Intent to run an old app that has lot's of outdated dependancies, where do I start?

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I have an app that runs on ionic 0.1.0 and has lot’s of outdated dependencies.

I would like to get it running again, but I don’t know where to start. The app was build on ionic 0.1.0, 2 years ago. Many dependancies have gone out of date or are replaced.

Should I throw the whole thing away and build a new one on the current versions of cordova / ionic or is there a way to get the old app running again?

Does anyone have experience rebooting old apps?

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Does it work in its current state?

Install the current Ionic CLI and see what it makes with the project. Does it recognize it as a v1 project? if so, can you build? If so, does it actually run on a device?

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Thank you.

It works if you install it from the app store.

It does not work if you use the ionic cli to serve / lab the project. It says that the project folder is not found.

I’m not sure if it recognises it as a v1 project.

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Run ionic info in the project directory and paste the output here.
Is there a ionic.project file? If so, rename it to ionic.config.json. Rerun ionic info then.

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Thanks again!

I’m in the mobileApp folder which contains our project.

I get this as a result:

[WARN] You are not in an Ionic project directory. Project context may be missing.

global packages:

@ionic/cli-utils : 1.3.0
Ionic CLI        : 3.3.0

System:

Node       : v8.0.0
OS         : macOS Sierra
Xcode      : Xcode 8.3.2 Build version 8E2002
ios-deploy : not installed
ios-sim    : not installed
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Yeah, so the CLI can’t recognize the project.

Create a new Ionic v1 project and compare the folder content: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-cli#ionic-1

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Nothing like it. Thank you for your efforts. I’m going to completely remove it and rebuild.