In 2015, Ionic experienced significant growth and development, marking it as a transformative year for the open-source mobile app framework. The company launched the first version of Ionic 1.0 and initiated work on Ionic 2, boosting its presence with official Visual Studio templates and new partnerships such as with IBM for enterprise app development. The Ionic community saw remarkable engagement, with a 300% increase in apps built using the SDK, widespread adoption of Ionic books and online courses, and a doubling of GitHub stars. Additionally, the Ionic Platform was introduced, offering backend services like push notifications and user management, despite being in its alpha phase. The year also saw the release of Ionic Creator for prototyping mobile apps without coding and the launch of the Ionic Market for templates and plugins. These efforts emphasized enhancing the mobile web's capability to compete with native apps, underscoring Ionic's commitment to promoting open web standards. As 2016 approached, Ionic aimed to expand its focus on the mobile web, leveraging advancements in browser technology and frameworks like Angular 2 to improve app development accessibility and user experience.