Chapter 2. Welcome to Ionic
In the previous chapter, we saw a couple of key AngularJS features, namely the directives and services. In this chapter, we will understand the big picture of mobile hybrid apps, set up the required software to develop Ionic apps, and finally scaffold a few apps.
The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:
- Mobile Hybrid Architecture
- What is Apache Cordova?
- What is Ionic?
- Setting up the tools needed to develop and run Ionic apps
- Working with Ionic templates
- The Yeoman Ionic Generator