Andrew McGivery's tutorial provides a straightforward guide to quickly creating a basic "Hello World" app using Ionic 2, aimed at developers with web development experience. The process involves installing the Ionic 2 CLI via Node.js, creating a new app with the command `ionic start helloWorld blank --v2 --ts`, and modifying the default template files to display personalized content. He explains how to change the `ion-title` and `ion-content` in the HTML template and bind a `name` variable from the TypeScript component to personalize the greeting. Finally, the app can be previewed in a web browser using the `ionic serve` command, demonstrating how developers can have the essential components of an app ready in under ten minutes.