Developing Mobile Apps with The Ionic Framework – Front Porch Front-End Developers Conference, Dallas, TX

Presented by Justin Noel

Everyone wants to create an app. There are lots of platforms and cross-platform development costs a lot of money.

The Downsides of Native

• Proficiency in each platform required
• Extensive Development Setup required

Hybrid Apps

• HTML5 that acts like native
• Web wrapped in native layer
• Direct access to native APIs
• Cordova/Phonegap
• Familiar web dev environment

Hybrid Apps have a Bad reputation, but they can be beautiful.

ionic is a beautiful, open source framework for developing hybrid mobile apps with HTML5. They have taken the traditional mobile UI and made it available within the framework.

ionic showcase

ionic creator is a WYSIWYG for creating hybrid apps.

There is a lot of setup to develop apps – lots of SDKs and programs to install. ionic has a virtual machine called ionic box with all of the necessary requirements to get started developing.

I need a backend too???

• security – XSS, CSRF, Shellshock!
• servers – AWS, Digital Ocean, Rackspace, Modulus
• Stacks – LAMP, WAMP, MEAN
• CDNs
• Maintenance
• Support

Firebase is a real time back end for mobile apps

• Serverless backend
• Real-time apps
• Store and Sync Data instantly
• Cross-platform – Mobile & Desktop
• Social logins
• Integrations like Zapier for email, analytics, etc.

Demo App