diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
index 6d40cee9fb..be9ec58c42 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {FIELD, toBool, autoConvertAdd, isBlank, FunctionWrapper, BaseException} from "facade/lang";
-import {List, ListWrapper} from "facade/collection";
+import {List, Map, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from "facade/collection";
 
 export class AST {
   eval(context) {
@@ -89,6 +89,32 @@ export class KeyedAccess extends AST {
     this.obj = obj;
     this.key = key;
   }
+  eval(context) {
+    var obj = this.obj.eval(context);
+    var key = this.key.eval(context);
+
+    if (obj instanceof Map) {
+      return MapWrapper.get(obj, key);
+    } else if (obj instanceof List) {
+      return ListWrapper.get(obj, key);
+    } else {
+      throw new BaseException(`Cannot access ${key} on ${obj}`);
+    }
+  }
+  assign(context, value) {
+    var obj = this.obj.eval(context);
+    var key = this.key.eval(context);
+
+    if (obj instanceof Map) {
+      MapWrapper.set(obj, key, value);
+    } else if (obj instanceof List) {
+      ListWrapper.set(obj, key, value);
+    } else {
+      throw new BaseException(`Cannot access ${key} on ${obj}`);
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+
 }
 
 export class Formatter extends AST {
@@ -120,6 +146,36 @@ export class LiteralPrimitive extends AST {
   }
 }
 
+export class LiteralArray extends AST {
+  @FIELD('final expressions:List')
+  constructor(expressions:List) {
+    this.expressions = expressions;
+  }
+  eval(context) {
+    return ListWrapper.map(this.expressions, (e) => e.eval(context));
+  }
+  visit(visitor) {
+    visitor.visitLiteralArray(this);
+  }
+}
+
+export class LiteralMap extends AST {
+  @FIELD('final keys:List')
+  @FIELD('final values:List')
+  constructor(keys:List, values:List) {
+    this.keys = keys;
+    this.values = values;
+  }
+
+  eval(context) {
+    var res = MapWrapper.create();
+    for(var i = 0; i < this.keys.length; ++i) {
+      MapWrapper.set(res, this.keys[i], this.values[i].eval(context));
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+}
+
 export class Binary extends AST {
   @FIELD('final operation:string')
   @FIELD('final left:AST')
@@ -203,6 +259,7 @@ export class AstVisitor {
   visitLiteralPrimitive(ast:LiteralPrimitive) {}
   visitFormatter(ast:Formatter) {}
   visitAssignment(ast:Assignment) {}
+  visitLiteralArray(ast:LiteralArray) {}
 }
 
 var _evalListCache = [[],[0],[0,0],[0,0,0],[0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0]];
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js
index 9899bd6f99..c76310b083 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ const $A = 65, $B = 66, $C = 67, $D = 68, $E = 69, $F = 70, $G = 71, $H = 72,
       $Q = 81, $R = 82, $S = 83, $T = 84, $U = 85, $V = 86, $W = 87, $X = 88,
       $Y = 89, $Z = 90;
 
-const $LBRACKET  = 91;
-const $BACKSLASH = 92;
-const $RBRACKET  = 93;
+export const $LBRACKET  = 91;
+export const $BACKSLASH = 92;
+export const $RBRACKET  = 93;
 const $CARET     = 94;
 const $_         = 95;
 
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ const $a =  97, $b =  98, $c =  99, $d = 100, $e = 101, $f = 102, $g = 103,
       $o = 111, $p = 112, $q = 113, $r = 114, $s = 115, $t = 116, $u = 117,
       $v = 118, $w = 119, $x = 120, $y = 121, $z = 122;
 
-const $LBRACE = 123;
-const $BAR    = 124;
-const $RBRACE = 125;
+export const $LBRACE = 123;
+export const $BAR    = 124;
+export const $RBRACE = 125;
 const $TILDE  = 126;
 const $NBSP   = 160;
 
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js
index 41922cd377..7c5a8235be 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {FIELD, int, isBlank,  BaseException} from 'facade/lang';
+import {FIELD, int, isBlank,  BaseException, StringWrapper} from 'facade/lang';
 import {ListWrapper, List} from 'facade/collection';
-import {Lexer, EOF, Token, $PERIOD, $COLON, $SEMICOLON, $LBRACKET, $RBRACKET} from './lexer';
+import {Lexer, EOF, Token, $PERIOD, $COLON, $SEMICOLON, $LBRACKET, $RBRACKET, $COMMA, $LBRACE, $RBRACE} from './lexer';
 import {ClosureMap} from './closure_map';
 import {
   AST,
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import {
   Formatter,
   Assignment,
   Chain,
-  KeyedAccess
+  KeyedAccess,
+  LiteralArray,
+  LiteralMap
   } from './ast';
 
 var _implicitReceiver = new ImplicitReceiver();
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ class _ParseAST {
 
   expectCharacter(code:int) {
     if (this.optionalCharacter(code)) return;
-    this.error(`Missing expected ${code}`);
+    this.error(`Missing expected ${StringWrapper.fromCharCode(code)}`);
   }
 
