Just saw this:
Yes, its pretty easy to deploy Ionicapps to the web. Here is a gradle build I cooked up to make it even easier. It generates a war file that you can then deploy. It can be enhanced to do even more:
/* ============================================================================
This file contains the configurations for
Eclipse and Webapp settings
Author: agyepong
Included from: “${rootProject.projectDir}/build.gradle”
*/
apply plugin: 'eclipse’
apply plugin: ‘war’
ext {
appName = 'ionicapp’
builddir = "${appName}/build"
contentdir = “${appName}/WebContent”
}
task copyTask(type : Copy) {
from '…/www’
into contentdir
}
war {
destinationDir = new File(builddir)
webAppDirName = contentdir
archiveName = “${appName}.war”
}
/* ensure eclipse source folders are always created, even when not inside GIT */
def eclipseSourceFolders=[
builddir,
contentdir,
];
tasks.eclipse.dependsOn << {
for (String sourceFolder: eclipseSourceFolders){
def resourceDir = new File(project.projectDir, sourceFolder)
if( !resourceDir.exists() && ! resourceDir.mkdirs() ) {
logger.info("Not able to create %1",resourceDir);
}
}
}
/* To have javadocs in eclipse added - where no source are available - we need these lines:
- see https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.EclipseClasspath.html
*/
eclipse {
classpath {
downloadSources = true // default: true
downloadJavadoc = true // default: false
}
}
copyTask.dependsOn 'eclipse’
war.dependsOn ‘copyTask’
/* setup eclipse with project encoding as UTF-8 (for editors) */
eclipseJdt.doLast {
File f = file(’.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs’)
f.write(‘eclipse.preferences.version=1\n’)
f.append(‘encoding/=utf-8’)
}
Couldnt agree more. Handrolling anything, when a knowledge of the framework takes you pretty much there, is just setting yourself - and whoever has to maintain your code - up for living hell. I dont think Ive ever seen anyone say “I just wrote my own [state management]/[navigation/[injection]/[etc]” followed by “and use it in all my apps”. Not once. Just words like [headache]/[pain]/[nightmare]/[just shoot me now] and my personal favorite [didnt have time for error handling]
@MarkAurit Which post exactly are you agreeing with? 
Here is my deployed Ionic web app. It runs on Chrome because it needs Bluetooth.
https://aircable.co/page/sppovergatt
I decided to use a simplified preview.html file to limit the look to a smartphone app
and integrated it into the looks of our web siite.
If you run the app directly click here:
https://aircable.co/aircable_images/static/SPPoverGATT/index.html
or https://aircable.co/aircable_images/static/SPPoverGATT/preview.html
When I build the app, I do ionic cordova build browser --prod
and then copy the platform/browser/www directory to the server.
Information about the app: