diff --git a/modules/angular2/change_detection.js b/modules/angular2/change_detection.js
index a2beb5df26..f8555f9dd3 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/change_detection.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/change_detection.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-export {AST} from './src/change_detection/parser/ast';
+export {
+  ASTWithSource, AST, AstTransformer, AccessMember, LiteralArray, ImplicitReceiver
+} from './src/change_detection/parser/ast';
 export {Lexer} from './src/change_detection/parser/lexer';
 export {Parser} from './src/change_detection/parser/parser';
 export {Locals}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/ast.js b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/ast.js
index db8cde892e..c2541cec32 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/ast.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/ast.js
@@ -446,6 +446,72 @@ export class AstVisitor {
   visitPrefixNot(ast:PrefixNot) {}
 }
 
+export class AstTransformer {
+  visitImplicitReceiver(ast:ImplicitReceiver) {
+    return new ImplicitReceiver();
+  }
+
+  visitInterpolation(ast:Interpolation) {
+    return new Interpolation(ast.strings, this.visitAll(ast.expressions));
+  }
+
+  visitLiteralPrimitive(ast:LiteralPrimitive) {
+    return new LiteralPrimitive(ast.value);
+  }
+
+  visitAccessMember(ast:AccessMember) {
+    return new AccessMember(ast.receiver.visit(this), ast.name, ast.getter, ast.setter);
+  }
+
+  visitMethodCall(ast:MethodCall) {
+    return new MethodCall(ast.receiver.visit(this), ast.name, ast.fn, this.visitAll(ast.args));
+  }
+
+  visitFunctionCall(ast:FunctionCall) {
+    return new FunctionCall(ast.target.visit(this), this.visitAll(ast.args));
+  }
+
+  visitLiteralArray(ast:LiteralArray) {
+    return new LiteralArray(this.visitAll(ast.expressions));
+  }
+
+  visitLiteralMap(ast:LiteralMap) {
+    return new LiteralMap(ast.keys, this.visitAll(ast.values));
+  }
+
+  visitBinary(ast:Binary) {
+    return new Binary(ast.operation, ast.left.visit(this), ast.right.visit(this));
+  }
+
+  visitPrefixNot(ast:PrefixNot) {
+    return new PrefixNot(ast.expression.visit(this));
+  }
+
+  visitConditional(ast:Conditional) {
+    return new Conditional(
+      ast.condition.visit(this),
+      ast.trueExp.visit(this),
+      ast.falseExp.visit(this)
+    );
+  }
+
+  visitPipe(ast:Pipe) {
+    return new Pipe(ast.exp.visit(this), ast.name, this.visitAll(ast.args), ast.inBinding);
+  }
+
+  visitKeyedAccess(ast:KeyedAccess) {
+    return new KeyedAccess(ast.obj.visit(this), ast.key.visit(this));
+  }
+
+  visitAll(asts:List) {
+    var res = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(asts.length);
+    for (var i = 0; i < asts.length; ++i) {
+      res[i] = asts[i].visit(this);
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+}
+
 var _evalListCache = [[],[0],[0,0],[0,0,0],[0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0],
   [0,0,0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
   [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]];
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdd1e3ded2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {List, Map} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {ASTWithSource} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+/**
+ * General notes:
+ * We are already parsing expressions on the render side:
+ * - this makes the ElementBinders more compact
+ *   (e.g. no need to distinguish interpolations from regular expressions from literals)
+ * - allows to retrieve which properties should be accessed from the event
+ *   by looking at the expression
+ * - we need the parse at least for the `template` attribute to match
+ *   directives in it
+ * - render compiler is not on the critical path as
+ *   its output will be stored in precompiled templates.
+ */
+export class ElementBinder {
+  index:number;
+  parentIndex:number;
+  distanceToParent:number;
+  parentWithDirectivesIndex:number;
+  distanceToParentWithDirectives:number;
+  directives:List<DirectiveBinder>;
+  nestedProtoView:ProtoView;
+  propertyBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  variableBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  // Note: this contains a preprocessed AST
+  // that replaced the values that should be extracted from the element
+  // with a local name
+  eventBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  textBindings: List<ASTWithSource>;
+
+  constructor({
+    index, parentIndex, distanceToParent, parentWithDirectivesIndex,
+    distanceToParentWithDirectives, directives, nestedProtoView,
+    propertyBindings, variableBindings,
+    eventBindings, textBindings
+  }) {
+    this.index = index;
+    this.parentIndex = parentIndex;
+    this.distanceToParent = distanceToParent;
+    this.parentWithDirectivesIndex = parentWithDirectivesIndex;
+    this.distanceToParentWithDirectives = distanceToParentWithDirectives;
+    this.directives = directives;
+    this.nestedProtoView = nestedProtoView;
+    this.propertyBindings = propertyBindings;
+    this.variableBindings = variableBindings;
+    this.eventBindings = eventBindings;
+    this.textBindings = textBindings;
+  }
+}
+
+export class DirectiveBinder {
+  // Index into the array of directives in the Template instance
+  directiveIndex:any;
+  propertyBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  // Note: this contains a preprocessed AST
+  // that replaced the values that should be extracted from the element
+  // with a local name
+  eventBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  constructor({
+    directiveIndex, propertyBindings, eventBindings
+  }) {
+    this.directiveIndex = directiveIndex;
+    this.propertyBindings = propertyBindings;
+    this.eventBindings = eventBindings;
+  }
+}
+
+export class ProtoView {
+  render: ProtoViewRef;
+  elementBinders:List<ElementBinder>;
+  variableBindings: Map<string, string>;
+
+  constructor({render, elementBinders, variableBindings}) {
+    this.render = render;
+    this.elementBinders = elementBinders;
+    this.variableBindings = variableBindings;
+  }
+}
+
+export class DirectiveMetadata {
+  static get DECORATOR_TYPE() { return 0; }
+  static get COMPONENT_TYPE() { return 1; }
+  static get VIEWPORT_TYPE() { return 2; }
+  id:any;
+  selector:string;
+  compileChildren:boolean;
+  events:Map<string, string>;
+  bind:Map<string, string>;
+  setters:List<string>;
+  type:number;
+  constructor({id, selector, compileChildren, events, bind, setters, type}) {
+    this.id = id;
+    this.selector = selector;
+    this.compileChildren = isPresent(compileChildren) ? compileChildren : true;
+    this.events = events;
+    this.bind = bind;
+    this.setters = setters;
+    this.type = type;
+  }
+}
+
+// An opaque reference to a ProtoView
+export class ProtoViewRef {}
+
+// An opaque reference to a View
+export class ViewRef {}
+
+export class ViewContainerRef {
+  view:ViewRef;
+  elementIndex:number;
+  constructor(view:ViewRef, elementIndex: number) {
+    this.view = view;
+    this.elementIndex = elementIndex;
+  }
+}
+
+export class Template {
+  componentId: string;
+  absUrl: string;
+  inline: string;
+  directives: List<DirectiveMetadata>;
+
+  constructor({componentId, absUrl, inline, directives}) {
+    this.componentId = componentId;
+    this.absUrl = absUrl;
+    this.inline = inline;
+    this.directives = directives;
+  }
+}
+
+export class Renderer {
+  /**
+   * Compiles a single ProtoView. Non recursive so that
+   * we don't need to serialize all possible components over the wire,
+   * but only the needed ones based on previous calls.
+   */
+  compile(template:Template):Promise<ProtoView> { return null; }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new ProtoView with preset nested components,
+   * which will be instantiated when this protoView is instantiated.
+   * @param {List<ProtoViewRef>} protoViewRefs
+   *    ProtoView for every element with a component in this protoView or in a view container's protoView
+   * @return {List<ProtoViewRef>}
+   *    new ProtoViewRef for the given protoView and all of its view container's protoViews
+   */
+  mergeChildComponentProtoViews(protoViewRef:ProtoViewRef, protoViewRefs:List<ProtoViewRef>):List<ProtoViewRef> { return null; }
+
+  /**
+   * Creats a ProtoView that will create a root view for the given element,
+   * i.e. it will not clone the element but only attach other proto views to it.
+   */
+  createRootProtoView(selectorOrElement):ProtoViewRef { return null; }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a view and all of its nested child components.
+   * @return {List<ViewRef>} depth first list of nested child components
+   */
+  createView(protoView:ProtoViewRef):List<ViewRef> { return null; }
+
+  /**
+   * Destroys a view and returns it back into the pool.
+   */
+  destroyView(view:ViewRef):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * Inserts a detached view into a viewContainer.
+   */
+  insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef:ViewContainerRef, view:ViewRef, atIndex):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * Detaches a view from a container so that it can be inserted later on
+   * Note: We are not return the ViewRef as this can't be done in sync,
+   * so we assume that the caller knows which view is in which spot...
+   */
+  detachViewFromContainer(vcRef:ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a property on an element.
+   * Note: This will fail if the property was not mentioned previously as a propertySetter
+   * in the Template.
+   */
+  setElementProperty(view:ViewRef, elementIndex:number, propertyName:string, propertyValue:any):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * Installs a nested component in another view.
+   * Note: only allowed if there is a dynamic component directive
+   */
+  setDynamicComponentView(view:ViewRef, elementIndex:number, nestedViewRef:ViewRef):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * This will set the value for a text node.
+   * Note: This needs to be separate from setElementProperty as we don't have ElementBinders
+   * for text nodes in the ProtoView either.
+   */
+  setText(view:ViewRef, textNodeIndex:number, text:string):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the dispatcher for all events that have been defined in the template or in directives
+   * in the given view.
+   */
+  setEventDispatcher(viewRef:ViewRef, dispatcher:EventDispatcher):void {}
+
+  /**
+   * To be called at the end of the VmTurn so the API can buffer calls
+   */
+  flush():void {}
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * A dispatcher for all events happening in a view.
+ */
+export class EventDispatcher {
+  /**
+   * Called when an event was triggered for a on-* attribute on an element.
+   * @param {List<any>} locals Locals to be used to evaluate the
+   *   event expressions
+   */
+  dispatchEvent(
+    elementIndex:number, eventName:string, locals:List<any>
+  ):void {}
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89faa46e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import {isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+
+/**
+ * Controls the processing order of elements.
+ * Right now it only allows to add a parent element.
+ */
+export class CompileControl {
+  _steps:List<CompileStep>;
+  _currentStepIndex:number;
+  _parent:CompileElement;
+  _results;
+  _additionalChildren;
+  constructor(steps) {
+    this._steps = steps;
+    this._currentStepIndex = 0;
+    this._parent = null;
+    this._results = null;
+    this._additionalChildren = null;
+  }
+
+  // only public so that it can be used by compile_pipeline
+  internalProcess(results, startStepIndex, parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement) {
+    this._results = results;
+    var previousStepIndex = this._currentStepIndex;
+    var previousParent = this._parent;
+
+    for (var i=startStepIndex; i<this._steps.length; i++) {
+      var step = this._steps[i];
+      this._parent = parent;
+      this._currentStepIndex = i;
+      step.process(parent, current, this);
+      parent = this._parent;
+    }
+    ListWrapper.push(results, current);
+
+    this._currentStepIndex = previousStepIndex;
+    this._parent = previousParent;
+
+    var localAdditionalChildren = this._additionalChildren;
+    this._additionalChildren = null;
+    return localAdditionalChildren;
+  }
+
+  addParent(newElement:CompileElement) {
+    this.internalProcess(this._results, this._currentStepIndex+1, this._parent, newElement);
+    this._parent = newElement;
+  }
+
+  addChild(element:CompileElement) {
+    if (isBlank(this._additionalChildren)) {
+      this._additionalChildren = ListWrapper.create();
+    }
+    ListWrapper.push(this._additionalChildren, element);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8451be3d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import {List, Map, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {int, isBlank, isPresent, Type, StringJoiner, assertionsEnabled} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+import {ProtoViewBuilder, ElementBinderBuilder} from '../view/proto_view_builder';
+
+/**
+ * Collects all data that is needed to process an element
+ * in the compile process. Fields are filled
+ * by the CompileSteps starting out with the pure HTMLElement.
+ */
+export class CompileElement {
+  element;
+  _attrs:Map;
+  _classList:List;
+  isViewRoot:boolean;
+  inheritedProtoView:ProtoViewBuilder;
+  distanceToInheritedBinder:number;
+  inheritedElementBinder:ElementBinderBuilder;
+  compileChildren: boolean;
+  ignoreBindings: boolean;
+  elementDescription: string; // e.g. '<div [class]="foo">' : used to provide context in case of error
+
+  constructor(element, compilationUnit = '') {
+    this.element = element;
+    this._attrs = null;
+    this._classList = null;
+    this.isViewRoot = false;
+    // inherited down to children if they don't have
+    // an own protoView
+    this.inheritedProtoView = null;
+    // inherited down to children if they don't have
+    // an own elementBinder
+    this.inheritedElementBinder = null;
+    this.distanceToInheritedBinder = 0;
+    this.compileChildren = true;
+    // set to true to ignore all the bindings on the element
+    this.ignoreBindings = false;
+    // description is calculated here as compilation steps may change the element
+    var tplDesc = assertionsEnabled()? getElementDescription(element) : null;
+    if (compilationUnit !== '') {
+      this.elementDescription = compilationUnit;
+      if (isPresent(tplDesc)) this.elementDescription += ": " + tplDesc;
+    } else {
+      this.elementDescription = tplDesc;
+    }
+  }
+
+  isBound() {
+    return isPresent(this.inheritedElementBinder) && this.distanceToInheritedBinder === 0;
+  }
+
+  bindElement() {
+    if (!this.isBound()) {
+      var parentBinder = this.inheritedElementBinder;
+      this.inheritedElementBinder = this.inheritedProtoView.bindElement(this.element, this.elementDescription);
+      if (isPresent(parentBinder)) {
+        this.inheritedElementBinder.setParent(parentBinder, this.distanceToInheritedBinder);
+      }
+      this.distanceToInheritedBinder = 0;
+    }
+    return this.inheritedElementBinder;
+  }
+
+  refreshAttrs() {
+    this._attrs = null;
+  }
+
+  attrs():Map<string,string> {
+    if (isBlank(this._attrs)) {
+      this._attrs = DOM.attributeMap(this.element);
+    }
+    return this._attrs;
+  }
+
+  refreshClassList() {
+    this._classList = null;
+  }
+
+  classList():List<string> {
+    if (isBlank(this._classList)) {
+      this._classList = ListWrapper.create();
+      var elClassList = DOM.classList(this.element);
+      for (var i = 0; i < elClassList.length; i++) {
+        ListWrapper.push(this._classList, elClassList[i]);
+      }
+    }
+    return this._classList;
+  }
+
+}
+
+// return an HTML representation of an element start tag - without its content
+// this is used to give contextual information in case of errors
+function getElementDescription(domElement):string {
+  var buf = new StringJoiner();
+  var atts = DOM.attributeMap(domElement);
+
+  buf.add("<");
+  buf.add(DOM.tagName(domElement).toLowerCase());
+
+  // show id and class first to ease element identification
+  addDescriptionAttribute(buf, "id", MapWrapper.get(atts, "id"));
+  addDescriptionAttribute(buf, "class", MapWrapper.get(atts, "class"));
+  MapWrapper.forEach(atts, (attValue, attName) => {
+      if (attName !== "id" && attName !== "class") {
+          addDescriptionAttribute(buf, attName, attValue);
+      }
+  });
+
+  buf.add(">");
+  return buf.toString();
+}
+
+
+function addDescriptionAttribute(buffer:StringJoiner, attName:string, attValue) {
+  if (isPresent(attValue)) {
+      if (attValue.length === 0) {
+          buffer.add(' ' + attName);
+      } else {
+          buffer.add(' ' + attName + '="' + attValue + '"');
+      }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc2ad41719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+import {ProtoViewBuilder} from '../view/proto_view_builder';
+
+/**
+ * CompilePipeline for executing CompileSteps recursively for
+ * all elements in a template.
+ */
+export class CompilePipeline {
+  _control:CompileControl;
+  constructor(steps:List<CompileStep>) {
+    this._control = new CompileControl(steps);
+  }
+
+  process(rootElement, compilationCtxtDescription:string = ''):List {
+    var results = ListWrapper.create();
+    var rootCompileElement = new CompileElement(rootElement, compilationCtxtDescription);
+    rootCompileElement.inheritedProtoView = new ProtoViewBuilder(rootElement);
+    rootCompileElement.isViewRoot = true;
+    this._process(results, null, rootCompileElement,
+      compilationCtxtDescription
+    );
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  _process(results, parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, compilationCtxtDescription:string = '') {
+    var additionalChildren = this._control.internalProcess(results, 0, parent, current);
+
+    if (current.compileChildren) {
+      var node = DOM.firstChild(DOM.templateAwareRoot(current.element));
+      while (isPresent(node)) {
+        // compiliation can potentially move the node, so we need to store the
+        // next sibling before recursing.
+        var nextNode = DOM.nextSibling(node);
+        if (DOM.isElementNode(node)) {
+          var childCompileElement = new CompileElement(node, compilationCtxtDescription);
+          childCompileElement.inheritedProtoView = current.inheritedProtoView;
+          childCompileElement.inheritedElementBinder = current.inheritedElementBinder;
+          childCompileElement.distanceToInheritedBinder = current.distanceToInheritedBinder+1;
+          this._process(results, current, childCompileElement);
+        }
+        node = nextNode;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(additionalChildren)) {
+      for (var i=0; i<additionalChildren.length; i++) {
+        this._process(results, current, additionalChildren[i]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c81692e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import * as compileControlModule from './compile_control';
+
+/**
+ * One part of the compile process.
+ * Is guaranteed to be called in depth first order
+ */
+export class CompileStep {
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:compileControlModule.CompileControl) {}
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step_factory.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step_factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7173e89770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step_factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {Template} from '../../api';
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+import {PropertyBindingParser} from './property_binding_parser';
+import {TextInterpolationParser} from './text_interpolation_parser';
+import {DirectiveParser} from './directive_parser';
+import {ViewSplitter} from './view_splitter';
+import {ShadowDomCompileStep} from '../shadow_dom/shadow_dom_compile_step';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from '../shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy';
+
+export class CompileStepFactory {
+  createSteps(template: Template, subTaskPromises: List<Promise>):List<CompileStep> {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export class DefaultStepFactory extends CompileStepFactory {
+  _parser: Parser;
+  _shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy;
+
+  constructor(parser: Parser, shadowDomStrategy) {
+    super();
+    this._parser = parser;
+    this._shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
+  }
+
+  createSteps(template: Template, subTaskPromises: List<Promise>) {
+    return [
+      new ViewSplitter(this._parser),
+      new PropertyBindingParser(this._parser),
+      new DirectiveParser(this._parser, template.directives),
+      new TextInterpolationParser(this._parser),
+      new ShadowDomCompileStep(this._shadowDomStrategy, template, subTaskPromises)
+    ];
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3362c4db12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+import {Template, ProtoView} from '../../api';
+import {CompilePipeline} from './compile_pipeline';
+import {TemplateLoader} from './template_loader';
+import {CompileStepFactory} from './compile_step_factory';
+
+export class Compiler {
+  _templateLoader: TemplateLoader;
+  _stepFactory: CompileStepFactory;
+
+  constructor(stepFactory: CompileStepFactory, templateLoader: TemplateLoader) {
+    this._templateLoader = templateLoader;
+    this._stepFactory = stepFactory;
+  }
+
+  compile(template: Template):Promise<ProtoView> {
+    var tplPromise = this._templateLoader.load(template);
+    return PromiseWrapper.then(tplPromise,
+      (el) => this._compileTemplate(template, el),
+      (_) => { throw new BaseException(`Failed to load the template "${template.componentId}"`); }
+    );
+  }
+
+  _compileTemplate(template: Template, tplElement):Promise<ProtoView> {
+    var subTaskPromises = [];
+    var pipeline = new CompilePipeline(this._stepFactory.createSteps(template, subTaskPromises));
+    var compileElements;
+
+    compileElements = pipeline.process(tplElement, template.componentId);
+
+    var protoView = compileElements[0].inheritedProtoView.build();
+
+    if (subTaskPromises.length > 0) {
+      return PromiseWrapper.all(subTaskPromises).then((_) => protoView);
+    } else {
+      return PromiseWrapper.resolve(protoView);
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55712286ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import {isPresent, isBlank, BaseException, assertionsEnabled, RegExpWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {List, MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+import {SelectorMatcher, CssSelector} from './selector';
+
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+
+import {setterFactory} from './property_setter_factory';
+
+import {DirectiveMetadata} from '../../api';
+import {dashCaseToCamelCase, camelCaseToDashCase} from '../util';
+
+/**
+ * Parses the directives on a single element. Assumes ViewSplitter has already created
+ * <template> elements for template directives.
+ */
+export class DirectiveParser extends CompileStep {
+  _selectorMatcher:SelectorMatcher;
+  _directives:List<DirectiveMetadata>;
+  _parser:Parser;
+
+  constructor(parser: Parser, directives:List<DirectiveMetadata>) {
+    super();
+    this._parser = parser;
+    this._selectorMatcher = new SelectorMatcher();
+    this._directives = directives;
+    for (var i=0; i<directives.length; i++) {
+      var selector = CssSelector.parse(directives[i].selector);
+      this._selectorMatcher.addSelectables(selector, i);
+    }
+  }
+
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    var attrs = current.attrs();
+    var classList = current.classList();
+
+    var cssSelector = new CssSelector();
+    var nodeName = DOM.nodeName(current.element);
+    cssSelector.setElement(nodeName);
+    for (var i=0; i < classList.length; i++) {
+      cssSelector.addClassName(classList[i]);
+    }
+
+    MapWrapper.forEach(attrs, (attrValue, attrName) => {
+      cssSelector.addAttribute(attrName, attrValue);
+    });
+
+    var viewportDirective;
+    var componentDirective;
+    // Note: We assume that the ViewSplitter already did its work, i.e. template directive should
+    // only be present on <template> elements!
+    var isTemplateElement = DOM.isTemplateElement(current.element);
+
+    this._selectorMatcher.match(cssSelector, (selector, directiveIndex) => {
+      var elementBinder = current.bindElement();
+      var directive = this._directives[directiveIndex];
+      var directiveBinder = elementBinder.bindDirective(directiveIndex);
+      current.compileChildren = current.compileChildren && directive.compileChildren;
+      if (isPresent(directive.bind)) {
+        MapWrapper.forEach(directive.bind, (bindConfig, dirProperty) => {
+          this._bindDirectiveProperty(dirProperty, bindConfig, current, directiveBinder);
+        });
+      }
+      if (isPresent(directive.events)) {
+        MapWrapper.forEach(directive.events, (action, eventName) => {
+          this._bindDirectiveEvent(eventName, action, current, directiveBinder);
+        });
+      }
+      if (isPresent(directive.setters)) {
+        ListWrapper.forEach(directive.setters, (propertyName) => {
+          directiveBinder.bindPropertySetter(propertyName, setterFactory(propertyName));
+        });
+      }
+      if (directive.type === DirectiveMetadata.VIEWPORT_TYPE) {
+        if (!isTemplateElement) {
+          throw new BaseException(`Viewport directives need to be placed on <template> elements or elements ` +
+            `with template attribute - check ${current.elementDescription}`);
+        }
+        if (isPresent(viewportDirective)) {
+          throw new BaseException(`Only one viewport directive is allowed per element - check ${current.elementDescription}`);
+        }
+        viewportDirective = directive;
+      } else {
+        if (isTemplateElement) {
+          throw new BaseException(`Only template directives are allowed on template elements - check ${current.elementDescription}`);
+        }
+        if (directive.type === DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE) {
+          if (isPresent(componentDirective)) {
+            throw new BaseException(`Only one component directive is allowed per element - check ${current.elementDescription}`);
+          }
+          componentDirective = directive;
+          elementBinder.setComponentId(directive.id);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  _bindDirectiveProperty(dirProperty, bindConfig, compileElement, directiveBinder) {
+    var pipes = this._splitBindConfig(bindConfig);
+    var elProp = ListWrapper.removeAt(pipes, 0);
+
+    var bindingAst = MapWrapper.get(
+      compileElement.bindElement().propertyBindings,
+      dashCaseToCamelCase(elProp)
+    );
+
+    if (isBlank(bindingAst)) {
+      var attributeValue = MapWrapper.get(compileElement.attrs(), camelCaseToDashCase(elProp));
+      if (isPresent(attributeValue)) {
+        bindingAst = this._parser.wrapLiteralPrimitive(
+          attributeValue,
+          compileElement.elementDescription
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Bindings are optional, so this binding only needs to be set up if an expression is given.
+    if (isPresent(bindingAst)) {
+      var fullExpAstWithBindPipes = this._parser.addPipes(bindingAst, pipes);
+      directiveBinder.bindProperty(
+        dirProperty, fullExpAstWithBindPipes
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  _bindDirectiveEvent(eventName, action, compileElement, directiveBinder) {
+    var ast = this._parser.parseAction(action, compileElement.elementDescription);
+    directiveBinder.bindEvent(eventName, ast);
+  }
+
+  _splitBindConfig(bindConfig:string) {
+    return ListWrapper.map(bindConfig.split('|'), (s) => s.trim());
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e2ed5adee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import {isPresent, isBlank, RegExpWrapper, BaseException, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {Parser, AST, ExpressionWithSource} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+
+import {dashCaseToCamelCase} from '../util';
+import {setterFactory} from './property_setter_factory';
+
+// Group 1 = "bind"
+// Group 2 = "var"
+// Group 3 = "on"
+// Group 4 = the identifier after "bind", "var", or "on"
+// Group 5 = idenitifer inside square braces
+// Group 6 = identifier inside parenthesis
+// Group 7 = "#"
+// Group 8 = identifier after "#"
+var BIND_NAME_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create(
+    '^(?:(?:(?:(bind)|(var)|(on))-(.+))|\\[([^\\]]+)\\]|\\(([^\\)]+)\\)|(#)(.+))$');
+
+/**
+ * Parses the property bindings on a single element.
+ */
+export class PropertyBindingParser extends CompileStep {
+  _parser:Parser;
+
+  constructor(parser:Parser) {
+    super();
+    this._parser = parser;
+  }
+
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    if (current.ignoreBindings) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var attrs = current.attrs();
+    var newAttrs = MapWrapper.create();
+
+    MapWrapper.forEach(attrs, (attrValue, attrName) => {
+      var bindParts = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(BIND_NAME_REGEXP, attrName);
+      if (isPresent(bindParts)) {
+        if (isPresent(bindParts[1])) {
+          // match: bind-prop
+          this._bindProperty(bindParts[4], attrValue, current, newAttrs);
+        } else if (isPresent(bindParts[2]) || isPresent(bindParts[7])) {
+          // match: var-name / var-name="iden" / #name / #name="iden"
+          var identifier = (isPresent(bindParts[4]) && bindParts[4] !== '') ?
