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Ionic Framework By Example
Ionic Framework By Example

Ionic Framework By Example: Build amazing cross-platform mobile apps with Ionic, the HTML5 framework that makes modern mobile application development simple

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Ionic Framework By Example

Chapter 2. To-Do List App

In this chapter, we will be diving headfirst into Ionic and will be using a lot of the Ionic CLI tool. We will create our first Ionic application and add some basic Ionic features to our app. We will also get to run our app for the first time using Ionic and will debug our app in Chrome. We will finish this chapter by creating a to-do list application with Ionic. This application will simply let us add items to our app and also provide us a way of deleting these items or marking them as done.

Creating our first application

Creating a new project with Ionic is actually a very pain-free experience with the Ionic CLI. There are different ways to create a new Ionic project but the easiest and more standard technique is to use the Ionic templates. This is by far the easiest way, and it let us use any of the three standard templates provided by Ionic.

These templates include:

  • The blank template: This creates a new project with some boilerplate code to help you get set up with a blank application
  • The tabs template: This is the same as the first but instead of a blank application, you get an application with a tabbed design
  • The side menu template: This creates a new application with a side menu design and some boilerplate

We will be using each of these in this book at some point of time. For now, we are going to start with the first and create a brand new Ionic project using the blank template. Before we move on, let's have a look at the command that the Ionic CLI uses to create a...

The Ionic workflow

When you create a new Ionic project, there are a couple of folders and files that come as stock as part of the generated project. Your directory should look similar to what is seen in the following screenshot:

The Ionic workflow

The structure you see is pretty much the same as in every Cordova project, with the exception of a few files and folders. For example, there is a scss folder. This contains a file that lets us customize the look and feel of our application and will be covered in detail in later chapters. There are also the platforms and plugins folder. The platforms folder, in most cases is auto-generated, but we will not be covering them in this book so you can ignore them for the time being.

You will also notice that in your www/lib folder, there is a folder called ionic that contains all the required files to run Ionic. There are css, fonts, js, and scss folder.

  • css: This folder contains all the default CSS that come with an Ionic app.
  • fonts: Ionic comes with its own font and Icon...

Summary

In this chapter, we got to create our very first Ionic application using the Ionic blank application template. We had a look at what the Ionic workflow looks like and also got to see some of the files that make up the workflow. We then dived in and discussed about how we intended to build our to-do list application. We further went ahead and actually implemented the UI of our to-do list app based on a wireframe. We wrote some Angular code and wired it up to the user interface we created.

In the next chapter, we will learn different ways to run and test our application for the very first time with the Ionic CLI.

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Key benefits

  • • 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 confidence

Description

Change 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.

Who is this book for?

This 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 performance

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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
1. First Look at Ionic Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. To-Do List App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Running Ionic Apps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Ionic Components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. The London Tourist App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Advanced Ionic Components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Customizing the App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Building a Simple Social App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Connecting to Firebase Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Roundup Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Love the cover😊
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J'avais des connaissances dans le domaine du web (HTML5, AngulaJS), j'ai très bien compris le livre, bien expliqué même avec mon anglais qu'est pas au top
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This is a great little book. The style is smooth and well paced and the material presented in a non intimidating manner to the reader. The author makes sure to give the reader a quick ramp up on the key features so that you can immediately see results within your work -- and the gratification therefrom. This is an excellent, down and dirty, hand-on working book for the Ionic beginner and provides a nicely rounded out course of study that touches all the key points without getting the reader bogged down in minutiae. Highly recommended as a starter text for the aspiring Ionic Framework learner.
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Overall I liked the book. It serves its purposes well in that it was an introduction. It is definitely better than reading the manual as you get to EXPERIENCE some of the cool features in a very short amount of time as you just copy/paste (I read an online version from the library) the code and off you go. You can get a sense of accomplishment very quickly and you DO get to see quite a number of features.The short length of the book is its strength in that it is not overwhelming and is beginner friendly. But perhaps this also leave something to be desired. The book has a generous amount of screen shots and code samples which are completely necessary and helpful, but at 158 pages, if one are not counting these large pictures, there simply isn't whole lot of content (text).If the author makes the book bigger by adding more content, but keep the same easy to read format, I think the book would be even better.
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