6 reasons why you should build your next app using Ionic:

1. Ionic Framework Doesn’t Cost Anything
   These days, everyone can build their applications as long as they have access to an internet connection, a PC and a license to use a framework. That is why most of the developers don’t get the opportunity to get started and provide something that might change our world. As you’re probably concerned yourself, using most of the frameworks require a budget of $1000 or more. But Ionic is completely free and it can help you to get started and build the application of your desires.
2. It’s Open Source
   Stability is a big concern when “open source” is mentioned. They can be unstable and that’s why people worry about open source projects. They fear they’re going to be abandoned. So, instead, they spend a lot of money on other frameworks. We’re not trying to question other frameworks in this article but instead, we’re trying to show you the benefits of Ionic Framework. Probably one of the key benefits is stability.
   
3. Ionic is Built on AngularJS
   There are so many reasons why it’s a good thing and we’ll mention a few here:
   • AngularJS is one of the most powerful frameworks to build web-applications
   • It lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application's components
   • AngularJS data-binding is an automatic way of updating the view whenever the model changes, as well as updating the model whenever the view changes.
   • You can contact AngularJS developer community to get help and support with problems you’re having while building your Ionic App (This might be helpful to a lot of people)
   • Even if you don’t know AngularJS, you will learn so much about it while using Ionic, and then you’ll even be able to use it to build web applications.
4. Ionic Has a Beautiful Customizable Default UI
   Ionic has some default JavaScript components as well as CSS components which will provide most of the basic things you require to build a mobile application, which includes Ionic components like sliding menu, Form Inputs, Lists, Buttons, tabs, and much more.
5. Cordova Plugins
   Cordova Plugins are a big part of the magic of Ionic app development. A plugin is a bit of add-on code that provides JavaScript interface to the phone’s native components. They allow your app to use native device capabilities beyond what is available to pure web apps. Using Cordova plugins you app can have access to Battery, Camera, Dialogs, Geolocation, and more, which are generally available across all supported platforms.
6. Ionic Community is so Active
   We all need to admit that when it comes to community of all sorts, we want them to be active and be big. We can truly say that Ionic has the biggest community, they’re so active and have some great bloggers. Ionic team members are very active on social media and are easy to get in touch with, this includes their founders as well! A lot of members also hang out in Ionic Slack channel.