+              bindParts[4] : bindParts[8];
+          var value = attrValue == '' ? '\$implicit' : attrValue;
+          this._bindVariable(identifier, value, current, newAttrs);
+        } else if (isPresent(bindParts[3])) {
+          // match: on-event
+          this._bindEvent(bindParts[4], attrValue, current, newAttrs);
+        } else if (isPresent(bindParts[5])) {
+          // match: [prop]
+          this._bindProperty(bindParts[5], attrValue, current, newAttrs);
+        } else if (isPresent(bindParts[6])) {
+          // match: (event)
+          this._bindEvent(bindParts[6], attrValue, current, newAttrs);
+        }
+      } else {
+        var expr = this._parser.parseInterpolation(
+          attrValue, current.elementDescription
+        );
+        if (isPresent(expr)) {
+          this._bindPropertyAst(attrName, expr, current, newAttrs);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    MapWrapper.forEach(newAttrs, (attrValue, attrName) => {
+      MapWrapper.set(attrs, attrName, attrValue);
+    });
+  }
+
+  _bindVariable(identifier, value, current:CompileElement, newAttrs) {
+    current.bindElement().bindVariable(dashCaseToCamelCase(identifier), value);
+    MapWrapper.set(newAttrs, identifier, value);
+  }
+
+  _bindProperty(name, expression, current:CompileElement, newAttrs) {
+    this._bindPropertyAst(
+      name,
+      this._parser.parseBinding(expression, current.elementDescription),
+      current,
+      newAttrs
+    );
+  }
+
+  _bindPropertyAst(name, ast, current:CompileElement, newAttrs) {
+    var binder = current.bindElement();
+    var camelCaseName = dashCaseToCamelCase(name);
+    binder.bindProperty(camelCaseName, ast);
+    binder.bindPropertySetter(camelCaseName, setterFactory(camelCaseName));
+    MapWrapper.set(newAttrs, name, ast.source);
+  }
+
+  _bindEvent(name, expression, current:CompileElement, newAttrs) {
+    current.bindElement().bindEvent(
+      dashCaseToCamelCase(name), this._parser.parseAction(expression, current.elementDescription)
+    );
+    // Don't detect directives for event names for now,
+    // so don't add the event name to the CompileElement.attrs
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f93302146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import {StringWrapper, RegExpWrapper, BaseException, isPresent, isBlank, isString, stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {reflector} from 'angular2/src/reflection/reflection';
+
+var DASH_CASE_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create('-([a-z])');
+var CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create('([A-Z])');
+
+export function dashCaseToCamelCase(input:string): string {
+  return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(input, DASH_CASE_REGEXP, (m) => {
+    return m[1].toUpperCase();
+  });
+}
+
+export function camelCaseToDashCase(input:string): string {
+  return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(input, CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP, (m) => {
+    return '-' + m[1].toLowerCase();
+  });
+}
+
+const STYLE_SEPARATOR = '.';
+var propertySettersCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
+var innerHTMLSetterCache;
+
+export function setterFactory(property: string): Function {
+  var setterFn, styleParts, styleSuffix;
+  if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX)) {
+    setterFn = attributeSetterFactory(StringWrapper.substring(property, ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX.length));
+  } else if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, CLASS_PREFIX)) {
+    setterFn = classSetterFactory(StringWrapper.substring(property, CLASS_PREFIX.length));
+  } else if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, STYLE_PREFIX)) {
+    styleParts = property.split(STYLE_SEPARATOR);
+    styleSuffix = styleParts.length > 2 ? ListWrapper.get(styleParts, 2) : '';
+    setterFn = styleSetterFactory(ListWrapper.get(styleParts, 1), styleSuffix);
+  } else if (StringWrapper.equals(property, 'innerHtml')) {
+    if (isBlank(innerHTMLSetterCache)) {
+       innerHTMLSetterCache = (el, value) => DOM.setInnerHTML(el, value);
+    }
+    setterFn = innerHTMLSetterCache;
+  } else {
+    property = resolvePropertyName(property);
+    setterFn = StringMapWrapper.get(propertySettersCache, property);
+    if (isBlank(setterFn)) {
+      var propertySetterFn = reflector.setter(property);
+      setterFn = function(receiver, value) {
+        if (DOM.hasProperty(receiver, property)) {
+          return propertySetterFn(receiver, value);
+        }
+      }
+      StringMapWrapper.set(propertySettersCache, property, setterFn);
+    }
+  }
+  return setterFn;
+}
+
+const ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX = 'attr.';
+var attributeSettersCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
+
+function _isValidAttributeValue(attrName:string, value: any): boolean {
+  if (attrName == "role") {
+    return isString(value);
+  } else {
+    return isPresent(value);
+  }
+}
+
+function attributeSetterFactory(attrName:string): Function {
+  var setterFn = StringMapWrapper.get(attributeSettersCache, attrName);
+  var dashCasedAttributeName;
+
+  if (isBlank(setterFn)) {
+    dashCasedAttributeName = camelCaseToDashCase(attrName);
+    setterFn = function(element, value) {
+      if (_isValidAttributeValue(dashCasedAttributeName, value)) {
+        DOM.setAttribute(element, dashCasedAttributeName, stringify(value));
+      } else {
+        if (isPresent(value)) {
+          throw new BaseException("Invalid " + dashCasedAttributeName +
+            " attribute, only string values are allowed, got '" + stringify(value) + "'");
+        }
+        DOM.removeAttribute(element, dashCasedAttributeName);
+      }
+    };
+    StringMapWrapper.set(attributeSettersCache, attrName, setterFn);
+  }
+
+  return setterFn;
+}
+
+const CLASS_PREFIX = 'class.';
+var classSettersCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
+
+function classSetterFactory(className:string): Function {
+  var setterFn = StringMapWrapper.get(classSettersCache, className);
+
+  if (isBlank(setterFn)) {
+    setterFn = function(element, value) {
+      if (value) {
+        DOM.addClass(element, className);
+      } else {
+        DOM.removeClass(element, className);
+      }
+    };
+    StringMapWrapper.set(classSettersCache, className, setterFn);
+  }
+
+  return setterFn;
+}
+
+const STYLE_PREFIX = 'style.';
+var styleSettersCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
+
+function styleSetterFactory(styleName:string, styleSuffix:string): Function {
+  var cacheKey = styleName + styleSuffix;
+  var setterFn = StringMapWrapper.get(styleSettersCache, cacheKey);
+  var dashCasedStyleName;
+
+  if (isBlank(setterFn)) {
+    dashCasedStyleName = camelCaseToDashCase(styleName);
+    setterFn = function(element, value) {
+      var valAsStr;
+      if (isPresent(value)) {
+        valAsStr = stringify(value);
+        DOM.setStyle(element, dashCasedStyleName, valAsStr + styleSuffix);
+      } else {
+        DOM.removeStyle(element, dashCasedStyleName);
+      }
+    };
+    StringMapWrapper.set(styleSettersCache, cacheKey, setterFn);
+  }
+
+  return setterFn;
+}
+
+function resolvePropertyName(attrName:string): string {
+  var mappedPropName = StringMapWrapper.get(DOM.attrToPropMap, attrName);
+  return isPresent(mappedPropName) ? mappedPropName : attrName;
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/selector.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/selector.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..414063805c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/selector.js
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+import {List, Map, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {isPresent, isBlank, RegExpWrapper, RegExpMatcherWrapper, StringWrapper, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+const _EMPTY_ATTR_VALUE = '';
+
+// TODO: Can't use `const` here as
+// in Dart this is not transpiled into `final` yet...
+var _SELECTOR_REGEXP =
+    RegExpWrapper.create('(\\:not\\()|' + //":not("
+    '([-\\w]+)|' +    // "tag"
+    '(?:\\.([-\\w]+))|' +                   // ".class"
+    '(?:\\[([-\\w*]+)(?:=([^\\]]*))?\\])|' + // "[name]", "[name=value]" or "[name*=value]"
+    '(?:\\))|' + // ")"
+    '(\\s*,\\s*)');  // ","
+
+/**
+ * A css selector contains an element name,
+ * css classes and attribute/value pairs with the purpose
+ * of selecting subsets out of them.
+ */
+export class CssSelector {
+  element:string;
+  classNames:List;
+  attrs:List;
+  notSelector: CssSelector;
+  static parse(selector:string): List<CssSelector> {
+    var results = ListWrapper.create();
+    var _addResult = (res, cssSel) => {
+      if (isPresent(cssSel.notSelector) && isBlank(cssSel.element)
+        && ListWrapper.isEmpty(cssSel.classNames) && ListWrapper.isEmpty(cssSel.attrs)) {
+        cssSel.element = "*";
+      }
+      ListWrapper.push(res, cssSel);
+    }
+    var cssSelector = new CssSelector();
+    var matcher = RegExpWrapper.matcher(_SELECTOR_REGEXP, selector);
+    var match;
+    var current = cssSelector;
+    while (isPresent(match = RegExpMatcherWrapper.next(matcher))) {
+      if (isPresent(match[1])) {
+        if (isPresent(cssSelector.notSelector)) {
+          throw new BaseException('Nesting :not is not allowed in a selector');
+        }
+        current.notSelector = new CssSelector();
+        current = current.notSelector;
+      }
+      if (isPresent(match[2])) {
+        current.setElement(match[2]);
+      }
+      if (isPresent(match[3])) {
+        current.addClassName(match[3]);
+      }
+      if (isPresent(match[4])) {
+        current.addAttribute(match[4], match[5]);
+      }
+      if (isPresent(match[6])) {
+        _addResult(results, cssSelector);
+        cssSelector = current = new CssSelector();
+      }
+    }
+    _addResult(results, cssSelector);
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.element = null;
+    this.classNames = ListWrapper.create();
+    this.attrs = ListWrapper.create();
+    this.notSelector = null;
+  }
+
+  setElement(element:string = null) {
+    if (isPresent(element)) {
+      element = element.toLowerCase();
+    }
+    this.element = element;
+  }
+
+  addAttribute(name:string, value:string = _EMPTY_ATTR_VALUE) {
+    ListWrapper.push(this.attrs, name.toLowerCase());
+    if (isPresent(value)) {
+      value = value.toLowerCase();
+    } else {
+      value = _EMPTY_ATTR_VALUE;
+    }
+    ListWrapper.push(this.attrs, value);
+  }
+
+  addClassName(name:string) {
+    ListWrapper.push(this.classNames, name.toLowerCase());
+  }
+
+  toString():string {
+    var res = '';
+    if (isPresent(this.element)) {
+      res += this.element;
+    }
+    if (isPresent(this.classNames)) {
+      for (var i=0; i<this.classNames.length; i++) {
+        res += '.' + this.classNames[i];
+      }
+    }
+    if (isPresent(this.attrs)) {
+      for (var i=0; i<this.attrs.length;) {
+        var attrName = this.attrs[i++];
+        var attrValue = this.attrs[i++]
+        res += '[' + attrName;
+        if (attrValue.length > 0) {
+          res += '=' + attrValue;
+        }
+        res += ']';
+      }
+    }
+    if (isPresent(this.notSelector)) {
+      res += ":not(" + this.notSelector.toString() + ")";
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads a list of CssSelectors and allows to calculate which ones
+ * are contained in a given CssSelector.
+ */
+export class SelectorMatcher {
+  _elementMap:Map;
+  _elementPartialMap:Map;
+  _classMap:Map;
+  _classPartialMap:Map;
+  _attrValueMap:Map;
+  _attrValuePartialMap:Map;
+  _listContexts:List;
+  constructor() {
+    this._elementMap = MapWrapper.create();
+    this._elementPartialMap = MapWrapper.create();
+
+    this._classMap = MapWrapper.create();
+    this._classPartialMap = MapWrapper.create();
+
+    this._attrValueMap = MapWrapper.create();
+    this._attrValuePartialMap = MapWrapper.create();
+
+    this._listContexts = ListWrapper.create();
+  }
+
+  addSelectables(cssSelectors:List<CssSelector>, callbackCtxt) {
+    var listContext = null;
+    if (cssSelectors.length > 1) {
+      listContext= new SelectorListContext(cssSelectors);
+      ListWrapper.push(this._listContexts, listContext);
+    }
+    for (var i = 0; i < cssSelectors.length; i++) {
+      this.addSelectable(cssSelectors[i], callbackCtxt, listContext);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add an object that can be found later on by calling `match`.
+   * @param cssSelector A css selector
+   * @param callbackCtxt An opaque object that will be given to the callback of the `match` function
+   */
+  addSelectable(cssSelector, callbackCtxt, listContext: SelectorListContext) {
+    var matcher = this;
+    var element = cssSelector.element;
+    var classNames = cssSelector.classNames;
+    var attrs = cssSelector.attrs;
+    var selectable = new SelectorContext(cssSelector, callbackCtxt, listContext);
+
+
+    if (isPresent(element)) {
+      var isTerminal = attrs.length === 0 && classNames.length === 0;
+      if (isTerminal) {
+        this._addTerminal(matcher._elementMap, element, selectable);
+      } else {
+        matcher = this._addPartial(matcher._elementPartialMap, element);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(classNames)) {
+      for (var index = 0; index<classNames.length; index++) {
+        var isTerminal = attrs.length === 0 && index === classNames.length - 1;
+        var className = classNames[index];
+        if (isTerminal) {
+          this._addTerminal(matcher._classMap, className, selectable);
+        } else {
+          matcher = this._addPartial(matcher._classPartialMap, className);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(attrs)) {
+      for (var index = 0; index<attrs.length; ) {
+        var isTerminal = index === attrs.length - 2;
+        var attrName = attrs[index++];
+        var attrValue = attrs[index++];
+        var map = isTerminal ? matcher._attrValueMap : matcher._attrValuePartialMap;
+        var valuesMap = MapWrapper.get(map, attrName)
+        if (isBlank(valuesMap)) {
+          valuesMap = MapWrapper.create();
+          MapWrapper.set(map, attrName, valuesMap);
+        }
+        if (isTerminal) {
+          this._addTerminal(valuesMap, attrValue, selectable);
+        } else {
+          matcher = this._addPartial(valuesMap, attrValue);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  _addTerminal(map:Map<string,string>, name:string, selectable) {
+    var terminalList = MapWrapper.get(map, name)
+    if (isBlank(terminalList)) {
+      terminalList = ListWrapper.create();
+      MapWrapper.set(map, name, terminalList);
+    }
+    ListWrapper.push(terminalList, selectable);
+  }
+
+  _addPartial(map:Map<string,string>, name:string) {
+    var matcher = MapWrapper.get(map, name)
+    if (isBlank(matcher)) {
+      matcher = new SelectorMatcher();
+      MapWrapper.set(map, name, matcher);
+    }
+    return matcher;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the objects that have been added via `addSelectable`
+   * whose css selector is contained in the given css selector.
+   * @param cssSelector A css selector
+   * @param matchedCallback This callback will be called with the object handed into `addSelectable`
+   * @return boolean true if a match was found
+  */
+  match(cssSelector:CssSelector, matchedCallback:Function):boolean {
+    var result = false;
+    var element = cssSelector.element;
+    var classNames = cssSelector.classNames;
+    var attrs = cssSelector.attrs;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < this._listContexts.length; i++) {
+      this._listContexts[i].alreadyMatched = false;
+    }
+
+    result = this._matchTerminal(this._elementMap, element, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+    result = this._matchPartial(this._elementPartialMap, element, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+
+    if (isPresent(classNames)) {
+      for (var index = 0; index<classNames.length; index++) {
+        var className = classNames[index];
+        result = this._matchTerminal(this._classMap, className, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+        result = this._matchPartial(this._classPartialMap, className, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(attrs)) {
+      for (var index = 0; index<attrs.length;) {
+        var attrName = attrs[index++];
+        var attrValue = attrs[index++];
+
+        var valuesMap = MapWrapper.get(this._attrValueMap, attrName);
+        if (!StringWrapper.equals(attrValue, _EMPTY_ATTR_VALUE)) {
+          result = this._matchTerminal(valuesMap, _EMPTY_ATTR_VALUE, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+        }
+        result = this._matchTerminal(valuesMap, attrValue, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+
+        valuesMap = MapWrapper.get(this._attrValuePartialMap, attrName)
+        result = this._matchPartial(valuesMap, attrValue, cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  _matchTerminal(map:Map<string,string> = null, name, cssSelector, matchedCallback):boolean {
+    if (isBlank(map) || isBlank(name)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    var selectables = MapWrapper.get(map, name);
+    var starSelectables = MapWrapper.get(map, "*");
+    if (isPresent(starSelectables)) {
+      selectables = ListWrapper.concat(selectables, starSelectables);
+    }
+    if (isBlank(selectables)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    var selectable;
+    var result = false;
+    for (var index=0; index<selectables.length; index++) {
+      selectable = selectables[index];
+      result = selectable.finalize(cssSelector, matchedCallback) || result;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  _matchPartial(map:Map<string,string> = null, name, cssSelector, matchedCallback):boolean {
+    if (isBlank(map) || isBlank(name)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    var nestedSelector = MapWrapper.get(map, name)
+    if (isBlank(nestedSelector)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // TODO(perf): get rid of recursion and measure again
+    // TODO(perf): don't pass the whole selector into the recursion,
+    // but only the not processed parts
+    return nestedSelector.match(cssSelector, matchedCallback);
+  }
+}
+
+
+class SelectorListContext {
+  selectors: List<CssSelector>;
+  alreadyMatched: boolean;
+
+  constructor(selectors:List<CssSelector>) {
+    this.selectors = selectors;
+    this.alreadyMatched = false;
+  }
+}
+
+// Store context to pass back selector and context when a selector is matched
+class SelectorContext {
+  selector:CssSelector;
+  notSelector:CssSelector;
+  cbContext; // callback context
+  listContext: SelectorListContext;
+
+  constructor(selector:CssSelector, cbContext, listContext: SelectorListContext) {
+    this.selector = selector;
+    this.notSelector = selector.notSelector;
+    this.cbContext = cbContext;
+    this.listContext = listContext;
+  }
+
+  finalize(cssSelector: CssSelector, callback) {
+    var result = true;
+    if (isPresent(this.notSelector) && (isBlank(this.listContext) || !this.listContext.alreadyMatched)) {
+      var notMatcher = new SelectorMatcher();
+      notMatcher.addSelectable(this.notSelector, null, null);
+      result = !notMatcher.match(cssSelector, null);
+    }
+    if (result && isPresent(callback) && (isBlank(this.listContext) || !this.listContext.alreadyMatched)) {
+      if (isPresent(this.listContext)) {
+        this.listContext.alreadyMatched = true;
+      }
+      callback(this.selector, this.cbContext);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..824d161317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent, BaseException, stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {Map, MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper, StringMap} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/services/xhr';
+
+import {Template} from '../../api';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+
+/**
+ * Strategy to load component templates.
+ * @publicModule angular2/angular2
+ */
+export class TemplateLoader {
+  _xhr: XHR;
+  _htmlCache: StringMap;
+
+  constructor(xhr: XHR, urlResolver: UrlResolver) {
+    this._xhr = xhr;
+    this._htmlCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
+  }
+
+  load(template: Template):Promise {
+    if (isPresent(template.inline)) {
+      return PromiseWrapper.resolve(DOM.createTemplate(template.inline));
+    }
+    var url = template.absUrl;
+    if (isPresent(url)) {
+      var promise = StringMapWrapper.get(this._htmlCache, url);
+
+      if (isBlank(promise)) {
+        promise = this._xhr.get(url).then(function (html) {
+          var template = DOM.createTemplate(html);
+          return template;
+        });
+        StringMapWrapper.set(this._htmlCache, url, promise);
+      }
+
+      return promise;
+    }
+
+    throw new BaseException('Templates should have either their url or inline property set');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a056c138d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import {RegExpWrapper, StringWrapper, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+
+/**
+ * Parses interpolations in direct text child nodes of the current element.
+ */
+export class TextInterpolationParser extends CompileStep {
+  _parser:Parser;
+
+  constructor(parser:Parser) {
+    super();
+    this._parser = parser;
+  }
+
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    if (!current.compileChildren || current.ignoreBindings) {
+      return;
+    }
+    var element = current.element;
+    var childNodes = DOM.childNodes(DOM.templateAwareRoot(element));
+    for (var i=0; i<childNodes.length; i++) {
+      var node = childNodes[i];
+      if (DOM.isTextNode(node)) {
+        var text = DOM.nodeValue(node);
+        var expr = this._parser.parseInterpolation(text, current.elementDescription);
+        if (isPresent(expr)) {
+          DOM.setText(node, ' ');
+          current.bindElement().bindText(i, expr);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d2795ca6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent, BaseException, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
+import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+
+/**
+ * Splits views at `<template>` elements or elements with `template` attribute:
+ * For `<template>` elements:
+ * - moves the content into a new and disconnected `<template>` element
+ *   that is marked as view root.
+ *
+ * For elements with a `template` attribute:
+ * - replaces the element with an empty `<template>` element,
+ *   parses the content of the `template` attribute and adds the information to that
+ *   `<template>` element. Marks the elements as view root.
+ *
+ * Note: In both cases the root of the nested view is disconnected from its parent element.
+ * This is needed for browsers that don't support the `<template>` element
+ * as we want to do locate elements with bindings using `getElementsByClassName` later on,
+ * which should not descend into the nested view.
+ */
+export class ViewSplitter extends CompileStep {
+  _parser:Parser;
+
+  constructor(parser:Parser) {
+    super();
+    this._parser = parser;
+  }
+
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    var attrs = current.attrs();
+    var templateBindings = MapWrapper.get(attrs, 'template');
+    var hasTemplateBinding = isPresent(templateBindings);
+
+    // look for template shortcuts such as *if="condition" and treat them as template="if condition"
+    MapWrapper.forEach(attrs, (attrValue, attrName) => {
+      if (StringWrapper.startsWith(attrName, '*')) {
+        var key = StringWrapper.substring(attrName, 1);  // remove the star
+        if (hasTemplateBinding) {
+          // 2nd template binding detected
+          throw new BaseException(`Only one template directive per element is allowed: ` +
+            `${templateBindings} and ${key} cannot be used simultaneously ` +
+            `in ${current.elementDescription}`);
+        } else {
+          templateBindings = (attrValue.length == 0) ? key : key + ' ' + attrValue;
+          hasTemplateBinding = true;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (isPresent(parent)) {
+      if (DOM.isTemplateElement(current.element)) {
+        if (!current.isViewRoot) {
+          var viewRoot = new CompileElement(DOM.createTemplate(''));
+          viewRoot.inheritedProtoView = current.bindElement().bindNestedProtoView(viewRoot.element);
+          // viewRoot doesn't appear in the original template, so we associate
+          // the current element description to get a more meaningful message in case of error
+          viewRoot.elementDescription = current.elementDescription;
+          viewRoot.isViewRoot = true;
+
+          this._moveChildNodes(DOM.content(current.element), DOM.content(viewRoot.element));
+          control.addChild(viewRoot);
+        }
+      } if (hasTemplateBinding) {
+        var newParent = new CompileElement(DOM.createTemplate(''));
+        newParent.inheritedProtoView = current.inheritedProtoView;
+        newParent.inheritedElementBinder = current.inheritedElementBinder;
+        newParent.distanceToInheritedBinder = current.distanceToInheritedBinder;
+        // newParent doesn't appear in the original template, so we associate
+        // the current element description to get a more meaningful message in case of error
+        newParent.elementDescription = current.elementDescription;
+
+        current.inheritedProtoView = newParent.bindElement().bindNestedProtoView(current.element);
+        current.inheritedElementBinder = null;
+        current.distanceToInheritedBinder = 0;
+        current.isViewRoot = true;
+        this._parseTemplateBindings(templateBindings, newParent);
+
+        this._addParentElement(current.element, newParent.element);
+        control.addParent(newParent);
+        DOM.remove(current.element);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  _moveChildNodes(source, target) {
+    var next = DOM.firstChild(source);
+    while (isPresent(next)) {
+      DOM.appendChild(target, next);
+      next = DOM.firstChild(source);
+    }
+  }
+
+  _addParentElement(currentElement, newParentElement) {
+    DOM.insertBefore(currentElement, newParentElement);
+    DOM.appendChild(newParentElement, currentElement);
+  }
+
+  _parseTemplateBindings(templateBindings:string, compileElement:CompileElement) {
+    var bindings = this._parser.parseTemplateBindings(templateBindings, compileElement.elementDescription);
+    for (var i=0; i<bindings.length; i++) {
+      var binding = bindings[i];
+      if (binding.keyIsVar) {
+        compileElement.bindElement().bindVariable(binding.key, binding.name);
+        MapWrapper.set(compileElement.attrs(), binding.key, binding.name);
+      } else if (isPresent(binding.expression)) {
+        compileElement.bindElement().bindProperty(binding.key, binding.expression);
+        MapWrapper.set(compileElement.attrs(), binding.key, binding.expression.source);
+      } else {
+        DOM.setAttribute(compileElement.element, binding.key, '');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3451a95fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+import * as api from '../api';
+import {View} from './view/view';
+import {ProtoView} from './view/proto_view';
+import {ViewFactory} from './view/view_factory';
+import {Compiler} from './compiler/compiler';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {ProtoViewBuilder} from './view/proto_view_builder';
+
+function _resolveViewContainer(vc:api.ViewContainerRef) {
+  return _resolveView(vc.view).viewContainers[vc.elementIndex];
+}
+
+function _resolveView(viewRef:_DirectDomViewRef) {
+  return isPresent(viewRef) ? viewRef.delegate : null;
+}
+
+function _resolveProtoView(protoViewRef:DirectDomProtoViewRef) {
+  return isPresent(protoViewRef) ? protoViewRef.delegate : null;
+}
+
+function _wrapView(view:View) {
+  return new _DirectDomViewRef(view);
+}
+
+function _wrapProtoView(protoView:ProtoView) {
+  return new DirectDomProtoViewRef(protoView);
+}
+
+function _collectComponentChildViewRefs(view, target = null) {
+  if (isBlank(target)) {
+    target = [];
+  }
+  ListWrapper.push(target, _wrapView(view));
+  ListWrapper.forEach(view.componentChildViews, (view) => {
+    if (isPresent(view)) {
+      _collectComponentChildViewRefs(view, target);
+    }
+  });
+  return target;
+}
+
+
+
+// public so that the compiler can use it.
+export class DirectDomProtoViewRef extends api.ProtoViewRef {
+  delegate:ProtoView;
+
+  constructor(delegate:ProtoView) {
+    super();
+    this.delegate = delegate;
+  }
+}
+
+class _DirectDomViewRef extends api.ViewRef {
+  delegate:View;
+
+  constructor(delegate:View) {
+    super();
+    this.delegate = delegate;
+  }
+}
+
+export class DirectDomRenderer extends api.Renderer {
+  _compiler: Compiler;
+  _viewFactory: ViewFactory;
+  _shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy;
+
+  constructor(
+      compiler: Compiler, viewFactory: ViewFactory, shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy) {
+    super();
+    this._compiler = compiler;
+    this._viewFactory = viewFactory;
+    this._shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
+  }
+
+  compile(template:api.Template):Promise<api.ProtoView> {
+    // Note: compiler already uses a DirectDomProtoViewRef, so we don't
+    // need to do anything here
+    return this._compiler.compile(template);
+  }
+
+  mergeChildComponentProtoViews(protoViewRef:api.ProtoViewRef, protoViewRefs:List<api.ProtoViewRef>):List<api.ProtoViewRef> {
+    var protoViews = [];
+    _resolveProtoView(protoViewRef).mergeChildComponentProtoViews(
+      ListWrapper.map(protoViewRefs, _resolveProtoView),
+      protoViews
+    );
+    return ListWrapper.map(protoViews, _wrapProtoView);
+  }
+
+  createRootProtoView(selectorOrElement):api.ProtoViewRef {
+    var element = selectorOrElement; // TODO: select the element if it is not a real element...
