AngularJS is an open-source JavaScript framework, maintained by Google, that assists with running single-page applications. Its goal is to augment web-based applications with model–view–controller (MVC) capability, in an effort to make both development and testing easier.

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Ionic is the beautiful, free and open source mobile SDK for developing native and progressive web apps with ease.

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Ionic allows you to build cross platform native applications using Angular. In this course we will convert the Eggly AngularJS application into an Ionic mobile application.

In this lesson, we learn how to install Ionic and Cordova. We then build an app from scratch using the Ionic CLI and a blank starter template.

Build and Run an Ionic App from Scratch

In this lesson, we are going to demonstrate how easy it is to copy existing Angular code into an Ionic app. It is literally as simple as removing unnecessary code from the Ionic app and pasting in the guts of our Angular application. Along the way, we will update some dependencies and discover a gotcha for including assets from a CDN.

Convert a Web Application into an Ionic App

In this lesson, we are going to build an Ionic app for the iOS platform, and then emulate iOS on our computer. We are going to cover some important command-line options when emulating an Ionic application. We will then see how these options play a critical role in debugging our applications.

Build, Emulate, and Debug an Ionic App

In this lesson, we are going to learn how to interact with native components through Cordova plugins. We will walk through how to add a Cordova plugin to our application and use it to interact with our native device. In this case, we are going to install a plugin that will allow us to open URLs in a mobile browser from within our Ionic app.

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Device Interaction in an Ionic App with Cordova Plugins

In this lesson, we are going to include the necessary assets for the functionality and styles of the Ionic directives we will include in our app.

Prepare an Ionic App for Ionic Components and Styling

In this lesson, we learn how to build a sidebar layout using only Ionic directives. Ionic provides some powerful functionality with very few semantics. Here are all the directives we will learn about:
- **ion-side-menus** - A container element for side menu(s) and the main visible content.
- **ion-side-menu-content** - A container for the main visible content, sibling to one or more `ionSideMenu` directives.
- **ion-side-menu** - A container for a side menu, sibling to an `ionSideMenuContent` directive.
- **ion-nav-view** - Used to render templates in your application. Each template 
is part of a state. States are usually mapped to a url, and are defined programatically 
using angular-ui-router (see their docs for reference).
- **ion-view** - A container for view content and any navigational and header bar information. Used as a child of `ionNavView`.
- **ion-nav-bar** - If we have an `ionNavView` directive, we can also create an 
`ionNavBar`, which will create a topbar that updates as the application state changes.
- **ion-nav-buttons** - Use nav buttons to set the buttons on your `ionNavBar` 
from within an `ionView`.
- **ion-content**- Provides an easy to use content area that can be configured 
to use Ionic’s custom Scroll View, or the built in overflow scrolling of the browser.
- **ion-list** - The List is a widely used interface element in almost any mobile app, and can include 
content ranging from basic text all the way to buttons, toggles, icons, and thumbnails.
- **ion-item** - Used to create items inside of an `ionList`.

Build a Sidebar Layout with Ionic

In this lesson, we are going to dig into Ionic lists and make use of some awesome list features that Ionic gives us for free. We are going to learn how to use the following Ionic directives:

- **ion-nav-buttons** - Use nav buttons to set the buttons on your `ionNavBar`.
- **ion-list** - The List is a widely used interface element in almost any mobile app, and can include 
content ranging from basic text all the way to buttons, toggles, icons, and thumbnails.
- **ion-item**- Used to create items inside of an `ionList`.
- **ion-delete-button** - A child of `ionItem`, this element allows a developer to show/hide a delete button within an `ionItem` with ease.
- **ion-reorder-button** - A child of `ionItem`, this element allows a developer to reorder an `ionItem` within a list easily.

Build a Powerful List with Ionic

In this lesson, we learn how to build modals in Ionic. We use the `ion-modal-view` directive to wrap our “create” and “edit” forms with modal goodness, as well as use the `ion-header-bar` directive to put a nice bar at the top of our forms. Finally, we use the `$ionicModal` service to give life to our modals by integrating them with our controllers.

Create Modals with Ionic

In this lesson, we are going to turn two forms into Angular directives in preparation for turning them into Ionic modals. This isn’t a complicated step, but it puts us in a better place for creating the modals.

Building an Angular 1.x Ionic Application

Lukas Ruebbelke

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