IONIC Framework for Hybrid Mobile App

Ionic framework is an open-source UI toolkit for building performant, high-quality mobile apps, desktop apps, and progressive web apps using web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It allows developers to build once and run everywhere. It may use javascript frameworl like Angular, React or VUE.

Why should you use the Ionic Framework?

Ionic is an excellent choice for creating basic native functionalities within an application which can run on multiple devices and operating system. The main advantage of the Ionic framework is that we can build the app once and can deploy everywhere. It makes the app development fast and cost-efficient. It also reduces the need for maintenance.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)?

A progressive web app is a normal web app which looks and feel like native mobile apps. It uses modern web capabilities to deliver an app-like experience to the user. These apps can easily deploy to servers, accessible through URLs, and indexed by search engines. The PWA app optimizes to be:

Reliable: Load fast and provide offline functionality.

Fast: It should be fast and respond quickly to user actions.

Re-engageable: It makes re-engagement with the user through push notification, which feels like a native app on the mobile device.

Advantages of Ionic Framework

The advantages of Ionic application development framework are as following:

Pre-requisite for Ionic

1. Node.js and NPM

2. Code Editor

3. Ionic CLI

1. Node.js — This is pretty easy. Simply go to the Node.js website and download the ideal installer for you. We need the Node Package Manager, aptly named npm, to install all the dependencies for the many modules you would want to use in your app. If you develop on a Mac and have Homebrew installed, simply type in the command brew install npm on the console.

2. TypeScript — TypeScript, a superset of JavaScript, is used instead of JS for the majority of the code. After installing Node.js, on the console, type in npm install -g typescript .

3. Cordova — Cordova is a framework that builds the HTML, CSS and JS/TS code into an app. To install, type npm install -g cordova

4. And finally, Ionic — Type in npm install -g ionic .