The Ionic team has released version 2.0 of its JavaScript framework, bringing with it new components, features, and tools, including a new native plugin system.
In the blog post Announcing Ionic 2.0.0 Final , Ionic co-founder Max Lynch describes how the Ionic team worked closely with the Angular team „to build the next generation of Ionic Framework“ on top of Angular 2. While Lynch says it was „rough going“ at points, the decisions of the development team along the way have been vindicated, with Ionic apps benefiting from a significantly faster Angular 2, giving them an „inherent performance improvement out of the box. “
Among the most significant of the improvements in version 2.0 of Ionic is built-in error handling and debugging features.
Ionic 2’s first RC release had a new build toolchain called App Scripts for building, testing, and running apps. With the final release, new error handling and debugging features are built in to the application. Lynch says: When a compile error is introduced while developing, using the ionic serve command, details of the error will be shown directly in your browser window.
