Changes From Previous Versions of Ionic: Part 1
Explore the significant enhancements introduced in the latest Ionic version, such as web components, deeper Angular integration, and framework-agnostic development. Learn foundational features like TypeScript, Promises, and Observables, and how these improve cross-platform app development workflows using Ionic.
We'll cover the following...
What’s new in the latest Ionic release?
Compared to previous versions of the framework, the latest Ionic release brings with it several feature changes and enhancements, including:
- Web components
- Greater integration with Angular (particularly with navigation)
- Framework-agnostic development
Because some developers new to Ionic might not be familiar with them, we’ll also cover some of the framework’s pre-existing features:
- TypeScript
- Native support for Promises and Observables
- Arrow functions
- Ahead-of-time compilation
Note: Throughout the remainder of the course (unless otherwise indicated) we’ll be using the Angular framework to explore Ionic application development.
Web components
Web components are self-contained packages of HTML, TypeScript, and CSS/Sass, which help form the individual pages for our Ionic apps.
For example, an “About” page ...