Guide to getting started with ionic in angular

Introduction

Hey readers! Today we are going to understand what is ionic and how we can integrate this framework with angular and take on its advantages.
Let us get started.

What is Ionic?

Ionic is an open-source UI toolkit for creating high-quality mobile apps. It integrates well with popular frameworks like Angular, react, and Vue. Also, it can be used standalone without any frontend framework by just including a script in your codebase. 

It uses Capacitor to deploy natively and can also be run in the browser as a progressive web app.

Features of Ionic

• Cross Platform: Apps with ionic can be deployed on multiple platforms (Android, iOS, desktop).
• Simplicity: It is built with simplicity and, therefore is easy to learn and accessible to everyone. 
• License: The framework is free and open source. 
• Framework Compatible: It can be easily integrated with Angular, React, and Vue.
• Ionic CLI: The CLI tool provides various commands that are helpful in building, starting, and running the project. Hence making work easier for developers.
• Beautiful Design: We can use it to build a simple, beautiful, and functional application.

Environment Setup

Prerequisites: Firstly, to get started with the ionic framework, you will need to have npm and node installed on your system.

Installing

We can use the npm command to install Ionic

npm install -g @ionic/cli

Creating a Project with Ionic

Now, let us focus on creating a new ionic project with Angular. You can use the pre-made templates provided by Ionic or you can create a blank one. The three templates provided by Ionic are blank, tabs, and a side menu.

You can use the below command to create an application

ionic start

Once you run this command on your terminal, it will ask you if you want to use the app creation wizard. You can simply type n or it will redirect to your browser and follow the steps there. Next, it asks you about the framework which framework you want to use. It will provide you with the options of Angular, React, and Vue. You can select accordingly but here we will consider Angular.

After selecting Angular, it prompts you for the application name. You can provide the name of your choice.

Then select any starter template if you need or you can go with a blank one as well.

Afterwards, it will take a few seconds and your application template will be ready.

Run the App

Finally, to run the app, simply navigate your directory and run the below command:

ionic serve

Conclusion

So, today we learned what is Ionic and how we can integrate this framework with Angular. It is simple to learn and provides you various pre-made components therefore making your development easier and faster. Additionally, it supports cross-platform development. Go through this documentation here and explore more.
Finally, for more such posts like this, please follow our LinkedIn page- FrontEnd Competency.
Thanks for reading!