Chapter 6. Introducing Ionic

Ionic is a free and open source library of mobile-optimized HTML, CSS, and JavaScript components, gestures, and tools that can be used to build highly interactive mobile apps. Being built around the widely used Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets (Sass) and AngularJS technologies, Ionic offers web developers with a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript an opportunity to develop cross-platform mobile applications.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following:

  • Setting up your Ionic web services
  • Creating your first Ionic application
  • Using Ionic View to test your applications
  • Sharing your creation with your collaborators

Setting up your Ionic web account

In Chapter 1, Setting Up Your Workspace, we highlighted the basic essentials ...

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