Updating Ionic 2 beta versions

[brandyshea]

We have a resource here that explains NPM a little more in detail: http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/resources/using-npm/

And you may also find my post on this topic helpful:

Updating Ionic2 Alpha

Just to clear some things up. The package called ionic on npm is for the Command Line Interface (CLI). So when you run npm install -g ionic@alpha you are updating the CLI which allows you to type commands such as ionic serve and ionic info. The package called ionic-framework is what holds the source code for Ionic 2 and allows you to use Ionic components in your app. That can be found here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ionic-framework Normally when you want to add a package to a project you w…

We’re working on making this process easier.