Next Steps

Attaching a Back-end

To attach a back-end to the this front-end template, you have several options to choose from

1. Firebase back-end
2. NodeJS back-end
3. Django back-end
4. Ruby on Rails back-end

If you are unsure about any feature or implementation, feel free to contact us at support@enappd.com for any query. Here, we are sharing two most popular back-ends used with Ionic. You can use these resources to create your own back-end and attach to your app. After this, you can release the apps to Play store and App Store.

1. Firebase back-end

Following blogs and tutorials will help you to attach Firebase in your app and explore various features available in Firebase as well.

Overview

• Overview – Firebase with Ionic 4
• Basic Firebase integration in Ionic 4

Authentication

• Google login with Firebase
• Facebook login with Firebase
• Twitter login with Firebase
• Anonymous login with Firebase
• Basic email auth in Firebase

Database

• Firebase Database connection and CRUD operation
• Firebase cloud functions

Other Services

• Push notifications
• Push notification from Firebase console
• Stripe Payment gateway in Ionic 4 using Firebase

2. NodeJS Back-end

Basics, REST API and CRUD

• Setting up a nodeJS server on Ubuntu
• NodeJS Server using NestJS – Nest.js is a new framework to organize nodeJS back-ends
• Create basic REST APIs with nodeJS
• Basic CRUD Ionic app with NodeJS backend

Authentication

• JWT Authentication in Ionic apps using NodeJS
• Ionic 4 JWT Authentication

Other services 

• Push notification in Ionic 4 using NodeJS
• Ionic 4 Chat with nodeJS / Socket.io

Sample

• Basic Ionic 4 To-Do app with CRUD

Publishing apps on app stores

Once you have integrated your Ionic 4 app with a suitable back-end, you are now ready to deploy your apps to Play Store (Android) and App Store (iOS). If you are unsure about how to publish your apps to stores, feel free to contact us at support@enappd.com for any query.

• Publish Ionic 4 apps to Play store and App store