Akshit Rana

Nowadays, the use of mobile applications is increasing day-by-day. There is a mobile app for almost every business vertical. Correspondingly, there is an emerging need for powerful and efficient mobile applications in order to keep up with this trend. Since there exist multiple mobile apps platforms like iOS, Android, etc., each one with development capabilities and SDK (software development) tools, mobile app development becomes complex, time-consuming, and expensive. The challenge for both the developers and business owners is to get over all aforesaid challenges. One suitable solution that is gaining popularity day-by-day is cross-platform app development. To define, cross-platform app development is a process of building applications for multiple platforms with a single codebase. Code reusability, easy deployment, quicker development time, cost-effectiveness are some of the major attractions of the cross-platform app development approach. In this post, I shall be discussing one trending cross-app development framework that is empowering approximately 10% of the app market. What is Ionic? Ionic is a cross-platform app development framework for both mobile and desktop apps. This framework is an open-source and freely available front-end software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to develop apps for Android, iOS, and Windows OS, by using a single codebase. In lesser words, it is an open-source cross-platform tool for building powerful, secure, and scalable mobile apps. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Typescript, and Angular are languages at the core of the Ionic framework. It holds a set of components for the app’s functionality, behaviors except for the app’s feature, minimum DOM manipulation, altogether leading to efficient app performance. Additionally, its command-line interface facilitates developers to save coding efforts. iONIC App Development holds 86% popularity amongst the mobile development stack. Core Features of Ionic Framework Simple to Use The Ionic framework is easy to learn and use, simple built, and approachable to almost everyone (with or without web development skills). Cross-platform The ability to create cross-platform mobile apps is one of the obvious feature of Ionic. You can create a single codebase and deploy it across multiple platforms like Desktop, native iOS, Android, and web (in the form of PWAs). Write once and run everywhere is the essence of this framework. Cordova Plugin For leveraging native device functions with JS code, Ionic provides the requisite Cordova Plugin API. Angular Backup AngularJS is at the core of Ionic that makes this framework great. The default Angular package allows the developer to integrate with AngularJS ecosystem easily. The package includes the functionality that is exposed to Angular developers while integrating with its core libraries. Framework Compatibility With every software release, Ionic has tried to come up as a standalone web component library, despite its dependency on AngularJS. With the recent integration of JS frameworks, Ionic can now be used in most front-end frameworks, like Vue.js and React.js. License Ionic framework is released under MIT license. Moreover, it is open-source and free to use project, which means developers can use it in any sort of project for free. Ionic CLI For project starting, developing, executing, and reproducing applications, Ionic offers a powerful CLI (Command Line Interface) that offers multiple useful command for Ionic developers. Web Standards-based The Ionic architecture is built on reliable web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and uses latest web APIs (shadow DOM and other custom elements). All these together lead to a stable API for Ionic components, which facilitates cross-platform activation. Final Words With cross-platform app development, businesses are sure to save both time and money. And, if you choose Ionic app development, you are securing yourself a competitive position in the marketplace. With all the features listed above, Ionic can be called the most-suitable cross-platform mobile app development framework available nowadays. In case you have any queries or suggestions, feel free to contact us.