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What is Ionic 2?

Ionic 3 was released on 7 April 2017 to overtake Ionic 2.

Ionic 2 was the next generation of Ionic's initial release, the open source SDK that enabled developers to build performant, high-quality mobile apps using familiar web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).

Ionic 2 was usually paired with Angular (2). Ionic 2 could also be used as a CSS framework but that would void the powerful gestures and UI animations made to mimic native mobile interaction.

How to install and setup a project

Installing Ionic 2 can be done using npm and the ionic cli.

To install Ionic 2 run $ npm install -g ionic cordova. This will immediately install the ionic cli so all your ionic commands are ready to be used.

To setup a project with different :

• tabs: $ ionic start myApp tabs
• sidemenu: $ ionic start myApp sidemenu
• blank: $ ionic start myApp blank

Where tabs will create an application where 4 tabs (positioned at the bottom of the screen are generated), sidemenu will generate a project with a sidemenu (also showing good use of NavController utilities) and blank will generate a project with just a single page.

Maturity/Version

Ionic 2's current version is 3.12.0. The first release of the final version. (as of 8 March, 2017).

how to install the latest version

If you want to create a new project with 3.12.0: $ npm install -g ionic

If you want to update an existing project to 3.12.0:

Update your package.json to match the following dependencies, remove the existing node_modules directory, and then run npm install:

  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/compiler": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/core": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/forms": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/http": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.4.8",
    "@angular/platform-server": "2.4.8",
    "@ionic/storage": "2.0.0",
    "ionic-angular": "2.2.0",
    "ionic-native": "2.4.1",
    "ionicons": "3.0.0",
    "rxjs": "5.0.1",
    "sw-toolbox": "3.4.0",
    "zone.js": "0.7.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@ionic/app-scripts": "1.1.4",
    "typescript": "2.0.9"
  }

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Useful Ionic 2 links

• The Ionic 2 forum (active Ionic team members)
• Ionic GitHub (report bugs, request features)
• Getting Started (Guide by Ionic showing step-by-step guides)
• Documentation (Ionic 2 docs, ionicons, UI docs, API docs and more)
• Concepts (more detailed explanation of Ionic, explaining CLI and future concepts)

And of course the active community of Stack Overflow.