Ionic 3 updates

Now, we will take a look at a few key updates to Ionic 3.

TypeScript update

For the Ionic 3 release, the Ionic team has updated the version of TypeScript to the latest version. The latest version of TypeScript has enhanced build times and type checking among other things. For a complete list of TypeScript updates, refer to the TypeScript 2.2 release notes at: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-2.html.

Ionic Page decorator

Ionic Page decorator helps implement deep linking better. If you remember our navigation example from Chapter 4, Ionic Decorators and Services, we have referred to actual class names while pushing and popping pages using the Nav Controller.

I am referring to example9/src/pages/home/home.ts here:

import { Component } from '@angular/core'; 
import { NavController } from 'ionic-angular'; 
import { AboutPage } from '../about/about'; 

@Component({ 
  selector: 'page-home', 
  templateUrl: 'home.html' 
}) 
export class HomePage...