 
@@ -107,6 +109,15 @@ class _ParseAST {
     return n.toString();
   }
 
+  expectIdentifierOrKeywordOrString():string {
+    var n = this.next;
+    if (!n.isIdentifier() && !n.isKeyword() && !n.isString()) {
+      this.error(`Unexpected token ${n}, expected identifier, or keyword, or string`)
+    }
+    this.advance();
+    return n.toString();
+  }
+
   parseChain():AST {
     var exprs = [];
     while (this.index < this.tokens.length) {
@@ -142,11 +153,6 @@ class _ParseAST {
     var result = this.parseConditional();
 
     while (this.next.isOperator('=')) {
-      //if (!backend.isAssignable(result)) {
-    //    int end = (index < tokens.length) ? next.index : input.length;
-    //    String expression = input.substring(start, end);
-    //    error('Expression $expression is not assignable');
-    //  }
       this.expectOperator('=');
       result = new Assignment(result, this.parseConditional());
     }
@@ -269,6 +275,12 @@ class _ParseAST {
     while (true) {
       if (this.optionalCharacter($PERIOD)) {
         result = this.parseFieldRead(result);
+
+      } else if (this.optionalCharacter($LBRACKET)) {
+        var key = this.parseExpression();
+        this.expectCharacter($RBRACKET);
+        result = new KeyedAccess(result, key);
+
       } else {
         return result;
       }
@@ -288,6 +300,14 @@ class _ParseAST {
       this.advance();
       return new LiteralPrimitive(false);
 
+    } else if (this.optionalCharacter($LBRACKET)) {
+      var elements = this.parseExpressionList($RBRACKET);
+      this.expectCharacter($RBRACKET);
+      return new LiteralArray(elements);
+
+    } else if (this.next.isCharacter($LBRACE)) {
+      return this.parseLiteralMap();
+
     } else if (this.next.isIdentifier()) {
       return this.parseFieldRead(_implicitReceiver);
 
@@ -309,6 +329,32 @@ class _ParseAST {
     }
   }
 
+  parseExpressionList(terminator:int):List {
+    var result = [];
+    if (!this.next.isCharacter(terminator)) {
+      do {
+        ListWrapper.push(result, this.parseExpression());
+      } while (this.optionalCharacter($COMMA));
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  parseLiteralMap() {
+    var keys = [];
+    var values = [];
+    this.expectCharacter($LBRACE);
+    if (!this.optionalCharacter($RBRACE)) {
+      do {
+        var key = this.expectIdentifierOrKeywordOrString();
+        ListWrapper.push(keys, key);
+        this.expectCharacter($COLON);
+        ListWrapper.push(values, this.parseExpression());
+      } while (this.optionalCharacter($COMMA));
+      this.expectCharacter($RBRACE);
+    }
+    return new LiteralMap(keys, values);
+  }
+
   parseFieldRead(receiver):AST {
     var id = this.expectIdentifierOrKeyword();
     return new FieldRead(receiver, id, this.closureMap.getter(id), this.closureMap.setter(id));
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js b/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js
index 16f22615cb..2ea396af84 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {ddescribe, describe, it, iit, expect, beforeEach} from 'test_lib/test_lib';
 import {BaseException, isBlank} from 'facade/lang';
+import {MapWrapper} from 'facade/collection';
 import {Parser} from 'change_detection/parser/parser';
 import {Lexer} from 'change_detection/parser/lexer';
 import {Formatter, LiteralPrimitive} from 'change_detection/parser/ast';
@@ -164,6 +165,39 @@ export function main() {
         expectEval("a=123; b=234", context).toEqual(234);
         expect(context.a).toEqual(123);
         expect(context.b).toEqual(234);
+
+        context = td([100]);
+        expectEval('a[0] = 200', context).toEqual(200);
+        expect(context.a[0]).toEqual(200);
+
+        context = td(MapWrapper.createFromPairs([["key", 100]]));
+        expectEval('a["key"] = 200', context).toEqual(200);
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(context.a, "key")).toEqual(200);
+
+        context = td([MapWrapper.createFromPairs([["key", 100]])]);
+        expectEval('a[0]["key"] = 200', context).toEqual(200);
+        expect(MapWrapper.get(context.a[0], "key")).toEqual(200);
+      });
+
+      it('should evaluate array', () => {
+        expectEval("[1][0]").toEqual(1);
+        expectEval("[[1]][0][0]").toEqual(1);
+        expectEval("[]").toEqual([]);
+        expectEval("[].length").toEqual(0);
+        expectEval("[1, 2].length").toEqual(2);
+      });
+
+      it("should error when unfinished exception", () => {
+        expectEvalError('a[0 = 200').toThrowError(new RegExp("Missing expected ]"));
+      });
+
+      it('should evaluate map', () => {
+        expectEval("{}").toEqual(MapWrapper.create());
+        expectEval("{a:'b'}").toEqual(MapWrapper.createFromPairs([["a", "b"]]));
+        expectEval("{'a':'b'}").toEqual(MapWrapper.createFromPairs([["a", "b"]]));
+        expectEval("{\"a\":'b'}").toEqual(MapWrapper.createFromPairs([["a", "b"]]));
+        expectEval("{\"a\":'b'}['a']").toEqual("b");
+        expectEval("{\"a\":'b'}['invalid']").not.toBeDefined();
       });
 
       describe("parseBinding", () => {
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/collection.dart b/modules/facade/src/collection.dart
index 0816f05c3b..bfdc16fcae 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/collection.dart
+++ b/modules/facade/src/collection.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ export 'dart:core' show Map, List, Set;
 
 class MapWrapper {
   static HashMap create() => new HashMap();
+  static HashMap createFromPairs(List pairs) {
+    return pairs.fold({}, (m, p){
+      m[p[0]] = p[1];
+      return m;
+    });
+  }
   static get(m, k) => m[k];
   static void set(m, k, v){ m[k] = v; }
   static contains(m, k) => m.containsKey(k);
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/collection.es6 b/modules/facade/src/collection.es6
index 4ed8a35e52..bfc3b857dc 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/collection.es6
+++ b/modules/facade/src/collection.es6
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export var Set = window.Set;
 
 export class MapWrapper {
   static create():Map { return new Map(); }
+  static createFromPairs(pairs:List):Map { return new Map(pairs); }
   static get(m, k) { return m.get(k); }
   static set(m, k, v) { m.set(k,v); }
   static contains(m, k) { return  m.has(k); }