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# 2.0.0-alpha.21 (2015-04-27)


## Features

- **dart/transform:** Dedup getters, setters, & methods
  ([15376a6d](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/15376a6d243740c73cf90f55525d1710cdd156f5))
- **facade:** add isType method
  ([e617ca63](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/e617ca6323902bd98c0f1eb990b82f6b8d3c98e3))
- **parser:** support === and !== operators
  ([afe0e454](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/afe0e454537f9252f9cf313647e649cfa464f96f),
   [#1496](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/1496), [#1500](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/1500))
- **router:** add initial implementation
  ([1b2754da](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/1b2754dacdd15e8fea429d56cdacb28eae76d2b1))
- **view:** reimplemented property setters using change detection
  ([8ccafb05](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/8ccafb0524e3ac4c51af34ef88e0fe27482336a6))


## Performance Improvements

- **benchmarks:**
  - benchmark that measure cost of dynamic components
  ([427f0d02](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/427f0d021c51ea6923edd07574a4cc74a1ef84e6))
  - benchmark measuring cost of decorators (fixes #1479)
  ([9fc9d535](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/9fc9d535667c620017367877dbc2a3bc56d358b7))


## Other (malformed commit messages)

- **other:**
  - feat: alllow specifying directives as bindings
  ([4bab25b3](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/4bab25b3666f4247434ad5cb871906fb063fef51),
   [#1498](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/1498))
  - fix: export ShadowDom strategies
  ([6896305e](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/6896305e34082c246769829e4258631c1d2363d1),
   [#1510](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/1510), [#1511](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/1511))