I am brand new to the Phonegap/cordova - Ionic - Angular stack and confused about how to use the seed project.
My goal is to build a basic “Hello World” app for IOS and Android, get the sims working, set up a Github repo and, eventually, use Phonegap Build to build the app.
I stepped thru this tutorial successfully: http://ccoenraets.github.io/ionic-tutorial/ which has a different structure than the seed.
Running OSX 10.9.5 / Node v0.12.7 / Phonegap 5.0.0-0.28.0 / cordova 5.1.1 / Ionic 1.6.4
Do I start with: ionic start ionic-sampleApp blank
If I: git clone https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-angular-cordova-seed.git inside of ionic-sampleApp/, it just puts a new folder there, and reining git clone from the parent folder gives me an “already exists and not empty” message.
What am I missing?
Any help greatly appreciated.
You’re mixing 2 git projects.
If you really want to use both, you should do it in different folders that are not nested.
@royhink
If you are new to hybrid mobile app development then why not start with a book:
- Developing an Ionic Edge
- Ionic in Action
Look at the sample code:
Download the free chapter from ‘Ionic in Action’: http://www.manning.com/wilken/IonicinA_MEAP_ch01.pdf
Ref:
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@gmarziou
Exactly. So, How do I use this seed?
It does not have the package.json file, which, if I understand correctly, node looks for to set up the server dependencies. Can I just copy the .json file from the basic ionic set up?
If I want to use Bower or Gulp with the seed, It appears that I would have to add these.
It does come with a basic single page style app, complete with controllers.js and services.js.
Is this seed just a simple starter app with the absolute minimum required for Phonegap?
Don’t use this seed, it’s one year old.
Follow @robinyo advice and use a book.
If you’re new to Angular, learn about it first, you won’t be able to achieve anything without the basis.
But if you still want to head first then follow the Ionic docs