+    var rootProtoViewBuilder = new ProtoViewBuilder(element);
+    rootProtoViewBuilder.setIsRootView(true);
+    rootProtoViewBuilder.bindElement(element, 'root element').setComponentId('root');
+    this._shadowDomStrategy.processElement(null, 'root', element);
+    return rootProtoViewBuilder.build().render;
+  }
+
+  createView(protoViewRef:api.ProtoViewRef):List<api.ViewRef> {
+    return _collectComponentChildViewRefs(
+      this._viewFactory.getView(_resolveProtoView(protoViewRef))
+    );
+  }
+
+  destroyView(viewRef:api.ViewRef) {
+    this._viewFactory.returnView(_resolveView(viewRef));
+  }
+
+  insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef:api.ViewContainerRef, viewRef:api.ViewRef, atIndex=-1):void {
+    _resolveViewContainer(vcRef).insert(_resolveView(viewRef), atIndex);
+  }
+
+  detachViewFromContainer(vcRef:api.ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {
+    _resolveViewContainer(vcRef).detach(atIndex);
+  }
+
+  setElementProperty(viewRef:api.ViewRef, elementIndex:number, propertyName:string, propertyValue:any):void {
+    _resolveView(viewRef).setElementProperty(elementIndex, propertyName, propertyValue);
+  }
+
+  setDynamicComponentView(viewRef:api.ViewRef, elementIndex:number, nestedViewRef:api.ViewRef):void {
+    _resolveView(viewRef).setComponentView(
+      this._shadowDomStrategy,
+      elementIndex,
+      _resolveView(nestedViewRef)
+    );
+  }
+
+  setText(viewRef:api.ViewRef, textNodeIndex:number, text:string):void {
+    _resolveView(viewRef).setText(textNodeIndex, text);
+  }
+
+  setEventDispatcher(viewRef:api.ViewRef, dispatcher:api.EventDispatcher) {
+    _resolveView(viewRef).setEventDispatcher(dispatcher);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/event_manager.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/event_manager.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78d5854c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/event_manager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import {isBlank, BaseException, isPresent, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {List, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {VmTurnZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/vm_turn_zone';
+
+var BUBBLE_SYMBOL = '^';
+
+export class EventManager {
+  _plugins: List<EventManagerPlugin>;
+  _zone: VmTurnZone;
+
+  constructor(plugins: List<EventManagerPlugin>, zone: VmTurnZone) {
+    this._zone = zone;
+    this._plugins = plugins;
+    for (var i = 0; i < plugins.length; i++) {
+      plugins[i].manager = this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(element, eventName: string, handler: Function) {
+    var shouldSupportBubble = eventName[0] == BUBBLE_SYMBOL; 
+    if (shouldSupportBubble) {
+      eventName = StringWrapper.substring(eventName, 1); 
+    }
+
+    var plugin = this._findPluginFor(eventName);
+    plugin.addEventListener(element, eventName, handler, shouldSupportBubble);
+  }
+
+  getZone(): VmTurnZone {
+    return this._zone;
+  }
+
+  _findPluginFor(eventName: string): EventManagerPlugin {
+    var plugins = this._plugins;
+    for (var i = 0; i < plugins.length; i++) {
+      var plugin = plugins[i];
+      if (plugin.supports(eventName)) {
+        return plugin;
+      }
+    }
+    throw new BaseException(`No event manager plugin found for event ${eventName}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export class EventManagerPlugin {
+  manager: EventManager;
+
+  // We are assuming here that all plugins support bubbled and non-bubbled events.
+  // That is equivalent to having supporting $event.target
+  // The bubbling flag (currently ^) is stripped before calling the supports and 
+  // addEventListener methods.
+  supports(eventName: string): boolean {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(element, eventName: string, handler: Function,
+      shouldSupportBubble: boolean) {
+    throw "not implemented";
+  }
+}
+
+export class DomEventsPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
+  manager: EventManager;
+
+  // This plugin should come last in the list of plugins, because it accepts all
+  // events.
+  supports(eventName: string): boolean {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(element, eventName: string, handler: Function,
+      shouldSupportBubble: boolean) {
+    var outsideHandler = shouldSupportBubble ?
+      DomEventsPlugin.bubbleCallback(element, handler, this.manager._zone) :
+      DomEventsPlugin.sameElementCallback(element, handler, this.manager._zone);
+
+    this.manager._zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+      DOM.on(element, eventName, outsideHandler);
+    });
+  }
+
+  static sameElementCallback(element, handler, zone) {
+    return (event) => {
+        if (event.target === element) {
+          zone.run(() => handler(event));
+        }
+      };
+  }
+
+  static bubbleCallback(element, handler, zone) {
+    return (event) => zone.run(() => handler(event));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_common.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_common.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13270f2fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_common.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import {EventManagerPlugin} from './event_manager';
+import {StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+var _eventNames = {
+  // pan
+  'pan': true,
+  'panstart': true,
+  'panmove': true,
+  'panend': true,
+  'pancancel': true,
+  'panleft': true,
+  'panright': true,
+  'panup': true,
+  'pandown': true,
+  // pinch
+  'pinch': true,
+  'pinchstart': true,
+  'pinchmove': true,
+  'pinchend': true,
+  'pinchcancel': true,
+  'pinchin': true,
+  'pinchout': true,
+  // press
+  'press': true,
+  'pressup': true,
+  // rotate
+  'rotate': true,
+  'rotatestart': true,
+  'rotatemove': true,
+  'rotateend': true,
+  'rotatecancel': true,
+  // swipe
+  'swipe': true,
+  'swipeleft': true,
+  'swiperight': true,
+  'swipeup': true,
+  'swipedown': true,
+  // tap
+  'tap': true,
+};
+
+
+export class HammerGesturesPluginCommon extends EventManagerPlugin {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  supports(eventName: string): boolean {
+    eventName = eventName.toLowerCase();
+    return StringMapWrapper.contains(_eventNames, eventName);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures.dart b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edb2332b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+library angular.events;
+
+import 'dart:html';
+import './hammer_common.dart';
+import '../../facade/lang.dart' show BaseException;
+
+import 'dart:js' as js;
+
+class HammerGesturesPlugin extends HammerGesturesPluginCommon {
+  bool supports(String eventName) {
+    if (!super.supports(eventName)) return false;
+
+    if (!js.context.hasProperty('Hammer')) {
+      throw new BaseException('Hammer.js is not loaded, can not bind ${eventName} event');
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(Element element, String eventName, Function handler, bool shouldSupportBubble) {
+    if (shouldSupportBubble) throw new BaseException('Hammer.js plugin does not support bubbling gestures.');
+    var zone = this.manager.getZone();
+    eventName = eventName.toLowerCase();
+
+    zone.runOutsideAngular(() {
+      // Creating the manager bind events, must be done outside of angular
+      var mc = new js.JsObject(js.context['Hammer'], [element]);
+
+      var jsObj = mc.callMethod('get', ['pinch']);
+      jsObj.callMethod('set', [new js.JsObject.jsify({'enable': true})]);
+      jsObj = mc.callMethod('get', ['rotate']);
+      jsObj.callMethod('set', [new js.JsObject.jsify({'enable': true})]);
+
+      mc.callMethod('on', [
+        eventName,
+        (eventObj) {
+          zone.run(() {
+            var dartEvent = new HammerEvent._fromJsEvent(eventObj);
+            handler(dartEvent);
+          });
+        }
+      ]);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+class HammerEvent {
+  num angle;
+  num centerX;
+  num centerY;
+  int deltaTime;
+  int deltaX;
+  int deltaY;
+  int direction;
+  int distance;
+  num rotation;
+  num scale;
+  Node target;
+  int timeStamp;
+  String type;
+  num velocity;
+  num velocityX;
+  num velocityY;
+  js.JsObject jsEvent;
+
+  HammerEvent._fromJsEvent(js.JsObject event) {
+    angle = event['angle'];
+    var center = event['center'];
+    centerX = center['x'];
+    centerY = center['y'];
+    deltaTime = event['deltaTime'];
+    deltaX = event['deltaX'];
+    deltaY = event['deltaY'];
+    direction = event['direction'];
+    distance = event['distance'];
+    rotation = event['rotation'];
+    scale = event['scale'];
+    target = event['target'];
+    timeStamp = event['timeStamp'];
+    type = event['type'];
+    velocity = event['velocity'];
+    velocityX = event['velocityX'];
+    velocityY = event['velocityY'];
+    jsEvent = event;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5baabcbc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import {HammerGesturesPluginCommon} from './hammer_common';
+import {isPresent, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+export class HammerGesturesPlugin extends HammerGesturesPluginCommon {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  supports(eventName:string):boolean {
+    if (!super.supports(eventName)) return false;
+
+    if (!isPresent(window.Hammer)) {
+      throw new BaseException(`Hammer.js is not loaded, can not bind ${eventName} event`);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(element, eventName:string, handler:Function, shouldSupportBubble: boolean) {
+    if (shouldSupportBubble) throw new BaseException('Hammer.js plugin does not support bubbling gestures.');
+    var zone = this.manager.getZone();
+    eventName = eventName.toLowerCase();
+
+    zone.runOutsideAngular(function () {
+      // Creating the manager bind events, must be done outside of angular
+      var mc = new Hammer(element);
+      mc.get('pinch').set({enable: true});
+      mc.get('rotate').set({enable: true});
+
+      mc.on(eventName, function (eventObj) {
+        zone.run(function () {
+          handler(eventObj);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee140ebd73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import * as ldModule from './light_dom';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+class ContentStrategy {
+  nodes:List;
+  insert(nodes:List){}
+}
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of the content tag that is used by transcluding components.
+ * It is used when the content tag is not a direct child of another component,
+ * and thus does not affect redistribution.
+ */
+class RenderedContent extends ContentStrategy {
+  beginScript;
+  endScript;
+
+  constructor(contentEl) {
+    super();
+    this.beginScript = contentEl;
+    this.endScript = DOM.nextSibling(this.beginScript);
+    this.nodes = [];
+  }
+
+  // Inserts the nodes in between the start and end scripts.
+  // Previous content is removed.
+  insert(nodes:List) {
+    this.nodes = nodes;
+    DOM.insertAllBefore(this.endScript, nodes);
+    this._removeNodesUntil(ListWrapper.isEmpty(nodes) ? this.endScript : nodes[0]);
+  }
+
+  _removeNodesUntil(node) {
+    var p = DOM.parentElement(this.beginScript);
+    for (var next = DOM.nextSibling(this.beginScript);
+         next !== node;
+         next = DOM.nextSibling(this.beginScript)) {
+      DOM.removeChild(p, next);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of the content tag that is used by transcluding components.
+ * It is used when the content tag is a direct child of another component,
+ * and thus does not get rendered but only affect the distribution of its parent component.
+ */
+class IntermediateContent extends ContentStrategy {
+  destinationLightDom:ldModule.LightDom;
+
+  constructor(destinationLightDom:ldModule.LightDom) {
+    super();
+    this.nodes = [];
+    this.destinationLightDom = destinationLightDom;
+  }
+
+  insert(nodes:List) {
+    this.nodes = nodes;
+    this.destinationLightDom.redistribute();
+  }
+}
+
+
+export class Content {
+  select:string;
+  _strategy:ContentStrategy;
+  contentStartElement;
+
+  constructor(contentStartEl, selector:string) {
+    this.select = selector;
+    this.contentStartElement = contentStartEl;
+    this._strategy = null;
+  }
+
+  hydrate(destinationLightDom:ldModule.LightDom) {
+    this._strategy = isPresent(destinationLightDom) ?
+      new IntermediateContent(destinationLightDom) :
+      new RenderedContent(this.contentStartElement);
+  }
+
+  dehydrate() {
+    this._strategy = null;
+  }
+
+  nodes():List {
+    return this._strategy.nodes;
+  }
+
+  insert(nodes:List) {
+    this._strategy.insert(nodes);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d25600e1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {StyleInliner} from './style_inliner';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from './style_url_resolver';
+import {EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from './emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {
+  getContentAttribute, getHostAttribute, getComponentId, shimCssForComponent, insertStyleElement
+} from './util';
+
+/**
+ * This strategy emulates the Shadow DOM for the templates, styles **included**:
+ * - components templates are added as children of their component element,
+ * - both the template and the styles are modified so that styles are scoped to the component
+ *   they belong to,
+ * - styles are moved from the templates to the styleHost (i.e. the document head).
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ * - styles are scoped to their component and will apply only to it,
+ * - a common subset of shadow DOM selectors are supported,
+ * - see `ShadowCss` for more information and limitations.
+ */
+export class EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy extends EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy {
+  styleInliner: StyleInliner;
+
+  constructor(styleInliner: StyleInliner, styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver, styleHost) {
+    super(styleUrlResolver, styleHost);
+    this.styleInliner = styleInliner;
+  }
+
+  processStyleElement(hostComponentId:string, templateUrl:string, styleEl):Promise {
+    var cssText = DOM.getText(styleEl);
+
+    cssText = this.styleUrlResolver.resolveUrls(cssText, templateUrl);
+    var css = this.styleInliner.inlineImports(cssText, templateUrl);
+
+    if (PromiseWrapper.isPromise(css)) {
+      DOM.setText(styleEl, '');
+      return css.then((css) => {
+        css = shimCssForComponent(css, hostComponentId);
+        DOM.setText(styleEl, css);
+      });
+    } else {
+      css = shimCssForComponent(css, hostComponentId);
+      DOM.setText(styleEl, css);
+    }
+
+    DOM.remove(styleEl);
+    insertStyleElement(this.styleHost, styleEl);
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  processElement(hostComponentId:string, elementComponentId:string, element) {
+    // Shim the element as a child of the compiled component
+    if (isPresent(hostComponentId)) {
+      var contentAttribute = getContentAttribute(getComponentId(hostComponentId));
+      DOM.setAttribute(element, contentAttribute, '');
+    }
+    // If the current element is also a component, shim it as a host
+    if (isPresent(elementComponentId)) {
+      var hostAttribute = getHostAttribute(getComponentId(elementComponentId));
+      DOM.setAttribute(element, hostAttribute, '');
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c33b70a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import * as viewModule from '../view/view';
+
+import {LightDom} from './light_dom';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from './style_url_resolver';
+import {moveViewNodesIntoParent} from './util';
+import {insertSharedStyleText} from './util';
+
+/**
+ * This strategy emulates the Shadow DOM for the templates, styles **excluded**:
+ * - components templates are added as children of their component element,
+ * - styles are moved from the templates to the styleHost (i.e. the document head).
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ * - styles are **not** scoped to their component and will apply to the whole document,
+ * - you can **not** use shadow DOM specific selectors in the styles
+ */
+export class EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
+  styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver;
+  styleHost;
+
+  constructor(styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver, styleHost) {
+    super();
+    this.styleUrlResolver = styleUrlResolver;
+    this.styleHost = styleHost;
+  }
+
+  hasNativeContentElement():boolean {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  attachTemplate(el, view:viewModule.View) {
+    DOM.clearNodes(el);
+    moveViewNodesIntoParent(el, view);
+  }
+
+  constructLightDom(lightDomView:viewModule.View, shadowDomView:viewModule.View, el): LightDom {
+    return new LightDom(lightDomView, shadowDomView, el);
+  }
+
+  processStyleElement(hostComponentId:string, templateUrl:string, styleEl):Promise {
+    var cssText = DOM.getText(styleEl);
+    cssText = this.styleUrlResolver.resolveUrls(cssText, templateUrl);
+    DOM.setText(styleEl, cssText);
+    DOM.remove(styleEl);
+
+    insertSharedStyleText(cssText, this.styleHost, styleEl);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae7f859edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+import * as viewModule from '../view/view';
+import {Content} from './content_tag';
+
+export class DestinationLightDom {}
+
+class _Root {
+  node;
+  viewContainer;
+  content;
+
+  constructor(node, viewContainer, content) {
+    this.node = node;
+    this.viewContainer = viewContainer;
+    this.content = content;
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO: LightDom should implement DestinationLightDom
+// once interfaces are supported
+export class LightDom {
+  // The light DOM of the element is enclosed inside the lightDomView
+  lightDomView:viewModule.View;
+  // The shadow DOM
+  shadowDomView:viewModule.View;
+  // The nodes of the light DOM
+  nodes:List;
+  roots:List<_Root>;
+
+  constructor(lightDomView:viewModule.View, shadowDomView:viewModule.View, element) {
+    this.lightDomView = lightDomView;
+    this.shadowDomView = shadowDomView;
+    this.nodes = DOM.childNodesAsList(element);
+
+    this.roots = null;
+  }
+
+  redistribute() {
+    var tags = this.contentTags();
+    if (tags.length > 0) {
+      redistributeNodes(tags, this.expandedDomNodes());
+    }
+  }
+
+  contentTags(): List<Content> {
+    return this._collectAllContentTags(this.shadowDomView, []);
+  }
+
+  // Collects the Content directives from the view and all its child views
+  _collectAllContentTags(view: viewModule.View, acc:List<Content>):List<Content> {
+    var contentTags = view.contentTags;
+    var vcs = view.viewContainers;
+    for (var i=0; i<vcs.length; i++) {
+      var vc = vcs[i];
+      var contentTag = contentTags[i];
+      if (isPresent(contentTag)) {
+        ListWrapper.push(acc, contentTag);
+      }
+      if (isPresent(vc)) {
+        ListWrapper.forEach(vc.contentTagContainers(), (view) => {
+          this._collectAllContentTags(view, acc);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return acc;
+  }
+
+  // Collects the nodes of the light DOM by merging:
+  // - nodes from enclosed ViewContainers,
+  // - nodes from enclosed content tags,
+  // - plain DOM nodes
+  expandedDomNodes():List {
+    var res = [];
+
+    var roots = this._roots();
+    for (var i = 0; i < roots.length; ++i) {
+
+      var root = roots[i];
+
+      if (isPresent(root.viewContainer)) {
+        res = ListWrapper.concat(res, root.viewContainer.nodes());
+      } else if (isPresent(root.content)) {
+        res = ListWrapper.concat(res, root.content.nodes());
+      } else {
+        ListWrapper.push(res, root.node);
+      }
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  // Returns a list of Roots for all the nodes of the light DOM.
+  // The Root object contains the DOM node and its corresponding injector (could be null).
+  _roots() {
+    if (isPresent(this.roots)) return this.roots;
+
+    var viewContainers = this.lightDomView.viewContainers;
+    var contentTags = this.lightDomView.contentTags;
+
+    this.roots = ListWrapper.map(this.nodes, (n) => {
+      var foundVc = null;
+      var foundContentTag = null;
+      for (var i=0; i<viewContainers.length; i++) {
+        var vc = viewContainers[i];
+        var contentTag = contentTags[i];
+        if (isPresent(vc) && vc.templateElement === n) {
+          foundVc = vc;
+        }
+        if (isPresent(contentTag) && contentTag.contentStartElement === n) {
+          foundContentTag = contentTag;
+        }
+      }
+      return new _Root(n, foundVc, foundContentTag);
+    });
+
+    return this.roots;
+  }
+}
+
+// Projects the light DOM into the shadow DOM
+function redistributeNodes(contents:List<Content>, nodes:List) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < contents.length; ++i) {
+    var content = contents[i];
+    var select = content.select;
+    var matchSelector = (n) => DOM.elementMatches(n, select);
+
+    // Empty selector is identical to <content/>
+    if (select.length === 0) {
+      content.insert(nodes);
+      ListWrapper.clear(nodes);
+    } else {
+      var matchingNodes = ListWrapper.filter(nodes, matchSelector);
+      content.insert(matchingNodes);
+      ListWrapper.removeAll(nodes, matchingNodes);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..364719b256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import * as viewModule from '../view/view';
+
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from './style_url_resolver';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {moveViewNodesIntoParent} from './util';
+
+/**
+ * This strategies uses the native Shadow DOM support.
+ *
+ * The templates for the component are inserted in a Shadow Root created on the component element.
+ * Hence they are strictly isolated.
+ */
+export class NativeShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
+  styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver;
+
+  constructor(styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver) {
+    super();
+    this.styleUrlResolver = styleUrlResolver;
+  }
+
+  attachTemplate(el, view:viewModule.View){
+    moveViewNodesIntoParent(DOM.createShadowRoot(el), view);
+  }
+
+  processStyleElement(hostComponentId:string, templateUrl:string, styleEl):Promise {
+    var cssText = DOM.getText(styleEl);
+    cssText = this.styleUrlResolver.resolveUrls(cssText, templateUrl);
+    DOM.setText(styleEl, cssText);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d49302d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css.js
@@ -0,0 +1,537 @@
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {
+  StringWrapper,
+  RegExp,
+  RegExpWrapper,
+  RegExpMatcherWrapper,
+  isPresent,
+  isBlank,
+  BaseException,
+  int
+} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+/**
+ * This file is a port of shadowCSS from webcomponents.js to AtScript.
+ *
+ * Please make sure to keep to edits in sync with the source file.
+ *
+ * Source: https://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/blob/4efecd7e0e/src/ShadowCSS/ShadowCSS.js
+ *
+ * The original file level comment is reproduced below
+ */
+
+/*
+  This is a limited shim for ShadowDOM css styling.
+  https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/raw-file/tip/spec/shadow/index.html#styles
+
+  The intention here is to support only the styling features which can be
+  relatively simply implemented. The goal is to allow users to avoid the
+  most obvious pitfalls and do so without compromising performance significantly.
+  For ShadowDOM styling that's not covered here, a set of best practices
+  can be provided that should allow users to accomplish more complex styling.
+
+  The following is a list of specific ShadowDOM styling features and a brief
+  discussion of the approach used to shim.
+
+  Shimmed features:
+
+  * :host, :host-context: ShadowDOM allows styling of the shadowRoot's host
+  element using the :host rule. To shim this feature, the :host styles are
+  reformatted and prefixed with a given scope name and promoted to a
+  document level stylesheet.
+  For example, given a scope name of .foo, a rule like this:
+
+    :host {
+        background: red;
+      }
+    }
+
+  becomes:
+
+    .foo {
+      background: red;
+    }
+
+  * encapsultion: Styles defined within ShadowDOM, apply only to
+  dom inside the ShadowDOM. Polymer uses one of two techniques to imlement
+  this feature.
+
+  By default, rules are prefixed with the host element tag name
+  as a descendant selector. This ensures styling does not leak out of the 'top'
+  of the element's ShadowDOM. For example,
+
+  div {
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+
+  becomes:
+
+  x-foo div {
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+
+  becomes:
+
+
+  Alternatively, if WebComponents.ShadowCSS.strictStyling is set to true then
+  selectors are scoped by adding an attribute selector suffix to each
+  simple selector that contains the host element tag name. Each element
+  in the element's ShadowDOM template is also given the scope attribute.
+  Thus, these rules match only elements that have the scope attribute.
+  For example, given a scope name of x-foo, a rule like this:
+
+    div {
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+
+  becomes:
+
+    div[x-foo] {
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+
+  Note that elements that are dynamically added to a scope must have the scope
+  selector added to them manually.
+
+  * upper/lower bound encapsulation: Styles which are defined outside a
+  shadowRoot should not cross the ShadowDOM boundary and should not apply
+  inside a shadowRoot.
+
+  This styling behavior is not emulated. Some possible ways to do this that
+  were rejected due to complexity and/or performance concerns include: (1) reset
+  every possible property for every possible selector for a given scope name;
+  (2) re-implement css in javascript.
+
+  As an alternative, users should make sure to use selectors
+  specific to the scope in which they are working.
+
+  * ::distributed: This behavior is not emulated. It's often not necessary
+  to style the contents of a specific insertion point and instead, descendants
+  of the host element can be styled selectively. Users can also create an
+  extra node around an insertion point and style that node's contents
+  via descendent selectors. For example, with a shadowRoot like this:
+
+    <style>
+      ::content(div) {
+        background: red;
+      }
+    </style>
+    <content></content>
+
+  could become:
+
+    <style>
+      / *@polyfill .content-container div * /
+      ::content(div) {
+        background: red;
+      }
+    </style>
+    <div class="content-container">
+      <content></content>
+    </div>
+
+  Note the use of @polyfill in the comment above a ShadowDOM specific style
+  declaration. This is a directive to the styling shim to use the selector
+  in comments in lieu of the next selector when running under polyfill.
+*/
+
+export class ShadowCss {
+  strictStyling: boolean;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.strictStyling = true;
+  }
+
+  /*
+  * Shim a style element with the given selector. Returns cssText that can
+  * be included in the document via WebComponents.ShadowCSS.addCssToDocument(css).
+  */
+  shimStyle(style, selector: string, hostSelector: string = ''): string {
+    var cssText = DOM.getText(style);
+    return this.shimCssText(cssText, selector, hostSelector);
+  }
+
+  /*
+  * Shim some cssText with the given selector. Returns cssText that can
+  * be included in the document via WebComponents.ShadowCSS.addCssToDocument(css).
+  *
+  * When strictStyling is true:
+  * - selector is the attribute added to all elements inside the host,
+  * - hostSelector is the attribute added to the host itself.
+  */
+  shimCssText(cssText: string, selector: string, hostSelector: string = ''): string {
+    cssText = this._insertDirectives(cssText);
+    return this._scopeCssText(cssText, selector, hostSelector);
+  }
+
+  _insertDirectives(cssText: string): string {
+    cssText = this._insertPolyfillDirectivesInCssText(cssText);
+    return this._insertPolyfillRulesInCssText(cssText);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Process styles to convert native ShadowDOM rules that will trip
+   * up the css parser; we rely on decorating the stylesheet with inert rules.
+   *
+   * For example, we convert this rule:
+   *
+   * polyfill-next-selector { content: ':host menu-item'; }
+   * ::content menu-item {
+   *
+   * to this:
+   *
+   * scopeName menu-item {
+   *
+  **/
+  _insertPolyfillDirectivesInCssText(cssText: string): string {
+    // Difference with webcomponents.js: does not handle comments
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(cssText, _cssContentNextSelectorRe, function(m) {
+      return m[1] + '{';
+    });
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Process styles to add rules which will only apply under the polyfill
+   *
+   * For example, we convert this rule:
+   *
+   * polyfill-rule {
+   *   content: ':host menu-item';
+   * ...
+   * }
+   *
+   * to this:
+   *
+   * scopeName menu-item {...}
+   *
+  **/
+  _insertPolyfillRulesInCssText(cssText: string): string {
+    // Difference with webcomponents.js: does not handle comments
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(cssText, _cssContentRuleRe, function(m) {
+      var rule = m[0];
+      rule = StringWrapper.replace(rule, m[1], '');
+      rule = StringWrapper.replace(rule, m[2], '');
+      return m[3] + rule;
+    });
+  }
+
+  /* Ensure styles are scoped. Pseudo-scoping takes a rule like:
+   *
+   *  .foo {... }
+   *
+   *  and converts this to
+   *
+   *  scopeName .foo { ... }
+  */
+  _scopeCssText(cssText: string, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string): string {
+
+    var unscoped = this._extractUnscopedRulesFromCssText(cssText);
+    cssText = this._insertPolyfillHostInCssText(cssText);
+    cssText = this._convertColonHost(cssText);
+    cssText = this._convertColonHostContext(cssText);
+    cssText = this._convertShadowDOMSelectors(cssText);
+    if (isPresent(scopeSelector)) {
+      _withCssRules(cssText, (rules) => {
+        cssText = this._scopeRules(rules, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
+      });
+    }
+    cssText = cssText + '\n' + unscoped;
+    return cssText.trim();
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Process styles to add rules which will only apply under the polyfill
+   * and do not process via CSSOM. (CSSOM is destructive to rules on rare
+   * occasions, e.g. -webkit-calc on Safari.)
