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Username Availability with an Asynchronous Validator in Angular

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In this tutorial, I am going to focus on how to make a real request to a server for validation in an Angular form field.

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Uploading a Production PWA with Ionic

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In this video tutorial, we cover how to create a production version of a progressive web application built with Ionic.

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Bulk Delete UI with CSS Clip-Path in Ionic

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In this tutorial, we are going to walk through building this clip-path based bulk delete interface for Ionic.

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The Bare Necessities: Progressive Web Apps in Ionic

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In this tutorial, we tackle setting up the bare necessities of PWAs with an example Ionic application.

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Safely Modifying Elements with ElementRef & Renderer in Ionic

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In this video tutorial, we look at how to update DOM elements in a platform agnostic way with Angular's Renderer.

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Launching a Progressive Web App (PWA) with Ionic

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In this article, I recap some thoughts that I had whilst launching a production PWA application with Ionic.

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Setting up Custom Components in Ionic

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In this video, we discuss a few different methods that we can use to set up custom components in an Ionic application.

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Integrating a Backend with Ionic

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Ionic does not integrate directly with your backend. In order to enable Ionic to integrate with a backend, your backend will need to implement an API.

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Including Custom CSS Files in the Ionic Build Process

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In this tutorial, we take a look at how to include custom CSS files as part of the Ionic build process with a custom SASS configuration.

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Add to Cart with the Web Animations API in Ionic

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In this tutorial, we use the Web Animations API in Ionic to build an add to cart animation.

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Animating from the Void: Enter and Exit Animations in Ionic

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In this tutorial, we will be discussing how we can use the special void state to create entry and exit animations.

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Case Study: A Complex CouchDB/PouchDB Application in Ionic

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In this article, I am going to dive a little deeper into how the CouchDB/PouchDB integration is able to achieve the core goals of Elite Ionic

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High Performance Animations in Ionic

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In this video tutorial, we take a look at how animating different CSS properties can have a drastic impact on performance.

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Creating a Facebook Style Reaction Button in Ionic

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In this tutorial, we are going to create a simplified version of the Facebook reactions button in Ionic.

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What Is Stencil and How Will It Impact Ionic?

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If you would like a little more information about Stencil, I had the chance to ask Ionic's Justin Willis a few questions to help explain things a little.

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Learning Vue for Ionic/Angular Developers – Part 1

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In this series, we learn how to use the Vue framework to build Ionic applications.

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Advanced Guide to the Ionic Framework

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This article contains a list of curated articles for Ionic developers that want to start learning more advanced concepts.

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Learning Vue for Ionic/Angular Developers – Part 2

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In this tutorial, we are going to start by covering the absolute basics of routing/navigation in Vue, and then we are going to look at how to navigate through an Ionic application using Vue.

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Using Observables in Ionic 3.9.x and Angular 5

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In this article, we are going to take a look at one of the more significant changes in Angular 5 which is an update to RxJS and Observables.

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Building a Cryptocurrency Price Tracker PWA in Ionic

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In this tutorial series, we cover building a progressive web application with Ionic and hosting it using Firebase hosting.

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Integrating an Ionic Application with a NodeJS Backend

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In this tutorial, I am going to start by giving a very bare bones introduction to what a basic NodeJS server might look like

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Learning Vue for Ionic/Angular Developers – Part 3

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In this tutorial, we are going to look at how to create "services" or "providers" in Vue that pull in some data via an HTTP request.

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Communicating Between an Ionic Application and a NodeJS Backend

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In this tutorial, we are going to take a deeper look at how an Ionic application and a NodeJS server can communicate back and forth.

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Adding ES6/TypeScript Support to a NodeJS Server

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In this tutorial, we are going to convert an existing Node/Express server to be able to use ES6/TypeScript syntax for development.

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Hosting an Ionic PWA with Firebase Hosting

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In this tutorial, we are going to walk through how to host an Ionic PWA using Firebase Hosting.