Local development with Ionic serve

During the development process we need continuous testing. With Hybrid development you have the advantage that you can test your application in multiple ways:

• In desktop browsers
• iOS/Android simulators
• Mobile browsers
• Installing as a Native application

So for development purposes, testing in a desktop browser is the quickest and easiest. Many moving parts can be tested on desktop browsers. For running on desktop browsers, the Ionic CLI provides a command for it:

    $ ionic serve [options]
$ ionic serve --lab