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= Cordova a.k.a. PhoneGap =
 * Cordova is a mobile develepment framework, builing a mobile app with web technologies (js + html + css) and then deploying to multiple platforms.

== Notes on starting a Cordova project ==
=== Ubuntu/Linux, environment ===
   1. npm - javascript environment node.js {{{ sudo apt-get install npm }}}
   1. cordova {{{ npm install -g cordova }}} 
      * Doing this as normal user gave some errors,  created dir and gave user right. {{{ sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/node_modules }}}
   1. java environment 
      {{{
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
sudo apt-get install default-jre
sudo apt-get install  default-jdk
      }}}
   1. android build environment. download from google  android-sdk_r24.0.2-linux.tgz  (134M)
      * BIT VAGUE, needed to launch and download android versions 19/22 ???
   1. npm install -g ionic 
      *  sudo chown -R pes.pes /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic
      *  sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm

=== New Project ===
   1. ionic start kyr2015 blank
      * Output
        {{{
            Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip 
            Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-blank/archive/master.zip
        }}}
      * ionic platform add android
      * ionic --help
      * ionic serve #Dev in browser

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