Storing data inside database with ionic v2

Hello everyone,

I am currently trying to understand how to store the data of my app (e.g user data) with a database. I need this data to be persistent because its going to be used later on.

I have seen that there is this SQLite plugin (https://github.com/litehelpers/Cordova-sqlite-storage), however I think I don't understand some basics about storing data in a database in Ionic v2.

I already started to write a little provider with functions that should create a database and a table for me. Where should I call this function for the first time? Is it meant to be inside the constructor of my provider like in this example?

constructor(public http: Http, private platform: Platform, private sqlite: SQLite) {
	this.platform.ready()
		.then( () => {
			this.createDB()
				.then( () => {
					this.initTables();
				})
		})
}

createDB(): Promise<any>{
	return new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
		try {
			this.database.create({name: 'data.db', location: 'default'})
				.then( (db: SQLiteObject) => {
					this.database = db;
				})
		} catch (err) {
			reject( {err: err} );
		}
	})
}

initTables(){
	this.platform.ready().then( () => {
		this.database.transaction( (tx: any) => {
			tx.executeSql('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS User(id INT NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL)');
		})
			.then( () => { console.log('Created User table') })
			.catch(err => {
            	console.error('Unable to create initial storage tables', err.tx, err.err);
        	});
	});
}

Also what I would like to know is if this example code is in general the correct way of doing it? If it is not, could you maybe provide me a little example on how to do it properly?

Thanks in advance