+   * For example, we convert this rule:
+   *
+   * @polyfill-unscoped-rule {
+   *   content: 'menu-item';
+   * ... }
+   *
+   * to this:
+   *
+   * menu-item {...}
+   *
+  **/
+  _extractUnscopedRulesFromCssText(cssText: string): string {
+    // Difference with webcomponents.js: does not handle comments
+    var r = '', m;
+    var matcher = RegExpWrapper.matcher(_cssContentUnscopedRuleRe, cssText);
+    while (isPresent(m = RegExpMatcherWrapper.next(matcher))) {
+      var rule = m[0];
+      rule = StringWrapper.replace(rule, m[2], '');
+      rule = StringWrapper.replace(rule, m[1], m[3]);
+      r = rule + '\n\n';
+    }
+    return r;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * convert a rule like :host(.foo) > .bar { }
+   *
+   * to
+   *
+   * scopeName.foo > .bar
+  */
+  _convertColonHost(cssText: string): string {
+    return this._convertColonRule(cssText, _cssColonHostRe,
+      this._colonHostPartReplacer);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * convert a rule like :host-context(.foo) > .bar { }
+   *
+   * to
+   *
+   * scopeName.foo > .bar, .foo scopeName > .bar { }
+   *
+   * and
+   *
+   * :host-context(.foo:host) .bar { ... }
+   *
+   * to
+   *
+   * scopeName.foo .bar { ... }
+  */
+  _convertColonHostContext(cssText: string): string {
+    return this._convertColonRule(cssText, _cssColonHostContextRe,
+      this._colonHostContextPartReplacer);
+  }
+
+  _convertColonRule(cssText: string, regExp: RegExp, partReplacer: Function): string {
+    // p1 = :host, p2 = contents of (), p3 rest of rule
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(cssText, regExp, function(m) {
+      if (isPresent(m[2])) {
+        var parts = m[2].split(','), r = [];
+        for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+          var p = parts[i];
+          if (isBlank(p)) break;
+          p = p.trim();
+          ListWrapper.push(r, partReplacer(_polyfillHostNoCombinator, p, m[3]));
+        }
+        return r.join(',');
+      } else {
+        return _polyfillHostNoCombinator + m[3];
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  _colonHostContextPartReplacer(host: string, part: string, suffix: string): string {
+    if (StringWrapper.contains(part, _polyfillHost)) {
+      return this._colonHostPartReplacer(host, part, suffix);
+    } else {
+      return host + part + suffix + ', ' + part + ' ' + host + suffix;
+    }
+  }
+
+  _colonHostPartReplacer(host: string, part: string, suffix: string): string {
+    return host + StringWrapper.replace(part, _polyfillHost, '') + suffix;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Convert combinators like ::shadow and pseudo-elements like ::content
+   * by replacing with space.
+  */
+  _convertShadowDOMSelectors(cssText: string): string {
+    for (var i = 0; i < _shadowDOMSelectorsRe.length; i++) {
+      cssText = StringWrapper.replaceAll(cssText, _shadowDOMSelectorsRe[i], ' ');
+    }
+    return cssText;
+  }
+
+  // change a selector like 'div' to 'name div'
+  _scopeRules(cssRules, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string): string {
+    var cssText = '';
+    if (isPresent(cssRules)) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < cssRules.length; i++) {
+        var rule = cssRules[i];
+        if (DOM.isStyleRule(rule) || DOM.isPageRule(rule)) {
+          cssText += this._scopeSelector(rule.selectorText, scopeSelector, hostSelector,
+            this.strictStyling) + ' {\n';
+          cssText += this._propertiesFromRule(rule) + '\n}\n\n';
+        } else if (DOM.isMediaRule(rule)) {
+          cssText += '@media ' + rule.media.mediaText + ' {\n';
+          cssText += this._scopeRules(rule.cssRules, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
+          cssText += '\n}\n\n';
+        } else {
+          // KEYFRAMES_RULE in IE throws when we query cssText
+          // when it contains a -webkit- property.
+          // if this happens, we fallback to constructing the rule
+          // from the CSSRuleSet
+          // https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/955703/accessing-csstext-of-a-keyframe-rule-that-contains-a-webkit-property-via-cssom-generates-exception
+          try {
+            if (isPresent(rule.cssText)) {
+              cssText += rule.cssText + '\n\n';
+            }
+          } catch(x) {
+            if (DOM.isKeyframesRule(rule) && isPresent(rule.cssRules)) {
+              cssText += this._ieSafeCssTextFromKeyFrameRule(rule);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return cssText;
+  }
+
+  _ieSafeCssTextFromKeyFrameRule(rule): string {
+    var cssText = '@keyframes ' + rule.name + ' {';
+    for (var i = 0; i < rule.cssRules.length; i++) {
+      var r = rule.cssRules[i];
+      cssText += ' ' + r.keyText + ' {' + r.style.cssText + '}';
+    }
+    cssText += ' }';
+    return cssText;
+  }
+
+  _scopeSelector(selector: string, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string,
+      strict: boolean): string {
+    var r = [], parts = selector.split(',');
+    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+      var p = parts[i];
+      p = p.trim();
+      if (this._selectorNeedsScoping(p, scopeSelector)) {
+        p = strict && !StringWrapper.contains(p, _polyfillHostNoCombinator) ?
+            this._applyStrictSelectorScope(p, scopeSelector) :
+            this._applySelectorScope(p, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
+      }
+      ListWrapper.push(r, p);
+    }
+    return r.join(', ');
+  }
+
+  _selectorNeedsScoping(selector: string, scopeSelector: string): boolean {
+    var re = this._makeScopeMatcher(scopeSelector);
+    return !isPresent(RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(re, selector));
+  }
+
+  _makeScopeMatcher(scopeSelector: string): RegExp {
+    var lre = RegExpWrapper.create('\\[');
+    var rre = RegExpWrapper.create('\\]');
+    scopeSelector = StringWrapper.replaceAll(scopeSelector, lre, '\\[');
+    scopeSelector = StringWrapper.replaceAll(scopeSelector, rre, '\\]');
+    return RegExpWrapper.create('^(' + scopeSelector + ')' + _selectorReSuffix, 'm');
+  }
+
+  _applySelectorScope(selector: string, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string): string {
+    // Difference from webcomponentsjs: scopeSelector could not be an array
+    return this._applySimpleSelectorScope(selector, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
+  }
+
+  // scope via name and [is=name]
+  _applySimpleSelectorScope(selector: string, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string): string {
+    if (isPresent(RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_polyfillHostRe, selector))) {
+      var replaceBy = this.strictStyling ? `[${hostSelector}]` : scopeSelector;
+      selector = StringWrapper.replace(selector, _polyfillHostNoCombinator, replaceBy);
+      return StringWrapper.replaceAll(selector, _polyfillHostRe, replaceBy + ' ');
+    } else {
+      return scopeSelector + ' ' + selector;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // return a selector with [name] suffix on each simple selector
+  // e.g. .foo.bar > .zot becomes .foo[name].bar[name] > .zot[name]
+  _applyStrictSelectorScope(selector: string, scopeSelector: string): string {
+    var isRe = RegExpWrapper.create('\\[is=([^\\]]*)\\]');
+    scopeSelector = StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(scopeSelector, isRe, (m) => m[1]);
+    var splits = [' ', '>', '+', '~'],
+      scoped = selector,
+      attrName = '[' + scopeSelector + ']';
+    for (var i = 0; i < splits.length; i++) {
+      var sep = splits[i];
+      var parts = scoped.split(sep);
+      scoped = ListWrapper.map(parts, function(p) {
+        // remove :host since it should be unnecessary
+        var t = StringWrapper.replaceAll(p.trim(), _polyfillHostRe, '');
+        if (t.length > 0 &&
+            !ListWrapper.contains(splits, t) &&
+            !StringWrapper.contains(t, attrName)) {
+          var re = RegExpWrapper.create('([^:]*)(:*)(.*)');
+          var m = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(re, t);
+          if (isPresent(m)) {
+            p = m[1] + attrName + m[2] + m[3];
+          }
+        }
+        return p;
+      }).join(sep);
+    }
+    return scoped;
+  }
+
+  _insertPolyfillHostInCssText(selector: string): string {
+    selector = StringWrapper.replaceAll(selector, _colonHostContextRe, _polyfillHostContext);
+    selector = StringWrapper.replaceAll(selector, _colonHostRe, _polyfillHost);
+    return selector;
+  }
+
+  _propertiesFromRule(rule): string {
+    var cssText = rule.style.cssText;
+    // TODO(sorvell): Safari cssom incorrectly removes quotes from the content
+    // property. (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118045)
+    // don't replace attr rules
+    var attrRe = RegExpWrapper.create('[\'"]+|attr');
+    if (rule.style.content.length > 0 &&
+        !isPresent(RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(attrRe, rule.style.content))) {
+      var contentRe = RegExpWrapper.create('content:[^;]*;');
+      cssText = StringWrapper.replaceAll(cssText, contentRe, 'content: \'' +
+        rule.style.content + '\';');
+    }
+    // TODO(sorvell): we can workaround this issue here, but we need a list
+    // of troublesome properties to fix https://github.com/Polymer/platform/issues/53
+    //
+    // inherit rules can be omitted from cssText
+    // TODO(sorvell): remove when Blink bug is fixed:
+    // https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=358273
+    //var style = rule.style;
+    //for (var i = 0; i < style.length; i++) {
+    //  var name = style.item(i);
+    //  var value = style.getPropertyValue(name);
+    //  if (value == 'initial') {
+    //    cssText += name + ': initial; ';
+    //  }
+    //}
+    return cssText;
+  }
+}
+
+var _cssContentNextSelectorRe = RegExpWrapper.create(
+  'polyfill-next-selector[^}]*content:[\\s]*?[\'"](.*?)[\'"][;\\s]*}([^{]*?){', 'im');
+var _cssContentRuleRe = RegExpWrapper.create(
+  '(polyfill-rule)[^}]*(content:[\\s]*[\'"](.*?)[\'"])[;\\s]*[^}]*}', 'im');
+var _cssContentUnscopedRuleRe = RegExpWrapper.create(
+  '(polyfill-unscoped-rule)[^}]*(content:[\\s]*[\'"](.*?)[\'"])[;\\s]*[^}]*}', 'im');
+var _polyfillHost = '-shadowcsshost';
+// note: :host-context pre-processed to -shadowcsshostcontext.
+var _polyfillHostContext = '-shadowcsscontext';
+var _parenSuffix = ')(?:\\((' +
+                   '(?:\\([^)(]*\\)|[^)(]*)+?' +
+                   ')\\))?([^,{]*)';
+var _cssColonHostRe = RegExpWrapper.create('(' + _polyfillHost + _parenSuffix, 'im');
+var _cssColonHostContextRe = RegExpWrapper.create('(' + _polyfillHostContext + _parenSuffix, 'im');
+var _polyfillHostNoCombinator = _polyfillHost + '-no-combinator';
+var _shadowDOMSelectorsRe = [
+  RegExpWrapper.create('>>>'),
+  RegExpWrapper.create('::shadow'),
+  RegExpWrapper.create('::content'),
+  // Deprecated selectors
+  RegExpWrapper.create('/deep/'), // former >>>
+  RegExpWrapper.create('/shadow-deep/'), // former /deep/
+  RegExpWrapper.create('/shadow/'), // former ::shadow
+];
+var _selectorReSuffix = '([>\\s~+\[.,{:][\\s\\S]*)?$';
+var _polyfillHostRe = RegExpWrapper.create(_polyfillHost, 'im');
+var _colonHostRe = RegExpWrapper.create(':host', 'im');
+var _colonHostContextRe = RegExpWrapper.create(':host-context', 'im');
+
+function _cssToRules(cssText: string) {
+  return DOM.cssToRules(cssText);
+}
+
+function _withCssRules(cssText: string, callback: Function) {
+  // Difference from webcomponentjs: remove the workaround for an old bug in Chrome
+  if (isBlank(callback)) return;
+  var rules = _cssToRules(cssText);
+  callback(rules);
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_compile_step.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_compile_step.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..389118a97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_compile_step.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent, assertionsEnabled} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {MapWrapper, List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {CompileStep} from '../compiler/compile_step';
+import {CompileElement} from '../compiler/compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from '../compiler/compile_control';
+import {Template} from '../../api';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
+
+export class ShadowDomCompileStep extends CompileStep {
+  _shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy;
+  _template: Template;
+  _subTaskPromises: List<Promise>;
+
+  constructor(shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy, template: Template, subTaskPromises:List<Promise>) {
+    super();
+    this._shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
+    this._template = template;
+    this._subTaskPromises = subTaskPromises;
+  }
+
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    if (current.ignoreBindings) {
+      return;
+    }
+    var tagName = DOM.tagName(current.element);
+    if (tagName == 'STYLE') {
+      this._processStyleElement(current);
+    } else if (tagName == 'CONTENT') {
+      this._processContentElement(current);
+    } else {
+      var componentId = current.isBound() ? current.inheritedElementBinder.componentId : null;
+      this._shadowDomStrategy.processElement(
+        this._template.componentId, componentId, current.element
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  _processStyleElement(current) {
+    current.ignoreBindings = true;
+    var stylePromise = this._shadowDomStrategy.processStyleElement(
+      this._template.componentId, this._template.absUrl, current.element
+    );
+    if (isPresent(stylePromise) && PromiseWrapper.isPromise(stylePromise)) {
+      ListWrapper.push(this._subTaskPromises, stylePromise);
+    }
+  }
+
+  _processContentElement(current) {
+    if (this._shadowDomStrategy.hasNativeContentElement()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    var attrs = current.attrs();
+    var selector = MapWrapper.get(attrs, 'select');
+    selector = isPresent(selector) ? selector : '';
+
+    var contentStart = DOM.createScriptTag('type', 'ng/contentStart');
+    if (assertionsEnabled()) {
+      DOM.setAttribute(contentStart, 'select', selector);
+    }
+    var contentEnd = DOM.createScriptTag('type', 'ng/contentEnd');
+    DOM.insertBefore(current.element, contentStart);
+    DOM.insertBefore(current.element, contentEnd);
+    DOM.remove(current.element);
+
+    current.element = contentStart;
+    current.bindElement().setContentTagSelector(selector);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c34a195f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import * as viewModule from '../view/view';
+import {LightDom} from './light_dom';
+
+export class ShadowDomStrategy {
+  hasNativeContentElement():boolean {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  attachTemplate(el, view:viewModule.View) {}
+
+  constructLightDom(lightDomView:viewModule.View, shadowDomView:viewModule.View, el): LightDom {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * An optional step that can modify the template style elements.
+   */
+  processStyleElement(hostComponentId:string, templateUrl:string, styleElement):Promise {
+    return null;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * An optional step that can modify the template elements (style elements exlcuded).
+   */
+  processElement(hostComponentId:string, elementComponentId:string, element) {}
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_inliner.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_inliner.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cefc69956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_inliner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/services/xhr';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from './style_url_resolver';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+
+import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {
+  isBlank,
+  isPresent,
+  RegExp,
+  RegExpWrapper,
+  StringWrapper,
+  normalizeBlank,
+} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {
+  Promise,
+  PromiseWrapper,
+} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+/**
+ * Inline @import rules in the given CSS.
+ *
+ * When an @import rules is inlined, it's url are rewritten.
+ */
+export class StyleInliner {
+  _xhr: XHR;
+  _urlResolver: UrlResolver;
+  _styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver;
+
+  constructor(xhr: XHR, styleUrlResolver: StyleUrlResolver, urlResolver: UrlResolver) {
+    this._xhr = xhr;
+    this._urlResolver = urlResolver;
+    this._styleUrlResolver = styleUrlResolver;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Inline the @imports rules in the given CSS text.
+   *
+   * The baseUrl is required to rewrite URLs in the inlined content.
+   *
+   * @param {string} cssText
+   * @param {string} baseUrl
+   * @returns {*} a Promise<string> when @import rules are present, a string otherwise
+   */
+  // TODO(vicb): Union types: returns either a Promise<string> or a string
+  // TODO(vicb): commented out @import rules should not be inlined
+  inlineImports(cssText: string, baseUrl: string) {
+    return this._inlineImports(cssText, baseUrl, []);
+  }
+
+  _inlineImports(cssText: string, baseUrl: string, inlinedUrls: List<string>) {
+    var partIndex = 0;
+    var parts = StringWrapper.split(cssText, _importRe);
+
+    if (parts.length === 1) {
+      // no @import rule found, return the original css
+      return cssText;
+    }
+
+    var promises = [];
+
+    while (partIndex < parts.length - 1) {
+      // prefix is the content before the @import rule
+      var prefix = parts[partIndex];
+      // rule is the parameter of the @import rule
+      var rule = parts[partIndex + 1];
+      var url = _extractUrl(rule);
+      if (isPresent(url)) {
+        url = this._urlResolver.resolve(baseUrl, url);
+      }
+      var mediaQuery = _extractMediaQuery(rule);
+      var promise;
+
+      if (isBlank(url)) {
+        promise = PromiseWrapper.resolve(`/* Invalid import rule: "@import ${rule};" */`);
+      } else if (ListWrapper.contains(inlinedUrls, url)) {
+        // The current import rule has already been inlined, return the prefix only
+        // Importing again might cause a circular dependency
+        promise = PromiseWrapper.resolve(prefix);
+      } else {
+        ListWrapper.push(inlinedUrls, url);
+        promise = PromiseWrapper.then(
+          this._xhr.get(url),
+          (css) => {
+            // resolve nested @import rules
+            css = this._inlineImports(css, url, inlinedUrls);
+            if (PromiseWrapper.isPromise(css)) {
+              // wait until nested @import are inlined
+              return css.then((css) => {
+                return prefix + this._transformImportedCss(css, mediaQuery, url) + '\n'
+              }) ;
+            } else {
+              // there are no nested @import, return the css
+              return prefix + this._transformImportedCss(css, mediaQuery, url) + '\n';
+            }
+          },
+          (error) => `/* failed to import ${url} */\n`
+        );
+      }
+      ListWrapper.push(promises, promise);
+      partIndex += 2;
+    }
+
+    return PromiseWrapper.all(promises).then(function (cssParts) {
+      var cssText = cssParts.join('');
+      if (partIndex < parts.length) {
+        // append then content located after the last @import rule
+        cssText += parts[partIndex];
+      }
+      return cssText;
+    });
+  }
+
+  _transformImportedCss(css: string, mediaQuery: string, url: string): string {
+    css = this._styleUrlResolver.resolveUrls(css, url);
+    return _wrapInMediaRule(css, mediaQuery);
+  }
+}
+
+// Extracts the url from an import rule, supported formats:
+// - 'url' / "url",
+// - url(url) / url('url') / url("url")
+function _extractUrl(importRule: string): string {
+  var match = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_urlRe, importRule);
+  if (isBlank(match)) return null;
+  return isPresent(match[1]) ? match[1] : match[2];
+}
+
+// Extracts the media query from an import rule.
+// Returns null when there is no media query.
+function _extractMediaQuery(importRule: string): string {
+  var match = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_mediaQueryRe, importRule);
+  if (isBlank(match)) return null;
+  var mediaQuery = match[1].trim();
+  return (mediaQuery.length > 0) ? mediaQuery: null;
+}
+
+// Wraps the css in a media rule when the media query is not null
+function _wrapInMediaRule(css: string, query: string): string {
+  return (isBlank(query)) ? css : `@media ${query} {\n${css}\n}`;
+}
+
+var _importRe = RegExpWrapper.create('@import\\s+([^;]+);');
+var _urlRe = RegExpWrapper.create(
+  'url\\(\\s*?[\'"]?([^\'")]+)[\'"]?|' + // url(url) or url('url') or url("url")
+  '[\'"]([^\'")]+)[\'"]'                 // "url" or 'url'
+);
+var _mediaQueryRe = RegExpWrapper.create('[\'"][^\'"]+[\'"]\\s*\\)?\\s*(.*)');
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0c5cbdc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Some of the code comes from WebComponents.JS
+// https://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/blob/master/src/HTMLImports/path.js
+
+import {RegExp, RegExpWrapper, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+
+/**
+ * Rewrites URLs by resolving '@import' and 'url()' URLs from the given base URL.
+ */
+export class StyleUrlResolver {
+  _resolver: UrlResolver;
+
+  constructor(resolver: UrlResolver) {
+    this._resolver = resolver;
+  }
+
+  resolveUrls(cssText: string, baseUrl: string) {
+    cssText = this._replaceUrls(cssText, _cssUrlRe, baseUrl);
+    cssText = this._replaceUrls(cssText, _cssImportRe, baseUrl);
+    return cssText;
+  }
+
+  _replaceUrls(cssText: string, re: RegExp, baseUrl: string) {
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(cssText, re, (m) => {
+      var pre = m[1];
+      var url = StringWrapper.replaceAll(m[2], _quoteRe, '');
+      var post = m[3];
+
+      var resolvedUrl = this._resolver.resolve(baseUrl, url);
+
+      return pre + "'" + resolvedUrl + "'" + post;
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+var _cssUrlRe = RegExpWrapper.create('(url\\()([^)]*)(\\))');
+var _cssImportRe = RegExpWrapper.create('(@import[\\s]+(?!url\\())[\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"](.*;)');
+var _quoteRe = RegExpWrapper.create('[\'"]');
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/util.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a34d9e13e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent, int} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {MapWrapper, Map} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {ShadowCss} from './shadow_css';
+
+export function moveViewNodesIntoParent(parent, view) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < view.rootNodes.length; ++i) {
+    DOM.appendChild(parent, view.rootNodes[i]);
+  }
+}
+
+var _componentUIDs: Map<string, int> = MapWrapper.create();
+var _nextComponentUID: int = 0;
+var _sharedStyleTexts: Map<string, boolean> = MapWrapper.create();
+var _lastInsertedStyleEl;
+
+export function getComponentId(componentStringId: string) {
+  var id = MapWrapper.get(_componentUIDs, componentStringId);
+  if (isBlank(id)) {
+    id = _nextComponentUID++;
+    MapWrapper.set(_componentUIDs, componentStringId, id);
+  }
+  return id;
+}
+
+export function insertSharedStyleText(cssText, styleHost, styleEl) {
+  if (!MapWrapper.contains(_sharedStyleTexts, cssText)) {
+    // Styles are unscoped and shared across components, only append them to the head
+    // when there are not present yet
+    MapWrapper.set(_sharedStyleTexts, cssText, true);
+    insertStyleElement(styleHost, styleEl);
+  }
+}
+
+export function insertStyleElement(host, styleEl) {
+  if (isBlank(_lastInsertedStyleEl)) {
+    var firstChild = DOM.firstChild(host);
+    if (isPresent(firstChild)) {
+      DOM.insertBefore(firstChild, styleEl);
+    } else {
+      DOM.appendChild(host, styleEl);
+    }
+  } else {
+    DOM.insertAfter(_lastInsertedStyleEl, styleEl);
+  }
+  _lastInsertedStyleEl = styleEl;
+}
+
+// Return the attribute to be added to the component
+export function getHostAttribute(id: int) {
+  return `_nghost-${id}`;
+}
+
+// Returns the attribute to be added on every single element nodes in the component
+export function getContentAttribute(id: int) {
+  return `_ngcontent-${id}`;
+}
+
+export function shimCssForComponent(cssText: string, componentId: string): string {
+  var id = getComponentId(componentId);
+  var shadowCss = new ShadowCss();
+  return shadowCss.shimCssText(cssText, getContentAttribute(id), getHostAttribute(id));
+}
+
+// Reset the caches - used for tests only
+export function resetShadowDomCache() {
+  MapWrapper.clear(_componentUIDs);
+  _nextComponentUID = 0;
+  MapWrapper.clear(_sharedStyleTexts);
+  _lastInsertedStyleEl = null;
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/util.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..843752eb18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {StringWrapper, RegExpWrapper, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+export const NG_BINDING_CLASS_SELECTOR = '.ng-binding';
+export const NG_BINDING_CLASS = 'ng-binding';
+
+var CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create('([A-Z])');
+var DASH_CASE_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create('-([a-z])');
+
+export function camelCaseToDashCase(input:string) {
+  return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(input, CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP, (m) => {
+    return '-' + m[1].toLowerCase();
+  });
+}
+
+export function dashCaseToCamelCase(input:string) {
+  return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(input, DASH_CASE_REGEXP, (m) => {
+    return m[1].toUpperCase();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/element_binder.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/element_binder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be61e5999a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/element_binder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import {AST} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {isPresent, isBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import * as protoViewModule from './proto_view';
+
+/**
+ * Note: Code that uses this class assumes that is immutable!
+ */
+export class ElementBinder {
+  contentTagSelector: string;
+  textNodeIndices: List<number>;
+  nestedProtoView: protoViewModule.ProtoView;
+  eventLocals: AST;
+  eventNames: List<string>;
+  componentId: string;
+  parentIndex:number;
+  distanceToParent:number;
+
+  constructor({
+    textNodeIndices,
+    contentTagSelector,
+    nestedProtoView,
+    componentId,
+    eventLocals,
+    eventNames,
+    parentIndex,
+    distanceToParent
+  }) {
+    this.textNodeIndices = textNodeIndices;
+    this.contentTagSelector = contentTagSelector;
+    this.nestedProtoView = nestedProtoView;
+    this.componentId = componentId;
+    this.eventLocals = eventLocals;
+    this.eventNames = eventNames;
+    this.parentIndex = parentIndex;
+    this.distanceToParent = distanceToParent;
+  }
+
+  mergeChildComponentProtoViews(protoViews:List<protoViewModule.ProtoView>, target:List<protoViewModule.ProtoView>):ElementBinder {
+    var nestedProtoView;
+    if (isPresent(this.componentId)) {
+      nestedProtoView = ListWrapper.removeAt(protoViews, 0);
+    } else if (isPresent(this.nestedProtoView)) {
+      nestedProtoView = this.nestedProtoView.mergeChildComponentProtoViews(protoViews, target);
+    }
+    return new ElementBinder({
+      parentIndex: this.parentIndex,
+      // Don't clone as we assume immutability!
+      textNodeIndices: this.textNodeIndices,
+      contentTagSelector: this.contentTagSelector,
+      nestedProtoView: nestedProtoView,
+      componentId: this.componentId,
+      // Don't clone as we assume immutability!
+      eventLocals: this.eventLocals,
+      eventNames: this.eventNames,
+      distanceToParent: this.distanceToParent
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31651947a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {SetterFn} from 'angular2/src/reflection/types';
+
+import {List, Map, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {ElementBinder} from './element_binder';
+import {NG_BINDING_CLASS} from '../util';
+
+/**
+ * Note: Code that uses this class assumes that is immutable!
+ */
+export class ProtoView {
+  element;
+  elementBinders:List<ElementBinder>;
+  isTemplateElement:boolean;
+  isRootView:boolean;
+  rootBindingOffset:int;
+  propertySetters: Map<string, SetterFn>;
+
+  constructor({
+    elementBinders,
+    element,
+    isRootView,
+    propertySetters
+  }) {
+    this.element = element;
+    this.elementBinders = elementBinders;
+    this.isTemplateElement = DOM.isTemplateElement(this.element);
+    this.isRootView = isRootView;
+    this.rootBindingOffset = (isPresent(this.element) && DOM.hasClass(this.element, NG_BINDING_CLASS)) ? 1 : 0;
+    this.propertySetters = propertySetters;
+  }
+
+  mergeChildComponentProtoViews(protoViews:List<ProtoView>, target:List<ProtoView>):ProtoView {
+    var elementBinders = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(this.elementBinders.length);
+    for (var i=0; i<this.elementBinders.length; i++) {
+      var eb = this.elementBinders[i];
+      if (isPresent(eb.componentId) || isPresent(eb.nestedProtoView)) {
+        elementBinders[i] = eb.mergeChildComponentProtoViews(protoViews, target);
+      } else {
+        elementBinders[i] = eb;
+      }
+    }
+    var result = new ProtoView({
+      elementBinders: elementBinders,
+      element: this.element,
+      isRootView: this.isRootView,
+      // Don't clone as we assume immutability!
