Ionic SideMenu Template

An application using Apache Cordova, Ionic Framework, and Typescript. Currently supporting iOS, Android and Windows 10.

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Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Getting Started
• File Structure of App

Requirements

1. node.js
2. Cordova and Ionic - npm install cordova ionic
3. TypeScript - npm install typescript
4. Gulp - npm install gulp
5. Bower - npm install bower

Getting Started

With VS Code:

• Clone this repository.
• Run npm install from the project root.
• Run bower install from the project root.
• Add android / iOS / windows platform to your project by running ionic platform add <platform name> in a terminal from your project root.
• Build the project by running gulp tsc and then ionic build <platform name>
• Deploy to device or emulator by running ionic run <platform name> or ionic emulate <platform name>
• Success

** Note: To improve your Cordova development workflow, install VS Code Cordova extension.

• Launch the VS Code Command Palette – (Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows, Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) – and type the following command and hit Enter:

ext install cordova-tools

With Visual Studio:

• Clone this repository.
• Open the ionic-typescript-sidemenu.sln in Visual Studio.
• Open Task Runner window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Bkspce. ** Note: It is important that the task runner window be open in VS while building the project. You can also use "gulp watch" task to enable live reload in browser based debugging scenarios.
• Install npm packages by going to your Solution Explorer -> Dependencies -> npm and clicking on 'Restore Packages'.
• Once packages are restored, build the project and deploy it on Ripple or an android emulator.
• Success

File Structure of App

ionic-typescript-sidemenu/
├── app/                               * Working directory for TypeScript files
│   ├── app.ts                         * Main Application configuration
│   └── controllers.ts                 * App logic
│
├── node_modules/                      * Node dependencies
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├── platforms/                         * Cordova generated native platform code
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├── plugins/                           * Cordova native plugins go
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├── resources/                         * Images for splash screens and icons
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├── typings/                           * Contains all typings for this project
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├── www/                               * Folder that is copied over to platforms www directory
│   │   
│   ├── js/                            * Contains transpiled JS files from TS files
│   │    ├── app.js                         
│   │    └── controllers.js                 
│   │
│   ├── css/                           * Compiled CSS
│   │
│   ├── img/                           * App images
│   │
│   ├── lib/                           * Dependencies from bower install 
│   │
│   └── index.html                     * Main entry point
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├── .editorconfig                      * Defines coding styles between editors
├── .gitignore                         * Example git ignore file
├── config.xml                         * Cordova configuration file
├── gulpfile.js                        * Contains gulp tasks for compiling ts files, scss files and more..
├── ionic.project                      * Ionic configuration file
├── package.json                       * Our javascript dependencies
├── ionic-typescript-sidemenu.sln         * VS solution
├── ionic-typescript-sidemenu.jsproj        
├── ionic-typescript-sidemenu.jsproj.user     
└── README.md                          * This file