What's included:

• jade as templating language (or use html, if don't care)
• sass for style management (with ready-to-go Ionic styles override)
• js-data for data management (let's give it a try instead of Restangular, which is great too)
• imgcache.js and wrapper service to cache loaded images (Google Chrome or Cordova only)
• environment management (check env app/env dir)
• font preloading

Plugins you will need to run app on device:

• com.ionic.keyboard
• org.apache.cordova.console
• org.apache.cordova.device
• org.apache.cordova.file
• org.apache.cordova.file-transfer
• org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser

To get started run

$ npm install      
$ ./dev-server  

Will start development server with live reload on localhost:5000

To build app run

gulp webpack:build

App will be built into www folder, then you can package ionic app.

You can choose environment to build using --env key

gulp webpack:build --env=production

Environment other than development will build minified project using ngAnnotate.
Fonts preloading also enables in non-development environments.