IDE for Ionic 2 typescript

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I tried to create an app using ionic 2 typescript with visual studio tools for apache cordova. I want to know whether the visual studio tools for apache cordova is good to move on or do i want to change to visual studio code.

Issues which I am facing with visual studio tools for apache cordova typescript applications are:

I couldn’t find samples for bower implementation or web pack implementation to know how to use client side libraries.
If any changes in html or ts file again i want to stop and rerun the application. Is there any option to affect the changes with out the stop and re run the application?
Please correct me if anything I did wrong. Appreciate your help…

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Forget Visual Studio regular for this.

VSCode and the command line is where it’s at. The templates provided by Visual Studio are always behind and Ionic is like a steaming rollercoaster.

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thanks for your reply. I want to know how to use webpack or bower in ionic 2 with vs code.

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You build the apps with ionic-app-scripts. This package builds the content with webpack and some custom build steps for you. You don’t have to configure webpack by yourself.

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then what about bower. For an example if i want to use any external jquery (for country and country code) how can i initialize in my application and how will i call it in my ts file.

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Ionic 2+ has switched over to NPM for package management. I’m not 100% positive that you can’t use Bower, but I don’t know what the reason would be. There’s a NPM package for jQuery.

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any helpful links to startup ionic 2 typescript with visual studio code?

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I would do pretty much everything possible to avoid using jQuery in an Angular application. You don’t want two frameworks fighting over the DOM.

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is this possible to use js files in typescript application using visual code?

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Use web storm IDE which is much better. It is simple and user friendly.

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^ I use PhpStorm and it’s great for TypeScript and Angular development!

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The best ones (according to me):
Free IDE - VS Code
Paid IDE - WebStorm

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Web storm is also free if you get a licence server key from google search. Only drawback is you cant access WebStorm without an internet.

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I’ve heard good stuff about PHP Storm - but being a Microsoft kinda guy I’ll go with VSCode.

Just pick and one learn it to death - whatever you pick will NOT be the wrong choice and you will learn to love it and its ‘ways’.

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I went with VS code… Everything works fine but the thing is i want to deploy the package for android using visual code terminal to test that apk in several android devices. When i worked with visual studio taco it is simple to build the apk package but here i don’t know how to do it… Appreciate your help…

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I use Ionic Pro for compiling as I find it annoying having to have all the different SDK’s on my computer breaking every time a new one comes out.

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I don’t encourage using pirated/cracked software.

Read this to clear that internet connection is not necessary.

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Man I am talking about licence server key. Its not a pirated version.
If you need to use it offline you have to purchase the IDE product.

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@atul2889
Alright, then it’s okay.