Initial Dev Environment Setup
This page describes the initial setup steps. Follow the steps to get the app setup and running on your dev environment, as well as on your devices.
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This page describes the initial setup steps. Follow the steps to get the app setup and running on your dev environment, as well as on your devices.
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These setups are needed before you can start working on this App platform. Make sure you have all the updated platform and framework needed :
Installing Ionic
Install the Ionic CLI
Node & npm
Git
Code Editor
Install the app dependencies
Ionic apps are created and developed primarily through the Ionic utility. The Ionic CLI is the preferred method of installation, as it offers a wide range of dev tools and help options along the way.
Before proceeding, make sure the latest version of and are installed. See for details. Install the Ionic CLI globally with npm:
Almost all tooling for modern JavaScript projects is based in . The has prebuilt installation packages for all platforms. We recommend selecting the LTS version to ensure best compatibility.
Node is bundled with , the package manager for JavaScript.
To verify the installation, open a new terminal window and run:
This starter app will run best with node 12.x +
Node and NPM version are constantly updated so if you face any issue in setup, or warnings in npm audit
feel free to contact us.
Now we have everything installed, we can test our Ionic App.
is a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in source code during software development. Although it's not required, we highly recommend using Git for your app development.
First, install the command-line utility from the . For a GUI client, we recommend . To verify the installation, open a new terminal window and run:
You can also use Git CLI to perform all Git related tasks. A good description of all Git CLI commands is given .
Personally we use , however, many people like . You are free to choose any code editor you like.
There are few requirements of this app to be fulfilled . So you can check all it feature. They are listed in
Go to section to see how to do it.