The Ionic Dev Newsletter - April 2018

Exciting updates from the Ionic team! Hey Ionites! It’s still April, right?😇 Here’s all the news you need to know this month. Open Source Updates ionic/angular 4.0 Update We’ve been hard at work finishing the 4.0 release of ionic/angular. In preparation, we’ve been working with community members to get them upgrade to 4.0 and get their feedback. Our very own Max Lynch has been [sharing his thoughts on the upgrade]( and why this is an awesome change for Angular developers. If you’d like to help up test the latest release, please reach out to [Mike Hartington]( or [Justin Willis](. LTS At Last! A common request we’ve heard from our community is have some sort of Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ionic. We’ve heard you, and we’re making 4.0 our first LTS of Ionic Framework ever! Learn more in our [latest blog about LTS and Ionic release schedules](. What even is a PWA? Still not sure what a Progressive Web App is or how you can benefit from shipping one? We’ve [released an awesome article]( all about them and how you can start building one right now. Product Updates Building iOS and Android binaries with Ionic Package Matt Kremer showed Ionic Pro users how to get the most out of Ionic Package in part 1 of our 2 part package webinar training.You can view the recorded version [here](. Community News & Events Come join us this summer in Catalonia for [JavaScript Camp]( Members of the Ionic team and Ionic community will be attending and we’ll be hosting an Ionic Workshop as well. We hope to see you there and take part in this awesome community event! Ionic was very happy to join in on another [great NGConf this year]( Thanks to everyone who came by the booth to talk all things Ionic and pick up some swag. We look forward to joining again next year. [Ionic Madrid]( had their first meetup and [Manu Almeida]( and [Julio Cesar]( from [Ionic joined as Q&A panelists!]( Have some really longs lists in your app that are scrolling a bit laggy? If so check out [Simon Grimm's]( latest blog post on boosting your list scroll performance using [Ionic infinite scroll and virtual scroll.]( [Jorge Vergara]( recently released an update to his “Master Firestore for Ionic apps” book. This update brought everything up to the latest versions. Check it out if you are interested in using [Firestore in your Ionic app!]( We’ve been working on a new native-bridge alternative to Cordova called [Capacitor]( (currently in alpha), and Joshua Morony has been covering the new project with some great tutorials, including how to [Build and Deploy iOS apps with Capacitor]( and an [Early Look at Capacitor](. Take a look if you want to learn more about the future of how Ionic apps will interact with Native SDKs! 💙 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