Ionic framework by example : build amazing cross-platform mobile apps with Ionic, the HTML5 framework that makes modern mobile application development simple / Sani Yusuf.

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Build amazing cross-platform mobile apps with Ionic, the HTML5 framework that makes modern mobile application development simpleAbout This Book Learn how to use one of the most exciting mobile development frameworks around to build even better apps Follow the featured sample projects to experience Ionic's impressive capabilities Extend your developer skillset to build, test, and launch mobile apps with confidenceWho This Book Is ForThis book is for anyone who wants to see Ionic in action - and find out how it could transform the way they build mobile apps. If you're a JavaScript web developer, you'll be building great projects in no time. What You Will Learn Learn Ionic by creating three complete mobile applications Get to know the Ionic CLI Add basic and advanced features to the Ionic framework Connect an Ionic app with a Firebase back end Integrate PhoneGap plugins with NG-Cordova Test your apps to improve and optimize performanceIn DetailChange doesn't have to be challenging. Sometimes it can be simple sometimes it just makes sense. With Ionic, mobile development has never been so simple, so elegant and obvious. By helping developers to harness AngularJS and HTML5 for mobile development, it's the perfect framework for anyone obsessed with performance, and anyone that understands just how important a great user experience really is. This book shows you how to get started with Ionic framework immediately. But it doesn't just give you instructions and then expect you to follow them. Instead it demonstrates what Ionic is capable of through three practical projects you can follow and build yourself. From a basic to-do list app, a London tourist app, to a complete social media app, all three projects have been designed to help you learn Ionic at its very best. From setting up your project to developing on both the server side and front end, and best practices for testing and debugging your projects, you'll quickly become a better mobile developer, delivering high performance mobile apps that look awesome. Ionic Framework by Example is for people who don't want to learn now, build later it's for people who want to learn and build at the same time so they can meet today's mobile development challenges head on and deliver better products than anyone else. Style and approachThis book isn't just an instruction manual. It doesn't just tell you what to do it shows you. Featuring three sample projects, it's been created so you can get started with Ionic immediately.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: First Look at Ionic; The beginning; The problem; Apache Cordova; Early hybrid apps; What is Ionic?; Short history of Ionic; Features of Ionic; Setting up Ionic; Summary; Chapter 2: To-Do List App; Creating our first application; Creating our to-do list app; The Ionic workflow; In-depth look at our project; Envisioning our app; Building our todo app; Creating the UI; The code; Wiring things up; Summary; Chapter 3: Running Ionic Apps; Running our todo app

The ionic serve techniqueEmulating with Chrome; Ionic serve labs; The Ionic view; Testing todo app with the Ionic view; Device; Android; iOS; Summary; Chapter 4: Ionic Components; Creating a new to-do list application; Overview of the Bucket-List app; Breaking down the app; Designing the UI; Implementing the input box; Implementing the ion-list application; Writing the Angular code for our Bucket-List app; Coding our input box; Wire it all up; Testing our Bucket-List app; Summary; Chapter 5: The London Tourist App; The London Tourist app; Creating the London Tourist app

The side menu app designUsing the Ionic side menu template; Seeing the LTA side menu app in action; Exploring the LTA side menu app's code; Developing the LTA application; Summary; Chapter 6: Advanced Ionic Components; The Ionic Popover; Implementing the popover; Adding the menu button; Coding the popover; Adding the ionicPopover service; Creating the popover.html file; Wiring up the popover; The Ionic Modal; Creating the modal; Implementing the modal; Creating the modal.html file; Wiring up the modal; Summary; Chapter 7: Customizing the App; Customizing the look and feel of your app

Ionic styles with SASSIonic SCSS overview; The ionic.app.scss file; Setting up SCSS; Customizing the SCSS; ionicConfigProvider; Summary; Chapter 8: Building a Simple Social App; The Ionic tabs application; Creating an Ionic tabs application; Running the tabs-app application; Overview of the tabs-app application; Overview of the tabs.html file; The element; Adding tabs to the tabs-app application; Adding the state for the new tab; Creating the tab-wall.html file; Creating the WallController controller; Creating the tab; Summary; Chapter 9: Connecting to Firebase

Extending our tabs-app Ionic appImplementing the post wall feature; The backend challenge; Firebase; Setting up a new Firebase account; Integrate Firebase into tabs-app application; Adding Firebase and Angular-Fire scripts; Implementing Firebase to our app; Pulling from database; Adding to database; Summary; Chapter 10 : Roundup; Uncovered features of Ionic; Appcamp.IO; The Ionic documentation; The Ionic creator; The Ionic code pen; Ionic.IO; The Ionic playground; The Ionic community; Useful resources; Summary; Index

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