Full-Stack TypeScript with Ionic, Angular, NestJS

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Ely Lucas published series of articles focusing on developing with TypeScript and explained benefits of using TypeScript on both the client and server, shared an introduction to NestJS. Following this series you will insights how to build a simple app.

TypeScript is a powerful language that is a superset of JavaScript, with some additional features added to help build out large scale applications.

Beyond type checking, TypeScript also helps you speed up your development by providing code completion and refactoring, as well as letting you use modern JavaScript language features that might not be available in all browsers yet.

NestJS (just Nest from here on out), is a Node framework meant to build server-side applications. Not only is it a framework, but it is also a platform to meet many backend application needs, like writing APIs, building microservices, or doing real-time communications through web sockets.

Ionic Framework is an open source UI toolkit for building performant, high-quality mobile and desktop apps using web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)

In the article you will get all the needed info for:

  • Getting started with Ionic and Angular
  • The Nest Project Structure
  • Your First Nest Service and Controller
  • Create GoSpaceRanger Ionic App

Well written article for anybody interesting in Javascript and Ionic, with link to part 2 which brings TypeORM to the project. Nice one!

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