[aerogear-dev] Ionic Deploy Demo (hot/remote application updates)

[Evan Shortiss]

Hi folks,

This is a neat demo[1] of the Ionic Deploy feature that supports. Some
points and thoughts on it:

   - Facilitates updating the HTML, CSS, and JS of a Cordova application
   - Probably works best with Cordova applications built using Ionic's tools
   - Requires a Cordova plugin to fetch updates
   - Can store X versions in history on device for rollback
   - Supports "channels" so you can enrol beta testers by subscribing their
   application to the "beta" instead of "production" channel
   - Requires you to push code to their Git remote, but according to a
   webinar they will add webhook support
   - Can be configured remotely to behave in 3 different patterns:
      - Always check for and download updates on the splashscreen
      - Check in the background and apply next time application is launched
      - Allow developers to define strategy themselves in JS code


It's a paid for feature as part of their Ionic Pro platform. I haven't used
the Pro platform yet, but looks like it will have/has some features similar
to Firebase, e.g static hosting, crash reporting, remote testing and more.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7PC3O4q1ug

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