+      propertySetters: this.propertySetters
+    });
+    ListWrapper.insert(target, 0, result);
+    return result
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cb912bc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import {isPresent, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, Set, SetWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {
+  ASTWithSource, AST, AstTransformer, AccessMember, LiteralArray, ImplicitReceiver
+} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {SetterFn} from 'angular2/src/reflection/types';
+
+import {ProtoView} from './proto_view';
+import {ElementBinder} from './element_binder';
+
+import * as api from '../../api';
+import * as directDomRenderer from '../direct_dom_renderer';
+
+import {NG_BINDING_CLASS} from '../util';
+
+export class ProtoViewBuilder {
+  rootElement;
+  variableBindings: Map<string, string>;
+  elements:List<ElementBinderBuilder>;
+  isRootView:boolean;
+  propertySetters:Set<string>;
+
+  constructor(rootElement) {
+    this.rootElement = rootElement;
+    this.elements = [];
+    this.isRootView = false;
+    this.variableBindings = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.propertySetters = new Set();
+  }
+
+  bindElement(element, description = null):ElementBinderBuilder {
+    var builder = new ElementBinderBuilder(this.elements.length, element, description);
+    ListWrapper.push(this.elements, builder);
+    DOM.addClass(element, NG_BINDING_CLASS);
+
+    return builder;
+  }
+
+  bindVariable(name, value) {
+    // Store the variable map from value to variable, reflecting how it will be used later by
+    // View. When a local is set to the view, a lookup for the variable name will take place keyed
+    // by the "value", or exported identifier. For example, ng-repeat sets a view local of "index".
+    // When this occurs, a lookup keyed by "index" must occur to find if there is a var referencing
+    // it.
+    MapWrapper.set(this.variableBindings, value, name);
+  }
+
+  setIsRootView(value) {
+    this.isRootView = value;
+  }
+
+  build():api.ProtoView {
+    var renderElementBinders = [];
+
+    var apiElementBinders = [];
+    var propertySetters = MapWrapper.create();
+    ListWrapper.forEach(this.elements, (ebb) => {
+      var eventLocalsAstSplitter = new EventLocalsAstSplitter();
+      var apiDirectiveBinders = ListWrapper.map(ebb.directives, (db) => {
+        MapWrapper.forEach(db.propertySetters, (setter, propertyName) => {
+          MapWrapper.set(propertySetters, propertyName, setter);
+        });
+        return new api.DirectiveBinder({
+          directiveIndex: db.directiveIndex,
+          propertyBindings: db.propertyBindings,
+          eventBindings: eventLocalsAstSplitter.splitEventAstIntoLocals(db.eventBindings)
+        });
+      });
+      MapWrapper.forEach(ebb.propertySetters, (setter, propertyName) => {
+        MapWrapper.set(propertySetters, propertyName, setter);
+      });
+      var nestedProtoView =
+          isPresent(ebb.nestedProtoView) ? ebb.nestedProtoView.build() : null;
+      var parentIndex = isPresent(ebb.parent) ? ebb.parent.index : -1;
+      var parentWithDirectivesIndex = isPresent(ebb.parentWithDirectives) ? ebb.parentWithDirectives.index : -1;
+      ListWrapper.push(apiElementBinders, new api.ElementBinder({
+        index: ebb.index, parentIndex:parentIndex, distanceToParent:ebb.distanceToParent,
+        parentWithDirectivesIndex: parentWithDirectivesIndex, distanceToParentWithDirectives: ebb.distanceToParentWithDirectives,
+        directives: apiDirectiveBinders,
+        nestedProtoView: nestedProtoView,
+        propertyBindings: ebb.propertyBindings, variableBindings: ebb.variableBindings,
+        eventBindings: eventLocalsAstSplitter.splitEventAstIntoLocals(ebb.eventBindings),
+        textBindings: ebb.textBindings
+      }));
+      ListWrapper.push(renderElementBinders, new ElementBinder({
+        textNodeIndices: ebb.textBindingIndices,
+        contentTagSelector: ebb.contentTagSelector,
+        parentIndex: parentIndex,
+        distanceToParent: ebb.distanceToParent,
+        nestedProtoView: isPresent(nestedProtoView) ? nestedProtoView.render.delegate : null,
+        componentId: ebb.componentId,
+        eventLocals: eventLocalsAstSplitter.buildEventLocals(),
+        eventNames: eventLocalsAstSplitter.buildEventNames()
+      }));
+    });
+    return new api.ProtoView({
+      render: new directDomRenderer.DirectDomProtoViewRef(new ProtoView({
+        element: this.rootElement,
+        elementBinders: renderElementBinders,
+        isRootView: this.isRootView,
+        propertySetters: propertySetters
+      })),
+      elementBinders: apiElementBinders,
+      variableBindings: this.variableBindings
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export class ElementBinderBuilder {
+  element;
+  index:number;
+  parent:ElementBinderBuilder;
+  distanceToParent:number;
+  parentWithDirectives:ElementBinderBuilder;
+  distanceToParentWithDirectives:number;
+  directives:List<DirectiveBuilder>;
+  nestedProtoView:ProtoViewBuilder;
+  propertyBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  variableBindings: Map<string, string>;
+  eventBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  textBindingIndices: List<number>;
+  textBindings: List<ASTWithSource>;
+  contentTagSelector:string;
+  propertySetters: Map<string, SetterFn>;
+  componentId: string;
+
+  constructor(index, element, description) {
+    this.element = element;
+    this.index = index;
+    this.parent = null;
+    this.distanceToParent = 0;
+    this.parentWithDirectives = null;
+    this.distanceToParentWithDirectives = 0;
+    this.directives = [];
+    this.nestedProtoView = null;
+    this.propertyBindings = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.variableBindings = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.eventBindings = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.textBindings = [];
+    this.textBindingIndices = [];
+    this.contentTagSelector = null;
+    this.propertySetters = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.componentId = null;
+  }
+
+  setParent(parent:ElementBinderBuilder, distanceToParent):ElementBinderBuilder {
+    this.parent = parent;
+    if (isPresent(parent)) {
+      this.distanceToParent = distanceToParent;
+      if (parent.directives.length > 0) {
+        this.parentWithDirectives = parent;
+        this.distanceToParentWithDirectives = distanceToParent;
+      } else {
+        this.parentWithDirectives = parent.parentWithDirectives;
+        if (isPresent(this.parentWithDirectives)) {
+          this.distanceToParentWithDirectives = distanceToParent + parent.distanceToParentWithDirectives;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  bindDirective(directiveIndex:number):DirectiveBuilder {
+    var directive = new DirectiveBuilder(directiveIndex);
+    ListWrapper.push(this.directives, directive);
+    return directive;
+  }
+
+  bindNestedProtoView(rootElement):ProtoViewBuilder {
+    if (isPresent(this.nestedProtoView)) {
+      throw new BaseException('Only one nested view per element is allowed');
+    }
+    this.nestedProtoView = new ProtoViewBuilder(rootElement);
+    return this.nestedProtoView;
+  }
+
+  bindProperty(name, expression) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this.propertyBindings, name, expression);
+  }
+
+  bindVariable(name, value) {
+    // When current is a view root, the variable bindings are set to the *nested* proto view.
+    // The root view conceptually signifies a new "block scope" (the nested view), to which
+    // the variables are bound.
+    if (isPresent(this.nestedProtoView)) {
+      this.nestedProtoView.bindVariable(name, value);
+    } else {
+      // Store the variable map from value to variable, reflecting how it will be used later by
+      // View. When a local is set to the view, a lookup for the variable name will take place keyed
+      // by the "value", or exported identifier. For example, ng-repeat sets a view local of "index".
+      // When this occurs, a lookup keyed by "index" must occur to find if there is a var referencing
+      // it.
+      MapWrapper.set(this.variableBindings, value, name);
+    }
+  }
+
+  bindEvent(name, expression) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this.eventBindings, name, expression);
+  }
+
+  bindText(index, expression) {
+    ListWrapper.push(this.textBindingIndices, index);
+    ListWrapper.push(this.textBindings, expression);
+  }
+
+  setContentTagSelector(value:string) {
+    this.contentTagSelector = value;
+  }
+
+  bindPropertySetter(propertyName, setter) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this.propertySetters, propertyName, setter);
+  }
+
+  setComponentId(componentId:string) {
+    this.componentId = componentId;
+  }
+}
+
+export class DirectiveBuilder {
+  directiveIndex:number;
+  propertyBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  eventBindings: Map<string, ASTWithSource>;
+  propertySetters: Map<string, SetterFn>;
+
+  constructor(directiveIndex) {
+    this.directiveIndex = directiveIndex;
+    this.propertyBindings = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.eventBindings = MapWrapper.create();
+    this.propertySetters = MapWrapper.create();
+  }
+
+  bindProperty(name, expression) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this.propertyBindings, name, expression);
+  }
+
+  bindEvent(name, expression) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this.eventBindings, name, expression);
+  }
+
+  bindPropertySetter(propertyName, setter) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this.propertySetters, propertyName, setter);
+  }
+}
+
+export class EventLocalsAstSplitter extends AstTransformer {
+  locals:List<AST>;
+  eventNames:List<string>;
+  _implicitReceiver:AST;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.locals = [];
+    this.eventNames = [];
+    this._implicitReceiver = new ImplicitReceiver();
+  }
+
+  splitEventAstIntoLocals(eventBindings:Map<string, ASTWithSource>):Map<string, ASTWithSource> {
+    if (isPresent(eventBindings)) {
+      var result = MapWrapper.create();
+      MapWrapper.forEach(eventBindings, (astWithSource, eventName) => {
+        MapWrapper.set(result, eventName, astWithSource.ast.visit(this));
+        ListWrapper.push(this.eventNames, eventName);
+      });
+      return result;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  visitAccessMember(ast:AccessMember) {
+    var isEventAccess = false;
+    var current = ast;
+    while (!isEventAccess && (current instanceof AccessMember)) {
+      if (current.name == '$event') {
+        isEventAccess = true;
+      }
+      current = current.receiver;
+    }
+
+    if (isEventAccess) {
+      ListWrapper.push(this.locals, ast);
+      var index = this.locals.length - 1;
+      return new AccessMember(this._implicitReceiver, `${index}`, (arr) => arr[index], null);
+    } else {
+      return ast;
+    }
+  }
+
+  buildEventLocals() {
+    return new LiteralArray(this.locals);
+  }
+
+  buildEventNames() {
+    return this.eventNames;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..533212cc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper, List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {int, isPresent, isBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {Locals} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+import {ViewContainer} from './view_container';
+import {ProtoView} from './proto_view';
+import {LightDom} from '../shadow_dom/light_dom';
+import {Content} from '../shadow_dom/content_tag';
+
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from '../shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy';
+
+import {EventDispatcher} from '../../api';
+
+const NG_BINDING_CLASS = 'ng-binding';
+
+/**
+ * Const of making objects: http://jsperf.com/instantiate-size-of-object
+ */
+export class View {
+  boundElements:List;
+  boundTextNodes:List;
+  /// When the view is part of render tree, the DocumentFragment is empty, which is why we need
+  /// to keep track of the nodes.
+  rootNodes:List;
+  // TODO(tbosch): move componentChildViews, viewContainers, contentTags, lightDoms into
+  // a single array with records inside
+  componentChildViews: List<View>;
+  viewContainers: List<ViewContainer>;
+  contentTags: List<Content>;
+  lightDoms: List<LightDom>;
+  proto: ProtoView;
+  _hydrated: boolean;
+  _eventDispatcher: EventDispatcher;
+
+  constructor(
+      proto:ProtoView, rootNodes:List,
+      boundTextNodes: List, boundElements:List, viewContainers:List, contentTags:List) {
+    this.proto = proto;
+    this.rootNodes = rootNodes;
+    this.boundTextNodes = boundTextNodes;
+    this.boundElements = boundElements;
+    this.viewContainers = viewContainers;
+    this.contentTags = contentTags;
+    this.lightDoms = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(boundElements.length);
+    this.componentChildViews = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(boundElements.length);
+    this._hydrated = false;
+  }
+
+  hydrated() {
+    return this._hydrated;
+  }
+
+  setElementProperty(elementIndex:number, propertyName:string, value:any) {
+    var setter = MapWrapper.get(this.proto.propertySetters, propertyName);
+    setter(this.boundElements[elementIndex], value);
+  }
+
+  setText(textIndex:number, value:string) {
+    DOM.setText(this.boundTextNodes[textIndex], value);
+  }
+
+  setComponentView(strategy: ShadowDomStrategy,
+      elementIndex:number, childView:View) {
+    var element = this.boundElements[elementIndex];
+    var lightDom = strategy.constructLightDom(this, childView, element);
+    strategy.attachTemplate(element, childView);
+    this.lightDoms[elementIndex] = lightDom;
+    this.componentChildViews[elementIndex] = childView;
+    if (this._hydrated) {
+      childView.hydrate(lightDom);
+    }
+  }
+
+  getViewContainer(index:number):ViewContainer {
+    return this.viewContainers[index];
+  }
+
+  _getDestLightDom(binderIndex) {
+    var binder = this.proto.elementBinders[binderIndex];
+    var destLightDom = null;
+    if (binder.parentIndex !== -1 && binder.distanceToParent === 1) {
+      destLightDom = this.lightDoms[binder.parentIndex];
+    }
+    return destLightDom;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A dehydrated view is a state of the view that allows it to be moved around
+   * the view tree.
+   *
+   * A dehydrated view has the following properties:
+   *
+   * - all viewcontainers are empty.
+   *
+   * A call to hydrate/dehydrate does not attach/detach the view from the view
+   * tree.
+   */
+  hydrate(hostLightDom: LightDom) {
+    if (this._hydrated) throw new BaseException('The view is already hydrated.');
+    this._hydrated = true;
+
+    // viewContainers and content tags
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.viewContainers.length; i++) {
+      var vc = this.viewContainers[i];
+      var destLightDom = this._getDestLightDom(i);
+      if (isPresent(vc)) {
+        vc.hydrate(destLightDom, hostLightDom);
+      }
+      var ct = this.contentTags[i];
+      if (isPresent(ct)) {
+        ct.hydrate(destLightDom);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // componentChildViews
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.componentChildViews.length; i++) {
+      var cv = this.componentChildViews[i];
+      if (isPresent(cv)) {
+        cv.hydrate(this.lightDoms[i]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.lightDoms.length; ++i) {
+      var lightDom = this.lightDoms[i];
+      if (isPresent(lightDom)) {
+        lightDom.redistribute();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  dehydrate() {
+    // Note: preserve the opposite order of the hydration process.
+
+    // componentChildViews
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.componentChildViews.length; i++) {
+      this.componentChildViews[i].dehydrate();
+    }
+
+    // viewContainers and content tags
+    if (isPresent(this.viewContainers)) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < this.viewContainers.length; i++) {
+        var vc = this.viewContainers[i];
+        if (isPresent(vc)) {
+          vc.dehydrate();
+        }
+        var ct = this.contentTags[i];
+        if (isPresent(ct)) {
+          ct.dehydrate();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    this._hydrated = false;
+  }
+
+  setEventDispatcher(dispatcher:EventDispatcher) {
+    this._eventDispatcher = dispatcher;
+  }
+
+  dispatchEvent(elementIndex, eventName, event) {
+    if (isPresent(this._eventDispatcher)) {
+      var evalLocals = MapWrapper.create();
+      MapWrapper.set(evalLocals, '$event', event);
+      var localValues = this.proto.elementBinders[elementIndex].eventLocals.eval(null, new Locals(null, evalLocals));
+      this._eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(elementIndex, eventName, localValues);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_container.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_container.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4df3216085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_container.js
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import {isPresent, isBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import * as viewModule from './view';
+import * as ldModule from '../shadow_dom/light_dom';
+import * as vfModule from './view_factory';
+
+export class ViewContainer {
+  _viewFactory: vfModule.ViewFactory;
+  templateElement;
+  _views: List<viewModule.View>;
+  _lightDom: ldModule.LightDom;
+  _hostLightDom: ldModule.LightDom;
+  _hydrated: boolean;
+
+  constructor(viewFactory: vfModule.ViewFactory,
+              templateElement) {
+    this._viewFactory = viewFactory;
+    this.templateElement = templateElement;
+
+    // The order in this list matches the DOM order.
+    this._views = [];
+    this._hostLightDom = null;
+    this._hydrated = false;
+  }
+
+  hydrate(destLightDom: ldModule.LightDom, hostLightDom: ldModule.LightDom) {
+    this._hydrated = true;
+    this._hostLightDom = hostLightDom;
+    this._lightDom = destLightDom;
+  }
+
+  dehydrate() {
+    if (isBlank(this._lightDom)) {
+      for (var i = this._views.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        var view = this._views[i];
+        ViewContainer.removeViewNodesFromParent(this.templateElement.parentNode, view);
+        this._viewFactory.returnView(view);
+      }
+      this._views = [];
+    } else {
+      for (var i=0; i<this._views.length; i++) {
+        var view = this._views[i];
+        this._viewFactory.returnView(view);
+      }
+      this._views = [];
+      this._lightDom.redistribute();
+    }
+
+    this._hostLightDom = null;
+    this._lightDom = null;
+    this._hydrated = false;
+  }
+
+  get(index: number): viewModule.View {
+    return this._views[index];
+  }
+
+  size() {
+    return this._views.length;
+  }
+
+  _siblingToInsertAfter(index: number) {
+    if (index == 0) return this.templateElement;
+    return ListWrapper.last(this._views[index - 1].rootNodes);
+  }
+
+  _checkHydrated() {
+    if (!this._hydrated) throw new BaseException(
+        'Cannot change dehydrated ViewContainer');
+  }
+
+  insert(view, atIndex=-1): viewModule.View {
+    this._checkHydrated();
+    if (atIndex == -1) atIndex = this._views.length;
+    ListWrapper.insert(this._views, atIndex, view);
+    if (!view.hydrated()) {
+      view.hydrate(this._hostLightDom);
+    }
+
+    if (isBlank(this._lightDom)) {
+      ViewContainer.moveViewNodesAfterSibling(this._siblingToInsertAfter(atIndex), view);
+    } else {
+      this._lightDom.redistribute();
+    }
+    // new content tags might have appeared, we need to redistribute.
+    if (isPresent(this._hostLightDom)) {
+      this._hostLightDom.redistribute();
+    }
+    return view;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The method can be used together with insert to implement a view move, i.e.
+   * moving the dom nodes while the directives in the view stay intact.
+   */
+  detach(atIndex:number) {
+    this._checkHydrated();
+    var detachedView = this.get(atIndex);
+    ListWrapper.removeAt(this._views, atIndex);
+    if (isBlank(this._lightDom)) {
+      ViewContainer.removeViewNodesFromParent(this.templateElement.parentNode, detachedView);
+    } else {
+      this._lightDom.redistribute();
+    }
+    // content tags might have disappeared we need to do redistribution.
+    if (isPresent(this._hostLightDom)) {
+      this._hostLightDom.redistribute();
+    }
+    return detachedView;
+  }
+
+  contentTagContainers() {
+    return this._views;
+  }
+
+  nodes():List {
+    var r = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < this._views.length; ++i) {
+      r = ListWrapper.concat(r, this._views[i].rootNodes);
+    }
+    return r;
+  }
+
+  static moveViewNodesAfterSibling(sibling, view) {
+    for (var i = view.rootNodes.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+      DOM.insertAfter(sibling, view.rootNodes[i]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static removeViewNodesFromParent(parent, view) {
+    for (var i = view.rootNodes.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+      DOM.removeChild(parent, view.rootNodes[i]);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_factory.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2654f46c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import {OpaqueToken} from 'angular2/di';
+import {int, isPresent, isBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper, List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {Content} from '../shadow_dom/content_tag';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from '../shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {EventManager} from '../events/event_manager';
+
+import {ViewContainer} from './view_container';
+import {ProtoView} from './proto_view';
+import {View} from './view';
+import {NG_BINDING_CLASS_SELECTOR, NG_BINDING_CLASS} from '../util';
+
+export var VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY = new OpaqueToken('ViewFactory.viewPoolCapacity');
+
+
+export class ViewFactory {
+  _poolCapacity:number;
+  _pooledViews:List<View>;
+  _eventManager:EventManager;
+  _shadowDomStrategy:ShadowDomStrategy;
+
+  constructor(capacity, eventManager, shadowDomStrategy) {
+    this._poolCapacity = capacity;
+    this._pooledViews = ListWrapper.create();
+    this._eventManager = eventManager;
+    this._shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
+  }
+
+  getView(protoView:ProtoView):View {
+    // TODO(tbosch): benchmark this scanning of views and maybe
+    // replace it with a fancy LRU Map/List combination...
+    var view;
+    for (var i=0; i<this._pooledViews.length; i++) {
+      var pooledView = this._pooledViews[i];
+      if (pooledView.proto === protoView) {
+        view = ListWrapper.removeAt(this._pooledViews, i);
+      }
+    }
+    if (isBlank(view)) {
+      view = this._createView(protoView);
+    }
+    return view;
+  }
+
+  returnView(view:View) {
+    if (view.hydrated()) {
+      view.dehydrate();
+    }
+    ListWrapper.push(this._pooledViews, view);
+    while (this._pooledViews.length > this._poolCapacity) {
+      ListWrapper.removeAt(this._pooledViews, 0);
+    }
+  }
+
+  _createView(protoView:ProtoView): View {
+    var rootElementClone = protoView.isRootView ? protoView.element : DOM.importIntoDoc(protoView.element);
+    var elementsWithBindingsDynamic;
+    if (protoView.isTemplateElement) {
+      elementsWithBindingsDynamic = DOM.querySelectorAll(DOM.content(rootElementClone), NG_BINDING_CLASS_SELECTOR);
+    } else {
+      elementsWithBindingsDynamic = DOM.getElementsByClassName(rootElementClone, NG_BINDING_CLASS);
+    }
+
+    var elementsWithBindings = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(elementsWithBindingsDynamic.length);
+    for (var binderIdx = 0; binderIdx < elementsWithBindingsDynamic.length; ++binderIdx) {
+      elementsWithBindings[binderIdx] = elementsWithBindingsDynamic[binderIdx];
+    }
+
+    var viewRootNodes;
+    if (protoView.isTemplateElement) {
+      var childNode = DOM.firstChild(DOM.content(rootElementClone));
+      viewRootNodes = []; // TODO(perf): Should be fixed size, since we could pre-compute in in ProtoView
+      // Note: An explicit loop is the fastest way to convert a DOM array into a JS array!
+      while(childNode != null) {
+        ListWrapper.push(viewRootNodes, childNode);
+        childNode = DOM.nextSibling(childNode);
+      }
+    } else {
+      viewRootNodes = [rootElementClone];
+    }
+
+    var binders = protoView.elementBinders;
+    var boundTextNodes = [];
+    var boundElements = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(binders.length);
+    var viewContainers = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(binders.length);
+    var contentTags = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(binders.length);
+
+    for (var binderIdx = 0; binderIdx < binders.length; binderIdx++) {
+      var binder = binders[binderIdx];
+      var element;
+      if (binderIdx === 0 && protoView.rootBindingOffset === 1) {
+        element = rootElementClone;
+      } else {
+        element = elementsWithBindings[binderIdx - protoView.rootBindingOffset];
+      }
+      boundElements[binderIdx] = element;
+
+      // boundTextNodes
+      var childNodes = DOM.childNodes(DOM.templateAwareRoot(element));
+      var textNodeIndices = binder.textNodeIndices;
+      for (var i = 0; i<textNodeIndices.length; i++) {
+        ListWrapper.push(boundTextNodes, childNodes[textNodeIndices[i]]);
+      }
+
+      // viewContainers
+      var viewContainer = null;
+      if (isBlank(binder.componentId) && isPresent(binder.nestedProtoView)) {
+        viewContainer = new ViewContainer(this, element);
+      }
+      viewContainers[binderIdx] = viewContainer;
+
+      // contentTags
+      var contentTag = null;
+      if (isPresent(binder.contentTagSelector)) {
+        contentTag = new Content(element, binder.contentTagSelector);
+      }
+      contentTags[binderIdx] = contentTag;
+    }
+
+    var view = new View(
+      protoView, viewRootNodes,
+      boundTextNodes, boundElements, viewContainers, contentTags
+    );
+
+    for (var binderIdx = 0; binderIdx < binders.length; binderIdx++) {
+      var binder = binders[binderIdx];
+      var element = boundElements[binderIdx];
+
+      // static child components
+      if (isPresent(binder.componentId) && isPresent(binder.nestedProtoView)) {
+        var childView = this._createView(binder.nestedProtoView);
+        view.setComponentView(this._shadowDomStrategy, binderIdx, childView);
+      }
+
+      // events
+      if (isPresent(binder.eventLocals)) {
+        ListWrapper.forEach(binder.eventNames, (eventName) => {
+          this._createEventListener(view, element, binderIdx, eventName, binder.eventLocals);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (protoView.isRootView) {
+      view.hydrate(null);
+    }
+
+    return view;
+  }
+
+  _createEventListener(view, element, elementIndex, eventName, eventLocals) {
+    this._eventManager.addEventListener(element, eventName, (event) => {
+      view.dispatchEvent(elementIndex, eventName, event);
+    });
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/services/url_resolver.js b/modules/angular2/src/services/url_resolver.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dec2a9f78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/services/url_resolver.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import {isPresent, isBlank, RegExpWrapper, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+export class UrlResolver {
+  static a;
+
+  constructor() {
+    if (isBlank(UrlResolver.a)) {
+      UrlResolver.a = DOM.createElement('a');
+    }
+  }
+
+  resolve(baseUrl: string, url: string): string {
+    if (isBlank(baseUrl)) {
+      DOM.resolveAndSetHref(UrlResolver.a, url, null);
+      return DOM.getHref(UrlResolver.a);
+    }
+
+    if (isBlank(url) || url == '') return baseUrl;
+
+    if (url[0] == '/') {
+      throw new BaseException(`Could not resolve the url ${url} from ${baseUrl}`);
+    }
+
+    var m = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_schemeRe, url);
+
+    if (isPresent(m[1])) {
+      return url;
+    }
+
+    DOM.resolveAndSetHref(UrlResolver.a, baseUrl, url);
+    return DOM.getHref(UrlResolver.a);
+  }
+}
+
+var _schemeRe = RegExpWrapper.create('^([^:/?#]+:)?');
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr.js b/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..839e336eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+export {XHR} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr';
+
+// TODO: export an own interface as soon as core/compiler/xhr is no more needed...
+// export class XHR {
+//   get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+//     return null;
+//   }
+// }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr_impl.dart b/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr_impl.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4217a0877e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr_impl.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:html';
+import './xhr.dart' show XHR;
+
+class XHRImpl extends XHR {
+  Future<String> get(String url) {
+    return HttpRequest.request(url).then(
+      (HttpRequest request) => request.responseText,
+      onError: (Error e) => throw 'Failed to load $url'
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr_impl.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr_impl.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0648aa6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/services/xhr_impl.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {XHR} from './xhr';
+
+export class XHRImpl extends XHR {
+  get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    var completer = PromiseWrapper.completer();
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+    xhr.responseType = 'text';
+
+    xhr.onload = function() {
+      var status = xhr.status;
+      if (200 <= status && status <= 300) {
+        completer.resolve(xhr.responseText);
+      } else {
+        completer.reject(`Failed to load ${url}`);
+      }
+    };
+
+    xhr.onerror = function() {
+      completer.reject(`Failed to load ${url}`);
+    };
+
+    xhr.send();
+    return completer.promise;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_browser_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_browser_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..963ee1b8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_browser_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Runs compiler tests using in-browser DOM adapter.
