diff --git a/public/_includes/_util-fns.jade b/public/_includes/_util-fns.jade
index 5e7afc0830..ce58638d07 100644
--- a/public/_includes/_util-fns.jade
+++ b/public/_includes/_util-fns.jade
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //- Mixins and associated functions
 
 mixin makeExample(path, fileName, title, stylePatterns)
-
   - var language = attributes.language || getExtn(fileName);
   - var format = attributes.format || "linenums";
   - var extPath = getPathToFrags() + path + "/";
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ mixin makeTabs(path, fileNames, tabNames, stylePatterns)
         code-pane(language="#{language}" name="#{tabName}" format="#{format}")
             != getFrag(extPath + fileName + ".md", sps)
 
+
 - var getFrag = function(fileName, stylePatterns) {
 -   var frag = partial(fileName);
 -   if (frag == null) {
diff --git a/public/doc-shredder/regionExtractor.js b/public/doc-shredder/regionExtractor.js
index 3d9930bd12..e01bc718e0 100644
--- a/public/doc-shredder/regionExtractor.js
+++ b/public/doc-shredder/regionExtractor.js
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@ module.exports = function regionExtractor() {
       }
     });
 
-
     docs.forEach(function(doc) {
-      var content;
+      var fragLines, content;
       if (doc.endIx) {
-        content = lines.slice(doc.startIx + 1, doc.endIx).join('\n');
+        fragLines = lines.slice(doc.startIx + 1, doc.endIx);
       } else {
-        content = lines.slice(doc.startIx + 1).join('\n');
+        fragLines = lines.slice(doc.startIx + 1);
       }
+      fragLines = trimLeftIndent(fragLines);
+      content = fragLines.join('\n');
       // eliminate all #docregion lines
       content = content.replace(nullLinePattern, '');
       if (content.substr(-3) === nullLine) {
@@ -54,6 +55,31 @@ module.exports = function regionExtractor() {
 
 };
 
+function trimLeftIndent(lines) {
+  var minIx  = 100;
+  var ok = lines.every(function(line) {
+    // var ix = line.search(/\S/);
+    var ix = line.search(/[^ ]/);
+    if (ix === 0) return false;
+    if (ix === -1) return true;
+    if (ix > 0) {
+      minIx = Math.min(minIx, ix);
+    }
+    return true;
+  });
+  if ( (!ok) || minIx === 100) return lines;
+
+  var result = lines.map(function(line) {
+    if (line.length > minIx) {
+      return line.substr(minIx);
+    } else {
+      // this can happen if line is all blanks and shorter than mixIx
+      return line;
+    }
+  });
+  return result;
+}
+
 function isCommentLine(line, commentPrefixes) {
   return commentPrefixes.some(function(prefix) {
     return line.trim().indexOf(prefix) == 0;
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-class.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-class.js.md
index 4984ff0eb7..814eeedd07 100644
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-class.js.md
+++ b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-class.js.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```
-    .Class({
-      constructor: function () { }
-    });
+.Class({
+  constructor: function () { }
+});
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-component.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-component.js.md
index df88ecafed..8015f6bac3 100644
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-component.js.md
+++ b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-component.js.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```
-    .Component({
-      selector: 'my-app'
-    })
+.Component({
+  selector: 'my-app'
+})
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-view.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-view.js.md
index 1bedef5b56..1bc141e57f 100644
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-view.js.md
+++ b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/js/app-view.js.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```
-    .View({
-      template: '<h1 id="output">My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
-    })
+.View({
+  template: '<h1 id="output">My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
+})
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-bootstrap.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-bootstrap.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 299a9059b4..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-bootstrap.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```
-angular2_1.bootstrap(AppComponent);
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-class-w-annotations.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-class-w-annotations.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b9746100fa..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-class-w-annotations.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-```
-var AppComponent = (function () {
-    function AppComponent() {
-    }
-    AppComponent = __decorate([
-        angular2_1.Component({
-            selector: 'my-app'
-        }),
-        angular2_1.View({
-            template: '<h1 id="output">My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
-        }), 
-        __metadata('design:paramtypes', [])
-    ], AppComponent);
-    return AppComponent;
-})();
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-import.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-import.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8448db759c..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app-import.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```
-var angular2_1 = require('angular2/angular2');
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index cd72a9055a..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/gettingstarted/ts/src/app.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-```
-var angular2_1 = require('angular2/angular2');
-var AppComponent = (function () {
-    function AppComponent() {
-    }
-    AppComponent = __decorate([
-        angular2_1.Component({
-            selector: 'my-app'
-        }),
-        angular2_1.View({
-            template: '<h1 id="output">My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
-        }), 
-        __metadata('design:paramtypes', [])
-    ], AppComponent);
-    return AppComponent;
-})();
-
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app-bootstrap.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app-bootstrap.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 299a9059b4..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app-bootstrap.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```
-angular2_1.bootstrap(AppComponent);
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app-import.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app-import.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8448db759c..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app-import.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```
-var angular2_1 = require('angular2/angular2');
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app.js.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e85873c52..0000000000
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/quickstart/src/app.js.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-```
-var angular2_1 = require('angular2/angular2');
-var AppComponent = (function () {
-    function AppComponent() {
-        this.name = 'Alice';
-    }
-    AppComponent = __decorate([
-        angular2_1.Component({
-            selector: 'app'
-        }),
-        angular2_1.View({
-            template: '<h1 id="output">Hello {{ name }}</h1>'
-        }), 
-        __metadata('design:paramtypes', [])
-    ], AppComponent);
-    return AppComponent;
-})();
-exports.AppComponent = AppComponent;
-angular2_1.bootstrap(AppComponent);
-//# sourceMappingURL=app.js.map
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-class.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-class.js.md
index 4984ff0eb7..814eeedd07 100644
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-class.js.md
+++ b/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-class.js.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```
-    .Class({
-      constructor: function () { }
-    });
+.Class({
+  constructor: function () { }
+});
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-component.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-component.js.md
index df88ecafed..8015f6bac3 100644
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-component.js.md
+++ b/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-component.js.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```
-    .Component({
-      selector: 'my-app'
-    })
+.Component({
+  selector: 'my-app'
+})
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-view.js.md b/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-view.js.md
index 1bedef5b56..1bc141e57f 100644
--- a/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-view.js.md
+++ b/public/docs/_fragments/styleguide/js/app-view.js.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```
-    .View({
-      template: '<h1 id="output">My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
-    })
+.View({
+  template: '<h1 id="output">My First Angular 2 App</h1>'
+})
 ```
\ No newline at end of file