diff --git a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/package.json b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/package.json
index 448023b79c..bc9bdee8ca 100644
--- a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/package.json
+++ b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular2": "2.0.0-alpha.39",
+    "angular2": "2.0.0-alpha.40",
     "systemjs": "0.19.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.ts b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.ts
index 1afe194583..4bf8b814d5 100644
--- a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.ts
+++ b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // #docregion
-import {Component, View, bootstrap} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, View, bootstrap} from 'angular2/core';
 
-@Component({selector: 'my-app'})
-@View({template: '<h1>My First Angular 2 App</h1>'})
+@Component({
+	selector: 'my-app',
+	template: '<h1>My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
+})
 class AppComponent { }
 
 bootstrap(AppComponent);
diff --git a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app/app.ts b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app/app.ts
index 1afe194583..4bf8b814d5 100644
--- a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/app/app.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // #docregion
-import {Component, View, bootstrap} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, View, bootstrap} from 'angular2/core';
 
-@Component({selector: 'my-app'})
-@View({template: '<h1>My First Angular 2 App</h1>'})
+@Component({
+	selector: 'my-app',
+	template: '<h1>My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
+})
 class AppComponent { }
 
 bootstrap(AppComponent);
diff --git a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/index.1.html b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/index.1.html
index 4efb2fad9a..a5ff3ccdb3 100644
--- a/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/index.1.html
+++ b/public/docs/_examples/gettingstarted/ts/src/index.1.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <title>Getting Started</title>
     <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/tools/system.js"></script>
     <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/tools/typescript.js"></script>
-    <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-alpha.39/angular2.dev.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-alpha.40/angular2.dev.js"></script>
     <script>
       System.config({
         transpiler: 'typescript',
diff --git a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/gettingStarted.jade b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/gettingStarted.jade
index b09db67be6..595b9dab89 100644
--- a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/gettingStarted.jade
+++ b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/gettingStarted.jade
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ include ../../../../_includes/_util-fns
       in the transpiled JavaScript and responds appropriately.
   :markdown
     `@Component` tells Angular that this class *is an Angular component*.
-    The configuration object passed to the `@Component` method
-    specifies a CSS selector for an HTML element named `my-app`.
-    When Angular sees `my-app`, it will know to
-    create and display an instance of our component.
+    The configuration object passed to the `@Component` method has two
+    field, a `selector` and a `template`.
 
-    `@View` is another decoration that describes how our
-    component renders on the screen. This one is dead simple,
-    a single line of HTML announcing "My First Angular App".
+    The `selector` specifies a CSS selector for a custom HTML element named `my-app`.
+    Angular creates and displays an instance of our `AppComponent`
+    wherever it encounters a `my-app` element.
 
-    The `bootstrap` line tells Angular to start the application with this
+    The `template` field is the component's companion template
+    that tells Angular how to render a view.
+    Our template is a single line of HTML announcing "My First Angular App".
+
+    The `bootstrap` method tells Angular to start the application with this
     component at the application root.
     We'd be correct to guess that someday our application will
     consist of more components arising in tree-like fashion from this root.
@@ -350,18 +352,32 @@ include ../../../../_includes/_util-fns
     **Change to the `src` folder and create a `tsconfig.json`** file with the following content:
   +makeJson('gettingstarted/ts/src/tsconfig.json', null, 'tsconfig.json')
 
+  .alert.is-helpful
+    :markdown
+      When the `noImplicitAny` flag is `true`, the compiler demands that we supply type information
+      unless the compiler can infer the type. It won't allow an identifier to default to the `any` type.
+      This setting is a preference, not a mandate.
+
+      Many of us prefer `noImplicitAny` because we want the TypeScript compiler to enforce type-safety vigorously.
+      That's one of the reasons we are writing our app in TypeScript.
+      Other people set this flag to `false` because they prefer more relaxed type checking.
+      Folks new to TypeScript are sometimes overwhelmed by the rigor;
+      they too may set the flag to `false` .. while they learn.
+
+.l-main-section
   :markdown
+    ## Final structure
     Our final project folder structure should look like this:
     ```
     angular2-getting-started
     ├── node_modules
     ├── src
-    │   ├── app
-    |   │   └── app.ts
-    │   ├── typings
-    │   │   └──tsd.d.ts
-    │   ├── index.html
-    │   └── tsconfig.json
+    │    ├── app
+    |    │    └── app.ts
+    │    ├── typings
+    │    │    └──tsd.d.ts
+    │    ├── index.html
+    │    └── tsconfig.json
     └── package.json
     ```
 
diff --git a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade
index 2671b34a58..f6280732dd 100644
--- a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade
+++ b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@
 
       @Component({
         selector: 'todo-list'
-      })
-      @View({
         template: `
           &lt;ul&gt;
             &lt;li *ngfor="#todo of todos"&gt;