+ */
+
+import {runCompilerCommonTests} from './compiler_common_tests';
+
+export function main() {
+  runCompilerCommonTests();
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_common_tests.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_common_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e699fd13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_common_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  IS_DARTIUM,
+  it,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {List, ListWrapper, Map, MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Type, isBlank, stringify, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {Compiler, CompilerCache} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler';
+import {ProtoView, Template} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {CompileElement} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element';
+import {CompileStep} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step'
+import {CompileStepFactory} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step_factory';
+import {CompileControl} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control';
+import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader';
+
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+
+export function runCompilerCommonTests() {
+  describe('compiler', function() {
+    var mockStepFactory;
+
+    function createCompiler(processClosure, urlData = null) {
+      if (isBlank(urlData)) {
+        urlData = MapWrapper.create();
+      }
+      var tplLoader =  new FakeTemplateLoader(urlData);
+      mockStepFactory = new MockStepFactory([new MockStep(processClosure)]);
+      return new Compiler(mockStepFactory, tplLoader);
+    }
+
+    it('should run the steps and build the ProtoView of the root element', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var compiler = createCompiler((parent, current, control) => {
+        current.inheritedProtoView.bindVariable('b', 'a');
+      });
+      compiler.compile(new Template({
+        componentId: 'someComponent',
+        inline: '<div></div>'
+      })).then( (protoView) => {
+        expect(protoView.variableBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
+          'a': 'b'
+        }));
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should use the inline template and compile in sync', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var compiler = createCompiler(EMPTY_STEP);
+      compiler.compile(new Template({
+        componentId: 'someId',
+        inline: 'inline component'
+      })).then( (protoView) => {
+        expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(protoView.render.delegate.element)).toEqual('inline component');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should load url templates', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var urlData = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
+        'someUrl': 'url component'
+      });
+      var compiler = createCompiler(EMPTY_STEP, urlData);
+      compiler.compile(new Template({
+        componentId: 'someId',
+        absUrl: 'someUrl'
+      })).then( (protoView) => {
+        expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(protoView.render.delegate.element)).toEqual('url component');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should report loading errors', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var compiler = createCompiler(EMPTY_STEP, MapWrapper.create());
+      PromiseWrapper.catchError(compiler.compile(new Template({
+        componentId: 'someId',
+        absUrl: 'someUrl'
+      })), (e) => {
+        expect(e.message).toContain(`Failed to load the template "someId"`);
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should wait for async subtasks to be resolved', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var subTasksCompleted = false;
+
+      var completer = PromiseWrapper.completer();
+
+      var compiler = createCompiler( (parent, current, control) => {
+        ListWrapper.push(mockStepFactory.subTaskPromises, completer.promise.then((_) => {
+          subTasksCompleted = true;
+        }));
+      });
+
+      // It should always return a Promise because the subtask is async
+      var pvPromise = compiler.compile(new Template({
+        componentId: 'someId',
+        inline: 'some component'
+      }));
+      expect(pvPromise).toBePromise();
+      expect(subTasksCompleted).toEqual(false);
+
+      // The Promise should resolve after the subtask is ready
+      completer.resolve(null);
+      pvPromise.then((protoView) => {
+        expect(subTasksCompleted).toEqual(true);
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+  });
+
+}
+
+class MockStepFactory extends CompileStepFactory {
+  steps:List<CompileStep>;
+  subTaskPromises:List<Promise>;
+  constructor(steps) {
+    super();
+    this.steps = steps;
+  }
+  createSteps(template, subTaskPromises) {
+    this.subTaskPromises = subTaskPromises;
+    ListWrapper.forEach(this.subTaskPromises, (p) => ListWrapper.push(subTaskPromises, p) );
+    return this.steps;
+  }
+}
+
+class MockStep extends CompileStep {
+  processClosure:Function;
+  constructor(process) {
+    super();
+    this.processClosure = process;
+  }
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    this.processClosure(parent, current, control);
+  }
+}
+
+var EMPTY_STEP = (parent, current, control) => {
+  if (isPresent(parent)) {
+    current.inheritedProtoView = parent.inheritedProtoView;
+  }
+};
+
+class FakeTemplateLoader extends TemplateLoader {
+  _urlData: Map<string, string>;
+  constructor(urlData) {
+    super(null, new UrlResolver());
+    this._urlData = urlData;
+  }
+
+  load(template: Template) {
+    if (isPresent(template.inline)) {
+      return PromiseWrapper.resolve(DOM.createTemplate(template.inline));
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(template.absUrl)) {
+      var content = MapWrapper.get(this._urlData, template.absUrl);
+      if (isPresent(content)) {
+        return PromiseWrapper.resolve(DOM.createTemplate(content));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return PromiseWrapper.reject('Load failed');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_html5lib.server.spec.dart b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_html5lib.server.spec.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a2f98865b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/compiler_html5lib.server.spec.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+library angular2.compiler.html5lib_dom_adapter.test;
+
+import 'package:angular2/src/dom/html_adapter.dart';
+import 'package:angular2/src/test_lib/test_lib.dart' show testSetup;
+import 'compiler_common_tests.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  Html5LibDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
+  testSetup();
+  runCompilerCommonTests();
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..104b7c23d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, xit, expect, iit, ddescribe, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {isPresent, assertionsEnabled} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DirectiveParser} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/directive_parser';
+import {CompilePipeline} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline';
+import {CompileStep} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step';
+import {CompileElement} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element';
+import {CompileControl} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control';
+import {Template, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {Lexer, Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('DirectiveParser', () => {
+    var parser, annotatedDirectives;
+
+    beforeEach( () => {
+      annotatedDirectives = [
+        someComponent,
+        someComponent2,
+        someViewport,
+        someViewport2,
+        someDecorator,
+        someDecoratorIgnoringChildren,
+        someDecoratorWithProps,
+        someDecoratorWithEvents
+      ];
+      parser = new Parser(new Lexer());
+    });
+
+    function createPipeline(propertyBindings = null) {
+      return new CompilePipeline([
+        new MockStep( (parent, current, control) => {
+          if (isPresent(propertyBindings)) {
+            StringMapWrapper.forEach(propertyBindings, (ast, name) => {
+              current.bindElement().bindProperty(name, ast);
+            });
+          }
+        }),
+        new DirectiveParser(parser, annotatedDirectives)
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    function process(el, propertyBindings = null) {
+      var pipeline = createPipeline(propertyBindings);
+      return ListWrapper.map(pipeline.process(el), (ce) => ce.inheritedElementBinder );
+    }
+
+    it('should not add directives if they are not used', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div></div>'));
+      expect(results[0]).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should detect directives in attributes', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div some-decor></div>'));
+      expect(results[0].directives[0].directiveIndex).toBe(
+        annotatedDirectives.indexOf(someDecorator)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should compile children by default', () => {
+      var results = createPipeline().process(el('<div some-decor></div>'));
+      expect(results[0].compileChildren).toEqual(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should stop compiling children when specified in the directive config', () => {
+      var results = createPipeline().process(el('<div some-decor-ignoring-children></div>'));
+      expect(results[0].compileChildren).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should bind directive properties from bound properties', () => {
+      var results = process(
+        el('<div some-decor-props></div>'),
+        {
+          'elProp': parser.parseBinding('someExpr', '')
+        }
+      );
+      var directiveBinding = results[0].directives[0];
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(directiveBinding.propertyBindings, 'dirProp').source)
+        .toEqual('someExpr');
+    });
+
+    it('should bind directive properties with pipes', () => {
+      var results = process(
+        el('<div some-decor-props></div>'),
+        {
+          'elProp': parser.parseBinding('someExpr', '')
+        }
+      );
+      var directiveBinding = results[0].directives[0];
+      var pipedProp = MapWrapper.get(directiveBinding.propertyBindings, 'doubleProp');
+      var simpleProp = MapWrapper.get(directiveBinding.propertyBindings, 'dirProp');
+      expect(pipedProp.ast.name).toEqual('double');
+      expect(pipedProp.ast.exp).toEqual(simpleProp.ast);
+      expect(simpleProp.source).toEqual('someExpr');
+    });
+
+    it('should bind directive properties from attribute values', () => {
+      var results = process(
+        el('<div some-decor-props el-prop="someValue"></div>')
+      );
+      var directiveBinding = results[0].directives[0];
+      var simpleProp = MapWrapper.get(directiveBinding.propertyBindings, 'dirProp');
+      expect(simpleProp.source).toEqual('someValue');
+    });
+
+    it('should store working property setters', () => {
+      var element = el('<input some-decor-props>');
+      var results = process(element);
+      var directiveBinding = results[0].directives[0];
+      var setter = MapWrapper.get(directiveBinding.propertySetters, 'value');
+      setter(element, 'abc');
+      expect(element.value).toEqual('abc');
+    });
+
+    it('should bind directive events', () => {
+      var results = process(
+        el('<div some-decor-events></div>')
+      );
+      var directiveBinding = results[0].directives[0];
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(directiveBinding.eventBindings, 'click').source)
+        .toEqual('doIt()');
+    });
+
+    describe('viewport directives', () => {
+      it('should not allow multiple viewport directives on the same element', () => {
+        expect( () => {
+          process(
+            el('<template some-vp some-vp2></template>')
+          );
+        }).toThrowError('Only one viewport directive is allowed per element - check <template some-vp some-vp2>');
+      });
+
+      it('should not allow viewport directives on non <template> elements', () => {
+        expect( () => {
+          process(
+            el('<div some-vp></div>')
+          );
+        }).toThrowError('Viewport directives need to be placed on <template> elements or elements with template attribute - check <div some-vp>');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('component directives', () => {
+      it('should save the component id', () => {
+        var results = process(
+          el('<div some-comp></div>')
+        );
+        expect(results[0].componentId).toEqual('someComponent');
+      });
+
+      it('should not allow multiple component directives on the same element', () => {
+         expect( () => {
+           process(
+             el('<div some-comp some-comp2></div>')
+           );
+         }).toThrowError('Only one component directive is allowed per element - check <div some-comp some-comp2>');
+      });
+
+      it('should not allow component directives on <template> elements', () => {
+         expect( () => {
+           process(
+             el('<template some-comp></template>')
+           );
+         }).toThrowError('Only template directives are allowed on template elements - check <template some-comp>');
+       });
+    });
+
+  });
+}
+
+class MockStep extends CompileStep {
+  processClosure:Function;
+  constructor(process) {
+    super();
+    this.processClosure = process;
+  }
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    this.processClosure(parent, current, control);
+  }
+}
+
+var someComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-comp]',
+  id: 'someComponent',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var someComponent2 = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-comp2]',
+  id: 'someComponent2',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var someViewport = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-vp]',
+  id: 'someViewport',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.VIEWPORT_TYPE
+});
+
+var someViewport2 = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-vp2]',
+  id: 'someViewport2',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.VIEWPORT_TYPE
+});
+
+var someDecorator = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-decor]'
+});
+
+var someDecoratorIgnoringChildren = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-decor-ignoring-children]',
+  compileChildren: false
+});
+
+var someDecoratorWithProps = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-decor-props]',
+  bind: MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
+    'dirProp': 'elProp',
+    'doubleProp': 'elProp | double'
+  }),
+  setters: ['value']
+});
+
+var someDecoratorWithEvents = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[some-decor-events]',
+  events: MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
+    'click': 'doIt()'
+  })
+});
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/pipeline_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/pipeline_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff88cc840a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/pipeline_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, expect, iit, ddescribe, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {ListWrapper, List, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {isPresent, NumberWrapper, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+import {CompilePipeline} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline';
+import {CompileElement} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element';
+import {CompileStep} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step'
+import {CompileControl} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control';
+
+import {ProtoViewBuilder} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('compile_pipeline', () => {
+    describe('children compilation', () => {
+      it('should walk the tree in depth first order including template contents', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><template id="2"><span id="3"></span></template></div>');
+
+        var step0Log = [];
+        var results = new CompilePipeline([createLoggerStep(step0Log)]).process(element);
+
+        expect(step0Log).toEqual(['1', '1<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(results)).toEqual(['1', '2', '3']);
+      });
+
+      it('should stop walking the tree when compileChildren is false', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><template id="2" ignore-children><span id="3"></span></template></div>');
+
+        var step0Log = [];
+        var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([new IgnoreChildrenStep(), createLoggerStep(step0Log)]);
+        var results = pipeline.process(element);
+
+        expect(step0Log).toEqual(['1', '1<2']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(results)).toEqual(['1', '2']);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should inherit protoViewBuilders to children', () => {
+      var element = el('<div><div><span viewroot><span></span></span></div></div>');
+      var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+        if (isPresent(DOM.getAttribute(current.element, 'viewroot'))) {
+          current.inheritedProtoView = new ProtoViewBuilder(current.element);
+        }
+      })]);
+      var results = pipeline.process(element);
+      expect(results[0].inheritedProtoView).toBe(results[1].inheritedProtoView);
+      expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).toBe(results[3].inheritedProtoView);
+    });
+
+    it('should inherit elementBinderBuilders to children', () => {
+      var element = el('<div bind><div><span bind><span></span></span></div></div>');
+      var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+        if (isPresent(DOM.getAttribute(current.element, 'bind'))) {
+          current.bindElement();
+        }
+      })]);
+      var results = pipeline.process(element);
+      expect(results[0].inheritedElementBinder).toBe(results[1].inheritedElementBinder);
+      expect(results[2].inheritedElementBinder).toBe(results[3].inheritedElementBinder);
+    });
+
+    it('should mark root elements as viewRoot', () => {
+      var rootElement = el('<div></div>');
+      var results = new CompilePipeline([]).process(rootElement);
+      expect(results[0].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should calculate distanceToParent / parent correctly', () => {
+      var element = el('<div bind><div bind></div><div><div bind></div></div></div>');
+      var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+        if (isPresent(DOM.getAttribute(current.element, 'bind'))) {
+          current.bindElement();
+        }
+      })]);
+      var results = pipeline.process(element);
+      expect(results[0].inheritedElementBinder.distanceToParent).toBe(0);
+      expect(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.distanceToParent).toBe(1);
+      expect(results[3].inheritedElementBinder.distanceToParent).toBe(2);
+      expect(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.parent).toBe(results[0].inheritedElementBinder);
+      expect(results[3].inheritedElementBinder.parent).toBe(results[0].inheritedElementBinder);
+    });
+
+    describe('control.addParent', () => {
+      it('should report the new parent to the following processor and the result', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><span wrap0="1" id="2"><b id="3"></b></span></div>');
+        var step0Log = [];
+        var step1Log = [];
+        var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([
+          createWrapperStep('wrap0', step0Log),
+          createLoggerStep(step1Log)
+        ]);
+        var result = pipeline.process(element);
+        expect(step0Log).toEqual(['1', '1<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(step1Log).toEqual(['1', '1<wrap0#0', 'wrap0#0<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(result)).toEqual(['1', 'wrap0#0', '2', '3']);
+      });
+
+      it('should allow to add a parent by multiple processors to the same element', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><span wrap0="1" wrap1="1" id="2"><b id="3"></b></span></div>');
+        var step0Log = [];
+        var step1Log = [];
+        var step2Log = [];
+        var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([
+          createWrapperStep('wrap0', step0Log),
+          createWrapperStep('wrap1', step1Log),
+          createLoggerStep(step2Log)
+        ]);
+        var result = pipeline.process(element);
+        expect(step0Log).toEqual(['1', '1<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(step1Log).toEqual(['1', '1<wrap0#0', 'wrap0#0<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(step2Log).toEqual(['1', '1<wrap0#0', 'wrap0#0<wrap1#0', 'wrap1#0<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(result)).toEqual(['1', 'wrap0#0', 'wrap1#0', '2', '3']);
+      });
+
+      it('should allow to add a parent by multiple processors to different elements', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><span wrap0="1" id="2"><b id="3" wrap1="1"></b></span></div>');
+        var step0Log = [];
+        var step1Log = [];
+        var step2Log = [];
+        var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([
+          createWrapperStep('wrap0', step0Log),
+          createWrapperStep('wrap1', step1Log),
+          createLoggerStep(step2Log)
+        ]);
+        var result = pipeline.process(element);
+        expect(step0Log).toEqual(['1', '1<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(step1Log).toEqual(['1', '1<wrap0#0', 'wrap0#0<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(step2Log).toEqual(['1', '1<wrap0#0', 'wrap0#0<2', '2<wrap1#0', 'wrap1#0<3']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(result)).toEqual(['1', 'wrap0#0', '2', 'wrap1#0', '3']);
+      });
+
+      it('should allow to add multiple parents by the same processor', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><span wrap0="2" id="2"><b id="3"></b></span></div>');
+        var step0Log = [];
+        var step1Log = [];
+        var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([
+          createWrapperStep('wrap0', step0Log),
+          createLoggerStep(step1Log)
+        ]);
+        var result = pipeline.process(element);
+        expect(step0Log).toEqual(['1', '1<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(step1Log).toEqual(['1', '1<wrap0#0', 'wrap0#0<wrap0#1', 'wrap0#1<2', '2<3']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(result)).toEqual(['1', 'wrap0#0', 'wrap0#1', '2', '3']);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('control.addChild', () => {
+      it('should report the new child to all processors and the result', () => {
+        var element = el('<div id="1"><div id="2"></div></div>');
+        var resultLog = [];
+        var newChild = new CompileElement(el('<div id="3"></div>'));
+        var pipeline = new CompilePipeline([
+          new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+            if (StringWrapper.equals(DOM.getAttribute(current.element, 'id'), '1')) {
+              control.addChild(newChild);
+            }
+          }),
+          createLoggerStep(resultLog)
+        ]);
+        var result = pipeline.process(element);
+        expect(result[2]).toBe(newChild);
+        expect(resultLog).toEqual(['1', '1<2', '1<3']);
+        expect(resultIdLog(result)).toEqual(['1', '2', '3']);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+}
+
+class MockStep extends CompileStep {
+  processClosure:Function;
+  constructor(process) {
+    super();
+    this.processClosure = process;
+  }
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    this.processClosure(parent, current, control);
+  }
+}
+
+export class IgnoreChildrenStep extends CompileStep {
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    var attributeMap = DOM.attributeMap(current.element);
+    if (MapWrapper.contains(attributeMap, 'ignore-children')) {
+      current.compileChildren = false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function logEntry(log, parent, current) {
+  var parentId = '';
+  if (isPresent(parent)) {
+    parentId = DOM.getAttribute(parent.element, 'id') + '<';
+  }
+  ListWrapper.push(log, parentId + DOM.getAttribute(current.element, 'id'));
+}
+
+function createLoggerStep(log) {
+  return new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+    logEntry(log, parent, current);
+  });
+}
+
+function createWrapperStep(wrapperId, log) {
+  var nextElementId = 0;
+  return new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+    var parentCountStr = DOM.getAttribute(current.element, wrapperId);
+    if (isPresent(parentCountStr)) {
+      var parentCount = NumberWrapper.parseInt(parentCountStr, 10);
+      while (parentCount > 0) {
+        control.addParent(new CompileElement(el(`<a id="${wrapperId}#${nextElementId++}"></a>`)));
+        parentCount--;
+      }
+    }
+    logEntry(log, parent, current);
+  });
+}
+
+function resultIdLog(result) {
+  var idLog = [];
+  ListWrapper.forEach(result, (current) => {
+    logEntry(idLog, null, current);
+  });
+  return idLog;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7060d2ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, expect, iit, ddescribe, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {PropertyBindingParser} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_binding_parser';
+import {CompilePipeline} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline';
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {CompileElement} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element';
+import {CompileStep} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step'
+import {CompileControl} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control';
+import {Lexer, Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+var EMPTY_MAP = MapWrapper.create();
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('PropertyBindingParser', () => {
+    function createPipeline(ignoreBindings = false, hasNestedProtoView = false) {
+      return new CompilePipeline([
+        new MockStep((parent, current, control) => {
+          current.ignoreBindings = ignoreBindings;
+          if (hasNestedProtoView) {
+            current.bindElement().bindNestedProtoView(el('<template></template>'));
+          }
+        }),
+        new PropertyBindingParser(new Parser(new Lexer()))]);
+    }
+
+    function process(element, ignoreBindings = false, hasNestedProtoView = false) {
+      return ListWrapper.map(
+        createPipeline(ignoreBindings, hasNestedProtoView).process(element),
+        (compileElement) => compileElement.inheritedElementBinder
+      );
+    }
+
+    it('should not parse bindings when ignoreBindings is true', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div [a]="b"></div>'), true);
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should detect [] syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div [a]="b"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].propertyBindings, 'a').source).toEqual('b');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect [] syntax only if an attribute name starts and ends with []', () => {
+      expect(process(el('<div z[a]="b"></div>'))[0]).toBe(null);
+      expect(process(el('<div [a]v="b"></div>'))[0]).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should detect bind- syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div bind-a="b"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].propertyBindings, 'a').source).toEqual('b');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect bind- syntax only if an attribute name starts with bind', () => {
+      expect(process(el('<div _bind-a="b"></div>'))[0]).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should detect interpolation syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div a="{{b}}"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].propertyBindings, 'a').source).toEqual('{{b}}');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect var- syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<template var-a="b"></template>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].variableBindings, 'b')).toEqual('a');
+    });
+
+    it('should store variable binding for a template element on the nestedProtoView', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<template var-george="washington"></p>'), false, true);
+      expect(results[0].variableBindings).toEqual(EMPTY_MAP);
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].nestedProtoView.variableBindings, 'washington')).toEqual('george');
+    });
+
+    it('should store variable binding for a non-template element using shorthand syntax on the nestedProtoView', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<template #george="washington"></template>'), false, true);
+      expect(results[0].variableBindings).toEqual(EMPTY_MAP);
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].nestedProtoView.variableBindings, 'washington')).toEqual('george');
+    });
+
+    it('should store variable binding for a non-template element', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<p var-george="washington"></p>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].variableBindings, 'washington')).toEqual('george');
+    });
+
+    it('should store variable binding for a non-template element using shorthand syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<p #george="washington"></p>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].variableBindings, 'washington')).toEqual('george');
+    });
+
+    it('should store a variable binding with an implicit value', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<p var-george></p>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].variableBindings, '\$implicit')).toEqual('george');
+    });
+
+    it('should store a variable binding with an implicit value using shorthand syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<p #george></p>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].variableBindings, '\$implicit')).toEqual('george');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect variable bindings only if an attribute name starts with #', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<p b#george></p>'));
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should detect () syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div (click)="b()"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].eventBindings, 'click').source).toEqual('b()');
+      // "(click[])" is not an expected syntax and is only used to validate the regexp
+      results = process(el('<div (click[])="b()"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].eventBindings, 'click[]').source).toEqual('b()');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect () syntax only if an attribute name starts and ends with ()', () => {
+      expect(process(el('<div z(a)="b()"></div>'))[0]).toEqual(null);
+      expect(process(el('<div (a)v="b()"></div>'))[0]).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should parse event handlers using () syntax as actions', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div (click)="foo=bar"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].eventBindings, 'click').source).toEqual('foo=bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect on- syntax', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div on-click="b()"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].eventBindings, 'click').source).toEqual('b()');
+    });
+
+    it('should parse event handlers using on- syntax as actions', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div on-click="foo=bar"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].eventBindings, 'click').source).toEqual('foo=bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should store bound properties as temporal attributes', () => {
+      var results = createPipeline().process(el('<div bind-a="b" [c]="d"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].attrs(), 'a')).toEqual('b');
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].attrs(), 'c')).toEqual('d');
+    });
+
+    it('should store variables as temporal attributes', () => {
+      var results = createPipeline().process(el('<div var-a="b" #c="d"></div>'));
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].attrs(), 'a')).toEqual('b');
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].attrs(), 'c')).toEqual('d');
+    });
+
+    it('should store working property setters', () => {
+      var element = el('<input bind-value="1">');
+      var results = process(element);
+      var setter = MapWrapper.get(results[0].propertySetters, 'value');
+      setter(element, 'abc');
+      expect(element.value).toEqual('abc');
+    });
+
+    it('should store property setters as camel case', () => {
+      var element = el('<div bind-some-prop="1">');
+      var results = process(element);
+      expect(MapWrapper.get(results[0].propertySetters, 'someProp')).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class MockStep extends CompileStep {
+  processClosure:Function;
+  constructor(process) {
+    super();
+    this.processClosure = process;
+  }
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    this.processClosure(parent, current, control);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..983f4b462c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import {describe, ddescribe, it, iit, xit, xdescribe, expect, beforeEach, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {setterFactory} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/property_setter_factory';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+export function main() {
+  var div;
+  beforeEach( () => {
+    div = el('<div></div>');
+  });
+  describe('property setter factory', () => {
+
+    it('should return a setter for a property', () => {
+      var setterFn = setterFactory('title');
+      setterFn(div, 'Hello');
+      expect(div.title).toEqual('Hello');
+
+      var otherSetterFn = setterFactory('title');
+      expect(setterFn).toBe(otherSetterFn);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a setter for an attribute', () => {
+      var setterFn = setterFactory('attr.role');
+      setterFn(div, 'button');
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(div, 'role')).toEqual('button');
+      setterFn(div, null);
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(div, 'role')).toEqual(null);
+      expect(() => {
+        setterFn(div, 4);
+      }).toThrowError("Invalid role attribute, only string values are allowed, got '4'");
+
+      var otherSetterFn = setterFactory('attr.role');
+      expect(setterFn).toBe(otherSetterFn);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a setter for a class', () => {
+      var setterFn = setterFactory('class.active');
+      setterFn(div, true);
+      expect(DOM.hasClass(div, 'active')).toEqual(true);
+      setterFn(div, false);
+      expect(DOM.hasClass(div, 'active')).toEqual(false);
+
+      var otherSetterFn = setterFactory('class.active');
+      expect(setterFn).toBe(otherSetterFn);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a setter for a style', () => {
+      var setterFn = setterFactory('style.width');
+      setterFn(div, '40px');
+      expect(DOM.getStyle(div, 'width')).toEqual('40px');
+      setterFn(div, null);
+      expect(DOM.getStyle(div, 'width')).toEqual('');
+
+      var otherSetterFn = setterFactory('style.width');
+      expect(setterFn).toBe(otherSetterFn);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a setter for a style with a unit', () => {
+      var setterFn = setterFactory('style.height.px');
+      setterFn(div, 40);
+      expect(DOM.getStyle(div, 'height')).toEqual('40px');
+      setterFn(div, null);
+      expect(DOM.getStyle(div, 'height')).toEqual('');
+
+      var otherSetterFn = setterFactory('style.height.px');
+      expect(setterFn).toBe(otherSetterFn);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a setter for innerHtml', () => {
+      var setterFn = setterFactory('innerHtml');
+      setterFn(div, '<span></span>');
+      expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(div)).toEqual('<span></span>');
+
+      var otherSetterFn = setterFactory('innerHtml');
+      expect(setterFn).toBe(otherSetterFn);
+    });
+
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/selector_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/selector_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebb904657a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/selector_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+import {describe, it, expect, beforeEach, ddescribe, iit, xit, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {SelectorMatcher} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/selector';
+import {CssSelector} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/selector';
+import {List, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('SelectorMatcher', () => {
+    var matcher, matched, selectableCollector, s1, s2, s3, s4;
+
+    function reset() {
+      matched = ListWrapper.create();
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      reset();
+      s1 = s2 = s3 = s4 = null;
+      selectableCollector = (selector, context) => {
+        ListWrapper.push(matched, selector);
+        ListWrapper.push(matched, context);
+      }
+      matcher = new SelectorMatcher();
+    });
+
+    it('should select by element name case insensitive', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('someTag'), 1);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('SOMEOTHERTAG')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('SOMETAG')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select by class name case insensitive', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('.someClass'), 1);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s2 = CssSelector.parse('.someClass.class2'), 2);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('.SOMEOTHERCLASS')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('.SOMECLASS')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+
+      reset();
