This revised guide shows you how to use Ionic’s tools and services to develop apps with HTML, CSS, and TypeScript, rather than rely on platform-specific solutions found in Android, iOS, and Windows Universal. Author Chris Griffith takes you step-by-step through Ionic’s powerful collection of UI components, and then helps you use it to build three cross-platform mobile apps. Whether you’re new to this framework or have been working with Ionic 1, this book is ideal for beginning, intermediate, and advanced web developers. Understand what a hybrid mobile app is, and what comprises a basic Ionic application Learn how Ionic leverages Apache Cordova, Angular, and TypeScript to create native mobile applications Create a Firebase-enabled to-do application that stores data across multiple clients Build a tab-based National Park explorer app with Google Map integration Develop a weather app with the Darksky weather API and Google’s GeoCode API Debug and test your app to resolve issues that arise during development Walk through steps for deploying your app to native app stores Learn how Ionic can be used to create Progressive Web Apps