The Ionic Dev Newsletter - March 2018

Exciting updates from the Ionic team! Hey Ionites! Here’s a rundown of all the fun stuff happening at Ionic this month. [Announcing Capacitor 1.0.0 Alpha]( We’re incredibly excited to announce the alpha release of a major new open source project: Capacitor. Capacitor aims to build a better Native runtime for the future of Ionic apps running everywhere: iOS, Android, Electron, and on the web as a Progressive Web App. Capacitor is a replacement for Cordova with backwards compatible support for Cordova plugins. Capacitor offers a consistent API that handles operations on the underlying platform in a portable, cross-platform way. That means one app built with Capacitor will work no matter where it runs. Check out [Max’s blog]( for the full story. Open source updates [What’s the issue with issues?]( Mike Hartington talks about managing issues on GitHub, and provides an update on in the next major release of Ionic Framework. [Improved perceived performance with skeleton screens]( Don’t worry, skeleton screens aren’t that scary! Justin Willis shows you how easy they can be to implement, and why you should consider them to boost perceived performance. [Improvements to the Ionic PWA Toolkit]( We all like beautiful navigation transitions right? We recently updated the Ionic PWA Toolkit to use the new ion-router component coming in Ionic v4 which includes, drumroll please, the navigation transitions that you know and love from Ionic! [Ionic CLI RC is Out!]( The RC for our next major version of the CLI is out and we’re looking for feedback from the community. Give it a try and let us know what you think! Product updates [Using Ionic Deploy to beta test new features]( Ionic Deploy let’s you push updates to your users instantly. But that’s only one part of the story. Check out Matt’s blog to see how Deploy can help you choose who sees what version of your app, making it easy to test out new features or split test feature variations with subsets of users. [Matt Kremer outlines the latest updates and goodies in Ionic Pro]( Get the full rundown on what’s new in Pro and how the latest updates can boost your app development. [GitHub integration has launched for Ionic Pro]( You can now pull in code updates directly from your GitHub repository instead of using Ionic’s repository. Go to your apps settings page to set this up! [Git Submodules are now officially supported in Ionic Pro]( If you were having issues with submodules building in Ionic Pro, they are now supported out of the box without any extra effort on your part. Built with Ionic [Ryan Hanna talks about how Ionic has helped fuel Sworkit’s growth]( Ryan and the Sworkit team recently visited Ionic HQ in Madison. Ryan shared his thoughts on why Ionic is the right fit for Sworkit. 💪 Community news & events Headed to ngConf in April? Help us plan an Ionic social meetup with [this brief survey]( Hear members of the Ionic Utah MeetUp group [talk about their use of Ionic Pro]( Catch Ionic CEO Max [teasing]( the big performance improvements in the upcoming Framework release Josh Morony shared [what to expect when Ionic 4 is released]( - also, be sure to navigate your way to [this gem]( from Josh Building apps with Ionic and Salesforce? [Check out Brett Nelson’s blog]( Hear Mike Hartington talk about cross-platform development on [The Web Platform podcast]( Featured MeetUp [Ionic Zurich]( Join host David and the Zurich MeetUp group for an intro to Capacitor [on 5 April]( 🙌 💙 The Ionic Team You're receiving these emails because you signed up on [ionicframework.com](. Click here to [unsubscribe](. Ionic 121 S. Pinckney St. Ste. 300 Madison, WI 53703