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('.someClass.class2')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1,s2[0],2]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select by attr name case insensitive independent of the value', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('[someAttr]'), 1);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s2 = CssSelector.parse('[someAttr][someAttr2]'), 2);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[SOMEOTHERATTR]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[SOMEATTR]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+
+      reset();
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[SOMEATTR=someValue]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+
+      reset();
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[someAttr][someAttr2]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1,s2[0],2]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select by attr name only once if the value is from the DOM', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('[some-decor]'), 1);
+
+      var elementSelector = new CssSelector();
+      var element = el('<div attr></div>');
+      var empty = DOM.getAttribute(element, 'attr');
+      elementSelector.addAttribute('some-decor', empty);
+      matcher.match(elementSelector, selectableCollector);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select by attr name and value case insensitive', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('[someAttr=someValue]'), 1);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[SOMEATTR=SOMEOTHERATTR]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[SOMEATTR=SOMEVALUE]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select by element name, class name and attribute name with value', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('someTag.someClass[someAttr=someValue]'), 1);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('someOtherTag.someOtherClass[someOtherAttr]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('someTag.someOtherClass[someOtherAttr]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('someTag.someClass[someOtherAttr]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('someTag.someClass[someAttr]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('someTag.someClass[someAttr=someValue]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select independent of the order in the css selector', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('[someAttr].someClass'), 1);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s2 = CssSelector.parse('.someClass[someAttr]'), 2);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s3 = CssSelector.parse('.class1.class2'), 3);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s4 = CssSelector.parse('.class2.class1'), 4);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('[someAttr].someClass')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1,s2[0],2]);
+
+      reset();
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('.someClass[someAttr]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1,s2[0],2]);
+
+      reset();
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('.class1.class2')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s3[0],3,s4[0],4]);
+
+      reset();
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('.class2.class1')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s4[0],4,s3[0],3]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not select with a matching :not selector', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(CssSelector.parse('p:not(.someClass)'), 1);
+      matcher.addSelectables(CssSelector.parse('p:not([someAttr])'), 2);
+      matcher.addSelectables(CssSelector.parse(':not(.someClass)'), 3);
+      matcher.addSelectables(CssSelector.parse(':not(p)'), 4);
+      matcher.addSelectables(CssSelector.parse(':not(p[someAttr])'), 5);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('p.someClass[someAttr]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select with a non matching :not selector', () => {
+      matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('p:not(.someClass)'), 1);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s2 = CssSelector.parse('p:not(.someOtherClass[someAttr])'), 2);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s3 = CssSelector.parse(':not(.someClass)'), 3);
+      matcher.addSelectables(s4 = CssSelector.parse(':not(.someOtherClass[someAttr])'), 4);
+
+      expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('p[someOtherAttr].someOtherClass')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1,s2[0],2,s3[0],3,s4[0],4]);
+    });
+
+    it('should select with one match in a list', () => {
+       matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('input[type=text], textbox'), 1);
+
+       expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('textbox')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+       expect(matched).toEqual([s1[1],1]);
+
+       reset();
+       expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('input[type=text]')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+       expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not select twice with two matches in a list', () => {
+       matcher.addSelectables(s1 = CssSelector.parse('input, .someClass'), 1);
+
+       expect(matcher.match(CssSelector.parse('input.someclass')[0], selectableCollector)).toEqual(true);
+       expect(matched.length).toEqual(2);
+       expect(matched).toEqual([s1[0],1]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('CssSelector.parse', () => {
+    it('should detect element names', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse('sometag')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.element).toEqual('sometag');
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('sometag');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect class names', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse('.someClass')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.classNames).toEqual(['someclass']);
+
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('.someclass');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect attr names', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse('[attrname]')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.attrs).toEqual(['attrname', '']);
+
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('[attrname]');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect attr values', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse('[attrname=attrvalue]')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.attrs).toEqual(['attrname', 'attrvalue']);
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('[attrname=attrvalue]');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect multiple parts', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse('sometag[attrname=attrvalue].someclass')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.element).toEqual('sometag');
+      expect(cssSelector.attrs).toEqual(['attrname', 'attrvalue']);
+      expect(cssSelector.classNames).toEqual(['someclass']);
+
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('sometag.someclass[attrname=attrvalue]');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect :not', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse('sometag:not([attrname=attrvalue].someclass)')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.element).toEqual('sometag');
+      expect(cssSelector.attrs.length).toEqual(0);
+      expect(cssSelector.classNames.length).toEqual(0);
+
+      var notSelector = cssSelector.notSelector;
+      expect(notSelector.element).toEqual(null);
+      expect(notSelector.attrs).toEqual(['attrname', 'attrvalue']);
+      expect(notSelector.classNames).toEqual(['someclass']);
+
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('sometag:not(.someclass[attrname=attrvalue])');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect :not without truthy', () => {
+      var cssSelector = CssSelector.parse(':not([attrname=attrvalue].someclass)')[0];
+      expect(cssSelector.element).toEqual("*");
+
+      var notSelector = cssSelector.notSelector;
+      expect(notSelector.attrs).toEqual(['attrname', 'attrvalue']);
+      expect(notSelector.classNames).toEqual(['someclass']);
+
+      expect(cssSelector.toString()).toEqual('*:not(.someclass[attrname=attrvalue])');
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when nested :not', () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        CssSelector.parse('sometag:not(:not([attrname=attrvalue].someclass))')[0];
+      }).toThrowError('Nesting :not is not allowed in a selector');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect lists of selectors', () => {
+      var cssSelectors = CssSelector.parse('.someclass,[attrname=attrvalue], sometag');
+      expect(cssSelectors.length).toEqual(3);
+
+      expect(cssSelectors[0].classNames).toEqual(['someclass']);
+      expect(cssSelectors[1].attrs).toEqual(['attrname', 'attrvalue']);
+      expect(cssSelectors[2].element).toEqual('sometag');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect lists of selectors with :not', () => {
+      var cssSelectors = CssSelector.parse('input[type=text], :not(textarea), textbox:not(.special)');
+      expect(cssSelectors.length).toEqual(3);
+
+      expect(cssSelectors[0].element).toEqual('input');
+      expect(cssSelectors[0].attrs).toEqual(['type', 'text']);
+
+      expect(cssSelectors[1].element).toEqual('*');
+      expect(cssSelectors[1].notSelector.element).toEqual('textarea');
+
+      expect(cssSelectors[2].element).toEqual('textbox');
+      expect(cssSelectors[2].notSelector.classNames).toEqual(['special']);
+    });
+  });
+}
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diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/template_loader_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/template_loader_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e21b22b93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/template_loader_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+
+import {Template} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {XHRMock} from 'angular2/src/mock/xhr_mock';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('TemplateLoader', () => {
+    var loader, xhr;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      xhr = new XHRMock()
+      loader = new TemplateLoader(xhr, new FakeUrlResolver());
+    });
+
+    it('should load inline templates', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var template = new Template({inline: 'inline template'});
+      loader.load(template).then( (el) => {
+        expect(DOM.content(el)).toHaveText('inline template');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should load templates through XHR', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      xhr.expect('base/foo', 'xhr template');
+      var template = new Template({absUrl: 'base/foo'});
+      loader.load(template).then((el) => {
+        expect(DOM.content(el)).toHaveText('xhr template');
+        async.done();
+      });
+      xhr.flush();
+    }));
+
+    it('should cache template loaded through XHR', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      var firstEl;
+      xhr.expect('base/foo', 'xhr template');
+      var template = new Template({absUrl: 'base/foo'});
+      loader.load(template)
+        .then((el) => {
+          firstEl = el;
+          return loader.load(template);
+        })
+        .then((el) =>{
+          expect(el).toBe(firstEl);
+          expect(DOM.content(el)).toHaveText('xhr template');
+          async.done();
+        });
+      xhr.flush();
+    }));
+
+    it('should throw when no template is defined', () => {
+      var template =  new Template({inline: null, absUrl: null});
+      expect(() => loader.load(template))
+        .toThrowError('Templates should have either their url or inline property set');
+    });
+
+    it('should return a rejected Promise when xhr loading fails', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      xhr.expect('base/foo', null);
+      var template = new Template({absUrl: 'base/foo'});
+      PromiseWrapper.then(loader.load(template),
+        function(_) { throw 'Unexpected response'; },
+        function(error) {
+          expect(error).toEqual('Failed to load base/foo');
+          async.done();
+        }
+      )
+      xhr.flush();
+    }));
+
+  });
+}
+
+class SomeComponent {
+}
+
+class FakeUrlResolver extends UrlResolver {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  resolve(baseUrl: string, url: string): string {
+    return baseUrl + url;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39cf15a5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, expect, it, iit, ddescribe, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {TextInterpolationParser} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/text_interpolation_parser';
+import {CompilePipeline} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline';
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Lexer, Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {CompileElement} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_element';
+import {CompileStep} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step'
+import {CompileControl} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_control';
+import {IgnoreChildrenStep} from './pipeline_spec';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('TextInterpolationParser', () => {
+    function createPipeline(ignoreBindings = false) {
+      return new CompilePipeline([
+        new MockStep((parent, current, control) => { current.ignoreBindings = ignoreBindings; }),
+        new IgnoreChildrenStep(),
+        new TextInterpolationParser(new Parser(new Lexer()))
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    function process(element, ignoreBindings = false) {
+      return ListWrapper.map(
+        createPipeline(ignoreBindings).process(element),
+        (compileElement) => compileElement.inheritedElementBinder
+      );
+    }
+
+    function assertTextBinding(elementBinder, bindingIndex, nodeIndex, expression) {
+      expect(elementBinder.textBindings[bindingIndex].source).toEqual(expression);
+      expect(elementBinder.textBindingIndices[bindingIndex]).toEqual(nodeIndex);
+    }
+
+    it('should not look for text interpolation when ignoreBindings is true', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div>{{expr1}}<span></span>{{expr2}}</div>'), true);
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should find text interpolation in normal elements', () => {
+      var result = process(el('<div>{{expr1}}<span></span>{{expr2}}</div>'))[0];
+      assertTextBinding(result, 0, 0, "{{expr1}}");
+      assertTextBinding(result, 1, 2, "{{expr2}}");
+    });
+
+    it('should find text interpolation in template elements', () => {
+      var result = process(el('<template>{{expr1}}<span></span>{{expr2}}</template>'))[0];
+      assertTextBinding(result, 0, 0, "{{expr1}}");
+      assertTextBinding(result, 1, 2, "{{expr2}}");
+    });
+
+    it('should allow multiple expressions', () => {
+      var result = process(el('<div>{{expr1}}{{expr2}}</div>'))[0];
+      assertTextBinding(result, 0, 0, "{{expr1}}{{expr2}}");
+    });
+
+    it('should not interpolate when compileChildren is false', () => {
+      var results = process(el('<div>{{included}}<span ignore-children>{{excluded}}</span></div>'));
+      assertTextBinding(results[0], 0, 0, "{{included}}");
+      expect(results[1]).toBe(results[0]);
+    });
+
+    it('should allow fixed text before, in between and after expressions', () => {
+      var result = process(el('<div>a{{expr1}}b{{expr2}}c</div>'))[0];
+      assertTextBinding(result, 0, 0, "a{{expr1}}b{{expr2}}c");
+    });
+
+    it('should escape quotes in fixed parts', () => {
+      var result = process(el("<div>'\"a{{expr1}}</div>"))[0];
+      assertTextBinding(result, 0, 0, "'\"a{{expr1}}");
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class MockStep extends CompileStep {
+  processClosure:Function;
+  constructor(process) {
+    super();
+    this.processClosure = process;
+  }
+  process(parent:CompileElement, current:CompileElement, control:CompileControl) {
+    this.processClosure(parent, current, control);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5005e43d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, expect, iit, ddescribe, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {ViewSplitter} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/view_splitter';
+import {CompilePipeline} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_pipeline';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {Lexer, Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('ViewSplitter', () => {
+
+    function createPipeline() {
+      return new CompilePipeline([new ViewSplitter(new Parser(new Lexer()))]);
+    }
+
+    describe('<template> elements', () => {
+
+      it('should move the content into a new <template> element and mark that as viewRoot', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><template if="true">a</template></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[1].element)).toEqual('<template if="true" class="ng-binding"></template>');
+        expect(results[1].isViewRoot).toBe(false);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[2].element)).toEqual('<template>a</template>');
+        expect(results[2].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should mark the new <template> element as viewRoot', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><template if="true">a</template></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should not wrap the root element', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(rootElement)).toEqual('<div></div>');
+      });
+
+      it('should copy over the elementDescription', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><template if="true">a</template></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].elementDescription).toBe(results[1].elementDescription);
+      });
+
+      it('should clean out the inheritedElementBinder', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><template if="true">a</template></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedElementBinder).toBe(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should create a nestedProtoView', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><template if="true">a</template></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).not.toBe(null);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).toBe(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.nestedProtoView);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[2].inheritedProtoView.rootElement)).toEqual('<template>a</template>');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('elements with template attribute', () => {
+
+      it('should replace the element with an empty <template> element', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span template=""></span></div>');
+        var originalChild = rootElement.childNodes[0];
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[0].element).toBe(rootElement);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[0].element)).toEqual('<div><template class="ng-binding"></template></div>');
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[2].element)).toEqual('<span template=""></span>')
+        expect(results[2].element).toBe(originalChild);
+      });
+
+      it('should work with top-level template node', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<template><div template>x</div></template>');
+        var originalChild = DOM.content(rootElement).childNodes[0];
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+
+        expect(results[0].element).toBe(rootElement);
+        expect(results[0].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+        expect(results[2].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[0].element)).toEqual('<template><template class="ng-binding"></template></template>');
+        expect(results[2].element).toBe(originalChild);
+      });
+
+      it('should mark the element as viewRoot', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div template></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should add property bindings from the template attribute', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div template="prop:expr"></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.propertyBindings, 'prop').source).toEqual('expr');
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(results[1].attrs(), 'prop')).toEqual('expr');
+      });
+
+      it('should add variable mappings from the template attribute to the nestedProtoView', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div template="var varName=mapName"></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView.variableBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'mapName': 'varName'}));
+      });
+
+      it('should add entries without value as attributes to the element', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div template="varname"></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(results[1].attrs(), 'varname')).toEqual('');
+        expect(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.propertyBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.create());
+        expect(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.variableBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.create());
+      });
+
+      it('should iterate properly after a template dom modification', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div template></div><after></after></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        // 1 root + 2 initial + 1 generated template elements
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
+      });
+
+      it('should copy over the elementDescription', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span template=""></span></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].elementDescription).toBe(results[1].elementDescription);
+      });
+
+      it('should clean out the inheritedElementBinder', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span template=""></span></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedElementBinder).toBe(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should create a nestedProtoView', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span template=""></span></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).not.toBe(null);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).toBe(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.nestedProtoView);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[2].inheritedProtoView.rootElement)).toEqual('<span template=""></span>');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('elements with *directive_name attribute', () => {
+
+      it('should replace the element with an empty <template> element', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span *if></span></div>');
+        var originalChild = rootElement.childNodes[0];
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[0].element).toBe(rootElement);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[0].element)).toEqual('<div><template class="ng-binding" if=""></template></div>');
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[2].element)).toEqual('<span *if=""></span>')
+        expect(results[2].element).toBe(originalChild);
+      });
+
+      it('should mark the element as viewRoot', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div *foo="bar"></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should work with top-level template node', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<template><div *foo>x</div></template>');
+        var originalChild = DOM.content(rootElement).childNodes[0];
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+
+        expect(results[0].element).toBe(rootElement);
+        expect(results[0].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+        expect(results[2].isViewRoot).toBe(true);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[0].element)).toEqual('<template><template class="ng-binding" foo=""></template></template>');
+        expect(results[2].element).toBe(originalChild);
+      });
+
+      it('should add property bindings from the template attribute', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div *prop="expr"></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.propertyBindings, 'prop').source).toEqual('expr');
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(results[1].attrs(), 'prop')).toEqual('expr');
+      });
+
+      it('should add variable mappings from the template attribute to the nestedProtoView', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div *foreach="var varName=mapName"></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView.variableBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'mapName': 'varName'}));
+      });
+
+      it('should add entries without value as attribute to the element', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div *varname></div></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(results[1].attrs(), 'varname')).toEqual('');
+        expect(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.propertyBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.create());
+        expect(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.variableBindings).toEqual(MapWrapper.create());
+      });
+
+      it('should iterate properly after a template dom modification', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><div *foo></div><after></after></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        // 1 root + 2 initial + 1 generated template elements
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
+      });
+
+      it('should copy over the elementDescription', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span *foo></span></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].elementDescription).toBe(results[1].elementDescription);
+      });
+
+      it('should clean out the inheritedElementBinder', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span *foo></span></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedElementBinder).toBe(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should create a nestedProtoView', () => {
+        var rootElement = el('<div><span *foo></span></div>');
+        var results = createPipeline().process(rootElement);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).not.toBe(null);
+        expect(results[2].inheritedProtoView).toBe(results[1].inheritedElementBinder.nestedProtoView);
+        expect(DOM.getOuterHTML(results[2].inheritedProtoView.rootElement)).toEqual('<span *foo=""></span>');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cef4e94a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  elementText,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+  SpyObject,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {ProtoView, Template, ViewContainerRef, EventDispatcher, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+
+import {IntegrationTestbed, LoggingEventDispatcher, FakeEvent} from './integration_testbed';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('DirectDomRenderer integration', () => {
+    var testbed, renderer, rootEl, rootProtoViewRef, eventPlugin, compile;
+
+    function createRenderer({urlData, viewCacheCapacity, shadowDomStrategy, templates}={}) {
+      testbed = new IntegrationTestbed({
+        urlData: urlData,
+        viewCacheCapacity: viewCacheCapacity,
+        shadowDomStrategy: shadowDomStrategy,
+        templates: templates
+      });
+      renderer = testbed.renderer;
+      rootEl = testbed.rootEl;
+      rootProtoViewRef = testbed.rootProtoViewRef;
+      eventPlugin = testbed.eventPlugin;
+      compile = (template, directives) => testbed.compile(template, directives);
+    }
+
+    it('should create root views while using the given elements in place', () => {
+      createRenderer();
+      var viewRefs = renderer.createView(rootProtoViewRef);
+      expect(viewRefs.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(viewRefs[0].delegate.rootNodes[0]).toEqual(rootEl);
+    });
+
+    it('should add a static component', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer();
+      var template = new Template({
+        componentId: 'someComponent',
+        inline: 'hello',
+        directives: []
+      });
+      renderer.compile(template).then( (pv) => {
+        var mergedProtoViewRefs = renderer.mergeChildComponentProtoViews(rootProtoViewRef, [pv.render]);
+        renderer.createView(mergedProtoViewRefs[0]);
+        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('hello');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should add a a dynamic component', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer();
+      var template = new Template({
+        componentId: 'someComponent',
+        inline: 'hello',
+        directives: []
+      });
+      renderer.compile(template).then( (pv) => {
+        var rootViewRef = renderer.createView(rootProtoViewRef)[0];
+        var childComponentViewRef = renderer.createView(pv.render)[0];
+        renderer.setDynamicComponentView(rootViewRef, 0, childComponentViewRef);
+        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('hello');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should update text nodes', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer();
+      compile('{{a}}', [someComponent]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+        var viewRefs = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+        renderer.setText(viewRefs[1], 0, 'hello');
+        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('hello');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should update element properties', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer();
+      compile('<input [value]="someProp">', []).then( (pvRefs) => {
+        var viewRefs = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+        renderer.setElementProperty(viewRefs[1], 0, 'value', 'hello');
+        expect(DOM.childNodes(rootEl)[0].value).toEqual('hello');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should add and remove views to and from containers', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer();
+      compile('<template>hello</template>', []).then( (pvRefs) => {
+        var viewRef = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0])[1];
+        var vcProtoViewRef = pvRefs[2];
+        var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRef, 0);
+        var childViewRef = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+
+        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('');
+        renderer.insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef, childViewRef);
+        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('hello');
+        renderer.detachViewFromContainer(vcRef, 0);
+        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('');
+
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should cache views', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer({
+        viewCacheCapacity: 2
+      });
+      compile('<template>hello</template>', []).then( (pvRefs) => {
+        var vcProtoViewRef = pvRefs[2];
+        var viewRef1 = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+        renderer.destroyView(viewRef1);
+        var viewRef2 = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+        var viewRef3 = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+        expect(viewRef2.delegate).toBe(viewRef1.delegate);
+        expect(viewRef3.delegate).not.toBe(viewRef1.delegate);
+
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should handle events', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      createRenderer();
+      compile('<input (change)="$event.target.value">', []).then( (pvRefs) => {
+        var viewRef = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0])[1];
+        var dispatcher = new LoggingEventDispatcher();
+        renderer.setEventDispatcher(viewRef, dispatcher);
+        var inputEl = DOM.childNodes(rootEl)[0];
+        inputEl.value = 'hello';
+        eventPlugin.dispatchEvent('change', new FakeEvent(inputEl));
+        expect(dispatcher.log).toEqual([[0, 'change', ['hello']]]);
+        async.done();
+      });
+
+    }));
+
+  });
+}
+
+var someComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  id: 'someComponent',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE,
+  selector: 'some-comp'
+});
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd81306e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import {
+  el
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {isBlank, isPresent, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper, List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {Parser, Lexer} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {DirectDomRenderer} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer';
+import {Compiler} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler';
+import {ProtoViewRef, ProtoView, Template, ViewContainerRef, EventDispatcher, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {DefaultStepFactory} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step_factory';
+import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {EventManager, EventManagerPlugin} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/events/event_manager';
+import {VmTurnZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/vm_turn_zone';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver';
+import {ViewFactory} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_factory';
+
+export class IntegrationTestbed {
+  renderer;
+  parser;
+  rootEl;
+  rootProtoViewRef;
+  eventPlugin;
+  _templates:Map<string, Template>;
+  _compileCache:Map<string, Promise<List>>;
+
+  constructor({urlData, viewCacheCapacity, shadowDomStrategy, templates}) {
+    this._templates = MapWrapper.create();
+    if (isPresent(templates)) {
+      ListWrapper.forEach(templates, (template) => {
+        MapWrapper.set(this._templates, template.componentId, template);
+      });
+    }
+    this._compileCache = MapWrapper.create();
+    var parser = new Parser(new Lexer());
+    var urlResolver = new UrlResolver();
+    if (isBlank(shadowDomStrategy)) {
+      shadowDomStrategy = new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver), null);
+    }
+    var compiler = new Compiler(new DefaultStepFactory(parser, shadowDomStrategy), new FakeTemplateLoader(urlResolver, urlData));
+
+    if (isBlank(viewCacheCapacity)) {
+      viewCacheCapacity = 1;
+    }
+    if (isBlank(urlData)) {
+      urlData = MapWrapper.create();
+    }
+    this.eventPlugin = new FakeEventManagerPlugin();
+    var eventManager = new EventManager([this.eventPlugin], new FakeVmTurnZone());
+    var viewFactory = new ViewFactory(viewCacheCapacity, eventManager, shadowDomStrategy);
+    this.renderer = new DirectDomRenderer(compiler, viewFactory, shadowDomStrategy);
+
+    this.rootEl = el('<div></div>');
+    this.rootProtoViewRef = this.renderer.createRootProtoView(this.rootEl);
+  }
+
+  compile(templateHtml, directives):Promise<List<ProtoViewRef>> {
+    return this._compileRecurse(new Template({
+      componentId: 'root',
+      inline: templateHtml,
+      directives: directives
+    })).then( (protoViewRefs) => {
+      return this._flattenList([
+        this.renderer.mergeChildComponentProtoViews(this.rootProtoViewRef, [protoViewRefs[0]]),
+        protoViewRefs
+      ]);
+    });
+  }
+
+  _compileRecurse(template):Promise<List<ProtoViewRef>> {
+    var result = MapWrapper.get(this._compileCache, template.componentId);
+    if (isPresent(result)) {
+      return result;
+    }
+    result = this.renderer.compile(template).then( (pv) => {
+      var childComponentPromises = ListWrapper.map(
+        this._findNestedComponentIds(template, pv),
+        (componentId) => {
+          var childTemplate = MapWrapper.get(this._templates, componentId);
+          if (isBlank(childTemplate)) {
+            throw new BaseException(`Could not find template for ${componentId}!`);
+          }
+          return this._compileRecurse(childTemplate);
+        }
+      );
+      return PromiseWrapper.all(childComponentPromises).then(
+        (protoViewRefsWithChildren) => {
+          var protoViewRefs =
+            ListWrapper.map(protoViewRefsWithChildren, (arr) => arr[0]);
+          return this._flattenList([
+            this.renderer.mergeChildComponentProtoViews(pv.render, protoViewRefs),
+            protoViewRefsWithChildren
+          ]);
+        }
+      );
+    });
+    MapWrapper.set(this._compileCache, template.componentId, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  _findNestedComponentIds(template, pv, target = null):List<string> {
+    if (isBlank(target)) {
+      target = [];
+    }
+    for (var binderIdx=0; binderIdx<pv.elementBinders.length; binderIdx++) {
+      var eb = pv.elementBinders[binderIdx];
+      var componentDirective;
+      ListWrapper.forEach(eb.directives, (db) => {
+        var meta = template.directives[db.directiveIndex];
+        if (meta.type === DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE) {
+          componentDirective = meta;
+        }
+      });
+      if (isPresent(componentDirective)) {
+        ListWrapper.push(target, componentDirective.id);
+      } else if (isPresent(eb.nestedProtoView)) {
+        this._findNestedComponentIds(template, eb.nestedProtoView, target);
+      }
+    }
+    return target;
+  }
+
+  _flattenList(tree:List, out:List = null):List {
+    if (isBlank(out)) {
+      out = [];
+    }
+    for (var i = 0; i < tree.length; i++) {
+      var item = tree[i];
+      if (ListWrapper.isList(item)) {
+        this._flattenList(item, out);
+      } else {
+        ListWrapper.push(out, item);
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
+}
+
+
+class FakeTemplateLoader extends TemplateLoader {
+  _urlData: Map<string, string>;
+
+  constructor(urlResolver, urlData) {
+    super(null, urlResolver);
+    this._urlData = urlData;
+  }
+
+  load(template: Template) {
+    if (isPresent(template.inline)) {
+      return PromiseWrapper.resolve(DOM.createTemplate(template.inline));
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(template.absUrl)) {
+      var content = this._urlData[template.absUrl];
+      if (isPresent(content)) {
+        return PromiseWrapper.resolve(DOM.createTemplate(content));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return PromiseWrapper.reject('Load failed');
+  }
+}
+
+export class FakeVmTurnZone extends VmTurnZone {
