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ionic-brackets

ionic-brackets is a Brackets extension for developing mobile applications using Ionic framework.

Table of contents

• Installation
• How To Use
• Features
• Start an Ionic project
• Add Platform
• Add Plugin
• Build
• Emulate
• Run
• Live Development / Serve
• Plugins hook
• Add ngCordova
• Quick Docs
• Contributing
• Links

Installation

The extension can be installed by following the instructions on the official extensions guide.

How To Use

If you can see the Ionic icon on the right toolbar, the extension is ready to use. Simply locate the ionic menu on the menus-bar and continue from there.

| Note: The icon's color is turned light blue when running a background job (build, serve, etc.).

Features

Start an Ionic project

Creates an Ionic project using the available templates.

| Note: The extension understands if your project is an Ionic project by the existence of the www directory.

Add platform

Adds a platform to the project [Choosing between ios or android].

Add plugin

Adds a plugin to the project.

Build

Builds the project.

Emulate

Creates an emulator for the application using the android/ios tools.

Run

Runs the application on a real device using the android/ios tools.

Live Development / Serve

Runs your application inside Brackets. You can open/close the live development view using the Ionic icon on the right side of Brackets.

| Note that plugins are currently not available. Intend for basic application UI/navigation testing.

Plugins hook

Creates a Cordova hook for automatic plugins installation. Automatically adds your installed plugins to the hook.

Add ngCordova

Adds ngCordova to your project:

1. Installs ngCordova using bower.
2. Adds <script src="lib/ngCordova/dist/ng-cordova.js"></script> to the main index.html file.
3. Adds a dependency to the main app.js file - example: angular.module('myApp', ['ngCordova']).

Quick docs

While developing, you can see the official docs of ngCordova plugins using quick docs key binding (defaulting to ctrl+k).

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to the project by adding features or fixing bugs.

Links

• Brackets - http://brackets.io/
• Ionic Framework - http://ionicframework.com/
• ngCordova - http://ngcordova.com/

License

ionic-brackets is licensed under the MIT Open Source license. For more information, see the LICENSE file in this repository.