Ionic and AngularJS

Rich McLaughlin is a senior front-end developer at Vertafore. He also writes for AirPair as a Resident Author. In his free time he likes to code, play video games, and shred on his guitar.
Ionic is a framework for building cross-platform mobile apps with web technologies. Buzzwords aside, if you are comfortable with web development, especially AngularJS, you can get started with Ionic very quickly. We'll take a look at how to start and test apps natively and instantly using Ionic View. We'll live-code a simple app and deploy a test build, so be sure to bring your iOS or Android device!