+  constructor() {
+    super({enableLongStackTrace: false});
+  }
+
+  run(fn) {
+    fn();
+  }
+
+  runOutsideAngular(fn) {
+    fn();
+  }
+}
+
+export class FakeEventManagerPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
+  _eventHandlers: Map;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._eventHandlers = MapWrapper.create();
+  }
+
+  dispatchEvent(eventName, event) {
+    MapWrapper.get(this._eventHandlers, eventName)(event);
+  }
+
+  supports(eventName: string): boolean {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(element, eventName: string, handler: Function, shouldSupportBubble: boolean) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this._eventHandlers, eventName, handler);
+  }
+}
+
+export class LoggingEventDispatcher extends EventDispatcher {
+  log:List;
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.log = [];
+  }
+  dispatchEvent(
+    elementIndex:number, eventName:string, locals:List<any>
+  ) {
+    ListWrapper.push(this.log, [elementIndex, eventName, locals]);
+  }
+}
+
+export class FakeEvent {
+  target;
+  constructor(target) {
+    this.target = target;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b089f4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, expect, ddescribe, iit, SpyObject, el, proxy} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {IMPLEMENTS} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {Content} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag';
+import {LightDom} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom';
+
+@proxy
+@IMPLEMENTS(LightDom)
+class DummyLightDom extends SpyObject {noSuchMethod(m){super.noSuchMethod(m)}}
+
+var _scriptStart = `<script start=""></script>`;
+var _scriptEnd = `<script end=""></script>`;
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('Content', function() {
+    var parent;
+    var content;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      parent = el(`<div>${_scriptStart}${_scriptEnd}`);
+      content = DOM.firstChild(parent);
+    });
+
+    it("should insert the nodes", () => {
+      var c = new Content(content, '');
+      c.hydrate(null);
+      c.insert([el("<a></a>"), el("<b></b>")])
+
+      expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(parent)).toEqual(`${_scriptStart}<a></a><b></b>${_scriptEnd}`);
+    });
+
+    it("should remove the nodes from the previous insertion", () => {
+      var c = new Content(content, '');
+      c.hydrate(null);
+      c.insert([el("<a></a>")]);
+      c.insert([el("<b></b>")]);
+
+      expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(parent)).toEqual(`${_scriptStart}<b></b>${_scriptEnd}`);
+    });
+
+    it("should insert empty list", () => {
+      var c = new Content(content, '');
+      c.hydrate(null);
+      c.insert([el("<a></a>")]);
+      c.insert([]);
+
+      expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(parent)).toEqual(`${_scriptStart}${_scriptEnd}`);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..907d203323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+  SpyObject,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {isPresent, isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {Map, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/services/xhr';
+
+import {
+  EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy,
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {
+  resetShadowDomCache,
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/util';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver';
+import {StyleInliner} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_inliner';
+import {View} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('EmulatedScoped', () => {
+    var xhr, styleHost, strategy;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      var urlResolver = new UrlResolver();
+      var styleUrlResolver = new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver);
+      xhr = new FakeXHR();
+      var styleInliner = new StyleInliner(xhr, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver);
+      styleHost = el('<div></div>');
+      strategy = new EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy(styleInliner, styleUrlResolver, styleHost);
+      resetShadowDomCache();
+    });
+
+    it('should attach the view nodes as child of the host element', () => {
+      var host = el('<div><span>original content</span></div>');
+      var nodes = el('<div>view</div>');
+      var view = new View(null, [nodes], [], [], [], []);
+
+      strategy.attachTemplate(host, view);
+      var firstChild = DOM.firstChild(host);
+      expect(DOM.tagName(firstChild).toLowerCase()).toEqual('div');
+      expect(firstChild).toHaveText('view');
+      expect(host).toHaveText('view');
+    });
+
+    it('should rewrite style urls', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>.foo {background-image: url("img.jpg");}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText(".foo[_ngcontent-0] {\n" +
+        "background-image: url(http://base/img.jpg);\n" +
+        "}");
+    });
+
+    it('should scope styles', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>.foo {} :host {}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText(".foo[_ngcontent-0] {\n\n}\n\n[_nghost-0] {\n\n}");
+    });
+
+    it('should inline @import rules', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      xhr.reply('http://base/one.css', '.one {}');
+
+      var styleElement = el('<style>@import "one.css";</style>');
+      var stylePromise = strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(stylePromise).toBePromise();
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText('');
+
+      stylePromise.then((_) => {
+        expect(styleElement).toHaveText('.one[_ngcontent-0] {\n\n}');
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should return the same style given the same component', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>.foo {} :host {}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+
+      var styleElement2 = el('<style>.foo {} :host {}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement2);
+
+      expect(DOM.getText(styleElement)).toEqual(DOM.getText(styleElement2));
+    });
+
+    it('should return different styles given different components', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>.foo {} :host {}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent1', 'http://base', styleElement);
+
+      var styleElement2 = el('<style>.foo {} :host {}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent2', 'http://base', styleElement2);
+
+      expect(DOM.getText(styleElement)).not.toEqual(DOM.getText(styleElement2));
+    });
+
+    it('should move the style element to the style host', () => {
+      var compileElement = el('<div><style>.one {}</style></div>');
+      var styleElement = DOM.firstChild(compileElement);
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+
+      expect(compileElement).toHaveText('');
+      expect(styleHost).toHaveText('.one[_ngcontent-0] {\n\n}');
+    });
+
+    it('should add an attribute to component elements', () => {
+      var element = el('<div></div>');
+      strategy.processElement(null, 'elComponent', element);
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(element, '_nghost-0')).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should add an attribute to the content elements', () => {
+      var element = el('<div></div>');
+      strategy.processElement('hostComponent', null, element);
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(element, '_ngcontent-0')).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+  });
+}
+
+class FakeXHR extends XHR {
+  _responses: Map;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._responses = MapWrapper.create();
+  }
+
+  get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    var response = MapWrapper.get(this._responses, url);
+    if (isBlank(response)) {
+      return PromiseWrapper.reject('xhr error');
+    }
+
+    return PromiseWrapper.resolve(response);
+  }
+
+  reply(url: string, response: string) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this._responses, url, response);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a1130cd62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+  SpyObject,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {Map, MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {
+  EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy,
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {
+  resetShadowDomCache,
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/util';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver';
+import {View} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view';
+
+export function main() {
+  var strategy;
+
+  describe('EmulatedUnscoped', () => {
+    var styleHost;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      var urlResolver = new UrlResolver();
+      var styleUrlResolver = new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver);
+      styleHost = el('<div></div>');
+      strategy = new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, styleHost);
+      resetShadowDomCache();
+    });
+
+    it('should attach the view nodes as child of the host element', () => {
+      var host = el('<div><span>original content</span></div>');
+      var nodes = el('<div>view</div>');
+      var view = new View(null, [nodes], [], [], [], []);
+
+      strategy.attachTemplate(host, view);
+      var firstChild = DOM.firstChild(host);
+      expect(DOM.tagName(firstChild).toLowerCase()).toEqual('div');
+      expect(firstChild).toHaveText('view');
+      expect(host).toHaveText('view');
+    });
+
+    it('should rewrite style urls', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>.foo {background-image: url("img.jpg");}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText(".foo {" +
+        "background-image: url('http://base/img.jpg');" +
+        "}");
+    });
+
+    it('should not inline import rules', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>@import "other.css";</style>')
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText("@import 'http://base/other.css';");
+    });
+
+    it('should move the style element to the style host', () => {
+      var compileElement = el('<div><style>.one {}</style></div>');
+      var styleElement = DOM.firstChild(compileElement);
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+
+      expect(compileElement).toHaveText('');
+      expect(styleHost).toHaveText('.one {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should insert the same style only once in the style host', () => {
+      var styleEls = [
+        el('<style>/*css1*/</style>'),
+        el('<style>/*css2*/</style>'),
+        el('<style>/*css1*/</style>')
+      ];
+      ListWrapper.forEach(styleEls, (styleEl) => {
+        strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleEl);
+      });
+
+      expect(styleHost).toHaveText("/*css1*//*css2*/");
+    });
+
+  });
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eb68a5bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, expect, ddescribe, iit, SpyObject, el, proxy} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {IMPLEMENTS, isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {Content} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/content_tag';
+import {LightDom} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/light_dom';
+import {View} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view';
+import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view_container';
+
+@proxy
+@IMPLEMENTS(View)
+class FakeView {
+  contentTags;
+  viewContainers;
+
+  constructor(containers = null) {
+    this.contentTags = [];
+    this.viewContainers = [];
+    if (isPresent(containers)) {
+      ListWrapper.forEach(containers, (c) => {
+        if (c instanceof FakeContentTag) {
+          ListWrapper.push(this.contentTags, c);
+        } else {
+          ListWrapper.push(this.contentTags, null);
+        }
+        if (c instanceof FakeViewContainer) {
+          ListWrapper.push(this.viewContainers, c);
+        } else {
+          ListWrapper.push(this.viewContainers, null);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  noSuchMethod(i) {
+    super.noSuchMethod(i);
+  }
+}
+
+@proxy
+@IMPLEMENTS(ViewContainer)
+class FakeViewContainer {
+  templateElement;
+  _nodes;
+  _contentTagContainers;
+
+  constructor(templateEl, nodes = null, views = null) {
+    this.templateElement = templateEl;
+    this._nodes = nodes;
+    this._contentTagContainers = views;
+  }
+
+  nodes(){
+    return this._nodes;
+  }
+
+  contentTagContainers(){
+    return this._contentTagContainers;
+  }
+
+  noSuchMethod(i) {
+    super.noSuchMethod(i);
+  }
+}
+
+
+@proxy
+@IMPLEMENTS(Content)
+class FakeContentTag {
+  select;
+  _nodes;
+  contentStartElement;
+
+  constructor(contentEl, select = '', nodes = null) {
+    this.contentStartElement = contentEl;
+    this.select = select;
+    this._nodes = nodes;
+  }
+
+  insert(nodes){
+    this._nodes = ListWrapper.clone(nodes);
+  }
+
+  nodes() {
+    return this._nodes;
+  }
+
+  noSuchMethod(i) {
+    super.noSuchMethod(i);
+  }
+}
+
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('LightDom', function() {
+    var lightDomView;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      lightDomView = new FakeView();
+    });
+
+    describe("contentTags", () => {
+      it("should collect content tags from element injectors", () => {
+        var tag = new FakeContentTag(el('<script></script>'));
+        var shadowDomView = new FakeView([tag]);
+
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(lightDomView, shadowDomView,
+            el("<div></div>"));
+
+        expect(lightDom.contentTags()).toEqual([tag]);
+      });
+
+      it("should collect content tags from ViewContainers", () => {
+        var tag = new FakeContentTag(el('<script></script>'));
+        var vc = new FakeViewContainer(null, null, [
+          new FakeView([tag])
+        ]);
+        var shadowDomView = new FakeView([vc]);
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(lightDomView, shadowDomView,
+            el("<div></div>"));
+
+        expect(lightDom.contentTags()).toEqual([tag]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("expandedDomNodes", () => {
+      it("should contain root nodes", () => {
+        var lightDomEl = el("<div><a></a></div>")
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(lightDomView, new FakeView(), lightDomEl);
+        expect(toHtml(lightDom.expandedDomNodes())).toEqual(["<a></a>"]);
+      });
+
+      it("should include view container nodes", () => {
+        var lightDomEl = el("<div><template></template></div>");
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(
+          new FakeView([
+            new FakeViewContainer(
+              DOM.firstChild(lightDomEl),  // template element
+              [el('<a></a>')]              // light DOM nodes of view container
+            )
+          ]),
+          null,
+          lightDomEl);
+
+        expect(toHtml(lightDom.expandedDomNodes())).toEqual(["<a></a>"]);
+      });
+
+      it("should include content nodes", () => {
+        var lightDomEl = el("<div><content></content></div>");
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(
+          new FakeView([
+            new FakeContentTag(
+              DOM.firstChild(lightDomEl),  // content element
+              '',                          // selector
+              [el('<a></a>')]              // light DOM nodes of content tag
+            )
+          ]),
+          null,
+          lightDomEl);
+
+        expect(toHtml(lightDom.expandedDomNodes())).toEqual(["<a></a>"]);
+      });
+
+      it("should work when the element injector array contains nulls", () => {
+        var lightDomEl = el("<div><a></a></div>")
+
+        var lightDomView = new FakeView();
+
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(
+          lightDomView,
+          new FakeView(),
+          lightDomEl);
+
+        expect(toHtml(lightDom.expandedDomNodes())).toEqual(["<a></a>"]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("redistribute", () => {
+      it("should redistribute nodes between content tags with select property set", () => {
+        var contentA = new FakeContentTag(null, "a");
+        var contentB = new FakeContentTag(null, "b");
+
+        var lightDomEl = el("<div><a>1</a><b>2</b><a>3</a></div>")
+
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(lightDomView, new FakeView([
+          contentA,
+          contentB
+        ]), lightDomEl);
+
+        lightDom.redistribute();
+
+        expect(toHtml(contentA.nodes())).toEqual(["<a>1</a>", "<a>3</a>"]);
+        expect(toHtml(contentB.nodes())).toEqual(["<b>2</b>"]);
+      });
+
+      it("should support wildcard content tags", () => {
+        var wildcard = new FakeContentTag(null, '');
+        var contentB = new FakeContentTag(null, "b");
+
+        var lightDomEl = el("<div><a>1</a><b>2</b><a>3</a></div>")
+
+        var lightDom = new LightDom(lightDomView, new FakeView([
+          wildcard,
+          contentB
+        ]), lightDomEl);
+
+        lightDom.redistribute();
+
+        expect(toHtml(wildcard.nodes())).toEqual(["<a>1</a>", "<b>2</b>", "<a>3</a>"]);
+        expect(toHtml(contentB.nodes())).toEqual([]);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function toHtml(nodes) {
+  if (isBlank(nodes)) return [];
+  return ListWrapper.map(nodes, DOM.getOuterHTML);
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d4195d1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+  SpyObject,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {
+  NativeShadowDomStrategy
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver';
+import {View} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view';
+
+import {isPresent, isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+export function main() {
+  var strategy;
+
+  describe('NativeShadowDomStrategy', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      var urlResolver = new UrlResolver();
+      var styleUrlResolver = new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver);
+      strategy = new NativeShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver);
+    });
+
+    it('should attach the view nodes to the shadow root', () => {
+      var host = el('<div><span>original content</span></div>');
+      var nodes = el('<div>view</div>');
+      var view = new View(null, [nodes], [], [], [], []);
+
+      strategy.attachTemplate(host, view);
+      var shadowRoot = DOM.getShadowRoot(host);
+      expect(isPresent(shadowRoot)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(shadowRoot).toHaveText('view');
+    });
+
+    it('should rewrite style urls', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>.foo {background-image: url("img.jpg");}</style>');
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText(".foo {" +
+        "background-image: url('http://base/img.jpg');" +
+        "}");
+    });
+
+    it('should not inline import rules', () => {
+      var styleElement = el('<style>@import "other.css";</style>')
+      strategy.processStyleElement('someComponent', 'http://base', styleElement);
+      expect(styleElement).toHaveText("@import 'http://base/other.css';");
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bb4c0bcd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import {describe, beforeEach, it, expect, ddescribe, iit, SpyObject, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {ShadowCss} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_css';
+
+import {RegExpWrapper, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('ShadowCss', function() {
+
+    function s(css: string, contentAttr:string, hostAttr:string = '') {
+      var shadowCss = new ShadowCss();
+      var shim = shadowCss.shimCssText(css, contentAttr, hostAttr);
+      var nlRegexp = RegExpWrapper.create('\\n');
+      return StringWrapper.replaceAll(shim, nlRegexp, '');
+    }
+
+    it('should handle empty string', () => {
+      expect(s('', 'a')).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should add an attribute to every rule', () => {
+      var css = 'one {color: red;}two {color: red;}';
+      var expected = 'one[a] {color: red;}two[a] {color: red;}';
+      expect(s(css, 'a')).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should hanlde invalid css', () => {
+      var css = 'one {color: red;}garbage';
+      var expected = 'one[a] {color: red;}';
+      expect(s(css, 'a')).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should add an attribute to every selector', () => {
+      var css = 'one, two {color: red;}';
+      var expected = 'one[a], two[a] {color: red;}';
+      expect(s(css, 'a')).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle media rules', () => {
+      var css = '@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {div {font-size: 50px;}}';
+      var expected = '@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {div[a] {font-size: 50px;}}';
+      expect(s(css, 'a')).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle media rules with simple rules', () => {
+      var css = '@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {div {font-size: 50px;}} div {}';
+      var expected = '@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {div[a] {font-size: 50px;}}div[a] {}';
+      expect(s(css, 'a')).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle complicated selectors', () => {
+      expect(s('one::before {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[a]::before {}');
+      expect(s('one two {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[a] two[a] {}');
+      expect(s('one>two {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[a] > two[a] {}');
+      expect(s('one+two {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[a] + two[a] {}');
+      expect(s('one~two {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[a] ~ two[a] {}');
+      expect(s('.one.two > three {}', 'a')).toEqual('.one.two[a] > three[a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr="value"] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr="value"][a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr=value] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr="value"][a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr^="value"] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr^="value"][a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr$="value"] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr$="value"][a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr*="value"] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr*="value"][a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr|="value"] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr|="value"][a] {}');
+      expect(s('one[attr] {}', 'a')).toEqual('one[attr][a] {}');
+      expect(s('[is="one"] {}', 'a')).toEqual('[is="one"][a] {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle :host', () => {
+      expect(s(':host {}', 'a', 'a-host')).toEqual('[a-host] {}');
+      expect(s(':host(.x,.y) {}', 'a', 'a-host')).toEqual('[a-host].x, [a-host].y {}');
+      expect(s(':host(.x,.y) > .z {}', 'a', 'a-host')).toEqual('[a-host].x > .z, [a-host].y > .z {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle :host-context', () => {
+      expect(s(':host-context(.x) {}', 'a', 'a-host')).toEqual('[a-host].x, .x [a-host] {}');
+      expect(s(':host-context(.x) > .y {}', 'a', 'a-host')).toEqual('[a-host].x > .y, .x [a-host] > .y {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should support polyfill-next-selector', () => {
+      var css = s("polyfill-next-selector {content: 'x > y'} z {}", 'a');
+      expect(css).toEqual('x[a] > y[a] {}');
+
+      css = s('polyfill-next-selector {content: "x > y"} z {}', 'a');
+      expect(css).toEqual('x[a] > y[a] {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should support polyfill-unscoped-rule', () => {
+      var css = s("polyfill-unscoped-rule {content: '#menu > .bar';background: blue;}", 'a');
+      expect(StringWrapper.contains(css, '#menu > .bar {;background: blue;}')).toBeTruthy();
+
+      css = s('polyfill-unscoped-rule {content: "#menu > .bar";background: blue;}', 'a');
+      expect(StringWrapper.contains(css, '#menu > .bar {;background: blue;}')).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should support polyfill-rule', () => {
+      var css = s("polyfill-rule {content: ':host.foo .bar';background: blue;}", 'a', 'a-host');
+      expect(css).toEqual('[a-host].foo .bar {background: blue;}');
+
+      css = s('polyfill-rule {content: ":host.foo .bar";background: blue;}', 'a', 'a-host');
+      expect(css).toEqual('[a-host].foo .bar {background: blue;}');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle ::shadow', () => {
+      var css = s('x::shadow > y {}', 'a');
+      expect(css).toEqual('x[a] > y[a] {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle /deep/', () => {
+      var css = s('x /deep/ y {}', 'a');
+      expect(css).toEqual('x[a] y[a] {}');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle >>>', () => {
+      var css = s('x >>> y {}', 'a');
+      expect(css).toEqual('x[a] y[a] {}');
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..373ed92bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  elementText,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+  SpyObject,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+import {
+  ProtoView, Template, ViewContainerRef, DirectiveMetadata
+} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+
+import {EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {NativeShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/native_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_url_resolver';
+import {StyleInliner} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/style_inliner';
+
+import {IntegrationTestbed} from './integration_testbed';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('ShadowDom integration tests', function() {
+    var urlResolver, styleUrlResolver, styleInliner, styleHost;
+    var strategies = {
+      "scoped" : () => new EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy(styleInliner, styleUrlResolver, styleHost),
+      "unscoped" : () => new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, styleHost)
+    }
+    if (DOM.supportsNativeShadowDOM()) {
+      StringMapWrapper.set(strategies, "native", () => new NativeShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver));
+    }
+
+    StringMapWrapper.forEach(strategies,
+      (strategyFactory, name) => {
+
+      describe(`${name} shadow dom strategy`, () => {
+
+        var testbed, renderer, rootEl, compile, strategy;
+
+        beforeEach( () => {
+          styleHost = el('<div></div>');
+          urlResolver = new UrlResolver();
+          styleUrlResolver = new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver);
+          styleInliner = new StyleInliner(null, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver);
+          strategy = strategyFactory();
+          testbed = new IntegrationTestbed({
+            shadowDomStrategy: strategy,
+            templates: templates
+          });
+          renderer = testbed.renderer;
+          rootEl = testbed.rootEl;
+          compile = (template, directives) => testbed.compile(template, directives);
+        });
+
+        it('should support simple components', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<simple>' +
+              '<div>A</div>' +
+              '</simple>';
+
+          compile(temp, [simple]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('SIMPLE(A)');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it('should support multiple content tags', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<multiple-content-tags>' +
+            '<div>B</div>' +
+            '<div>C</div>' +
+            '<div class="left">A</div>' +
+          '</multiple-content-tags>';
+
+          compile(temp, [multipleContentTagsComponent]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(A, BC)');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it('should redistribute only direct children', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<multiple-content-tags>' +
+            '<div>B<div class="left">A</div></div>' +
+            '<div>C</div>' +
+            '</multiple-content-tags>';
+
+          compile(temp, [multipleContentTagsComponent]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, BAC)');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it("should redistribute direct child viewcontainers when the light dom changes", inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<multiple-content-tags>' +
+            '<div><div template="manual" class="left">A</div></div>' +
+            '<div>B</div>' +
+            '</multiple-content-tags>';
+
+          compile(temp, [multipleContentTagsComponent, manualViewportDirective]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            var viewRefs = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
+            var vcProtoViewRef = pvRefs[2];
+            var childViewRef = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, B)');
+
+            renderer.insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef, childViewRef);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, AB)');
+
+            renderer.detachViewFromContainer(vcRef, 0);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, B)');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it("should redistribute when the light dom changes", inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<multiple-content-tags>' +
+            '<div template="manual" class="left">A</div>' +
+            '<div>B</div>' +
+            '</multiple-content-tags>';
+
+          compile(temp, [multipleContentTagsComponent, manualViewportDirective]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            var viewRefs = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
+            var vcProtoViewRef = pvRefs[2];
+            var childViewRef = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, B)');
+
+            renderer.insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef, childViewRef);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(A, B)');
+
+            renderer.detachViewFromContainer(vcRef, 0);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, B)');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it("should support nested components", inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<outer-with-indirect-nested>' +
+            '<div>A</div>' +
+            '<div>B</div>' +
+            '</outer-with-indirect-nested>';
+
+          compile(temp, [outerWithIndirectNestedComponent]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('OUTER(SIMPLE(AB))');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it("should support nesting with content being direct child of a nested component", inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<outer>' +
+            '<div template="manual" class="left">A</div>' +
+            '<div>B</div>' +
+            '<div>C</div>' +
+            '</outer>';
+
+          compile(temp, [outerComponent, manualViewportDirective]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            var viewRefs = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
+            var vcProtoViewRef = pvRefs[2];
+            var childViewRef = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('OUTER(INNER(INNERINNER(,BC)))');
+
+            renderer.insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef, childViewRef);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('OUTER(INNER(INNERINNER(A,BC)))');
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        it('should redistribute when the shadow dom changes', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+          var temp = '<conditional-content>' +
+            '<div class="left">A</div>' +
+            '<div>B</div>' +
+            '<div>C</div>' +
+            '</conditional-content>';
+
+          compile(temp, [conditionalContentComponent, autoViewportDirective]).then( (pvRefs) => {
+            var viewRefs = renderer.createView(pvRefs[0]);
+            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[2], 0);
+            var vcProtoViewRef = pvRefs[3];
+            var childViewRef = renderer.createView(vcProtoViewRef)[0];
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, ABC)');
+
+            renderer.insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef, childViewRef);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(A, BC)');
+
+            renderer.detachViewFromContainer(vcRef, 0);
+
+            expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, ABC)');
+
+            async.done();
+          });
+        }));
+
+        //Implement once NgElement support changing a class
+        //it("should redistribute when a class has been added or removed");
+        //it('should not lose focus', () => {
+        //  var temp = `<simple>aaa<input type="text" id="focused-input" ng-class="{'aClass' : showClass}"> bbb</simple>`;
+        //
+        //  compile(temp, (view, lc) => {
+        //    var input = view.nodes[1];
+        //    input.focus();
+        //
+        //    expect(document.activeElement.id).toEqual("focused-input");
+        //
+        //    // update class of input
+        //
+        //    expect(document.activeElement.id).toEqual("focused-input");
+        //  });
+        //});
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+}
+
+
+var simple = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'simple',
+  id: 'simple',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var multipleContentTagsComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'multiple-content-tags',
+  id: 'multiple-content-tags',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var manualViewportDirective = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[manual]',
+  id: 'manual',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.VIEWPORT_TYPE
+});
+
+var outerWithIndirectNestedComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'outer-with-indirect-nested',
+  id: 'outer-with-indirect-nested',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var outerComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'outer',
+  id: 'outer',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var innerComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'inner',
+  id: 'inner',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var innerInnerComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'innerinner',
+  id: 'innerinner',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var conditionalContentComponent = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: 'conditional-content',
+  id: 'conditional-content',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE
+});
+
+var autoViewportDirective = new DirectiveMetadata({
+  selector: '[auto]',
+  id: '[auto]',
+  type: DirectiveMetadata.VIEWPORT_TYPE
+});
+
+var templates = [
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'simple',
+    inline: 'SIMPLE(<content></content>)',
+    directives: []
+  }),
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'multiple-content-tags',
+    inline: '(<content select=".left"></content>, <content></content>)',
+    directives: []
+  }),
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'outer-with-indirect-nested',
+    inline: 'OUTER(<simple><div><content></content></div></simple>)',
+    directives: [simple]
+  }),
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'outer',
+    inline: 'OUTER(<inner><content></content></inner>)',
+    directives: [innerComponent]
+  }),
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'inner',
+    inline: 'INNER(<innerinner><content></content></innerinner>)',
+    directives: [innerInnerComponent]
+  }),
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'innerinner',
+    inline: 'INNERINNER(<content select=".left"></content>,<content></content>)',
+    directives: []
+  }),
+  new Template({
+    componentId: 'conditional-content',
+    inline: '<div>(<div *auto="cond"><content select=".left"></content></div>, <content></content>)</div>',
+    directives: [autoViewportDirective]
+  })
+];
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/services/url_resolver_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/services/url_resolver_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8c10f1b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/services/url_resolver_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import {describe, it, expect, beforeEach, ddescribe, iit, xit, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('UrlResolver', () => {
+    var resolver = new UrlResolver();
+
+    it('should add a relative path to the base url', () => {
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com', 'bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/', 'bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com', './bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/', './bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should replace the base path', () => {
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/baz', 'bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/baz', './bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should append to the base path', () => {
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/baz/', 'bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/baz/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/baz/', './bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/baz/bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should support ".." in the path', () => {
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/baz/', '../bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/1/2/3/', '../../bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/1/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/1/2/3/', '../biz/bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/1/2/biz/bar');
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/1/2/baz', '../../bar')).toEqual('http://www.foo.com/bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore the base path when the url has a scheme', () => {
+      expect(resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com', 'http://www.bar.com')).toEqual('http://www.bar.com');
+    })
+
+    it('should throw when the url start with "/"', () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        resolver.resolve('http://www.foo.com/1/2', '/test');
+      }).toThrowError();
+    });
+  });
+}