In collaboration with Microsoft, Ionic has introduced templates for Visual Studio, enhancing the development experience for Windows developers building hybrid mobile apps. These templates, available since May 2015, facilitate the integration of fast UI and AngularJS into Cordova apps, making Visual Studio a preferred environment for Ionic development due to features like automatic dependency installation and efficient debugging with Ripple. The availability of these templates aims to provide first-class support for Cordova and Ionic apps, encouraging developers to utilize the free Community Edition of Visual Studio. Ionic plans to expand the variety of templates and invites feedback from the developer community to improve offerings.