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<h1 class="no-toc">QuickStart</h1>
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Angular applications are made up of _components_.
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A _component_ is the combination of an HTML template and a component class that controls a portion of the screen. Here is an example of a component that displays a simple string:
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<code-example path="quickstart/src/app/app.component.ts" title="src/app/app.component.ts" linenums="false">
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</code-example>
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<div class="l-sub-section">
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Try this **<live-example noDownload>QuickStart example on Plunker</live-example>** without installing anything.
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Try it locally with the [***QuickStart seed***](guide/guide/setup "Setup for local development with the QuickStart seed")
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and prepare for development of a real Angular application.
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</div>
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Every component begins with an `@Component` [decorator](guide/glossary#decorator '"decorator" explained')
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function that takes a _metadata_ object. The metadata object describes how the HTML template and component class work together.
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The `selector` property tells Angular to display the component inside a custom `<my-app>` tag in the `index.html`.
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<code-example path="quickstart/src/index.html" region="my-app" title="index.html (inside <body>)" linenums="false">
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</code-example>
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The `template` property defines a message inside an `<h1>` header.
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The message starts with "Hello" and ends with `{{name}}`,
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which is an Angular [interpolation binding](guide/guide/displaying-data) expression.
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At runtime, Angular replaces `{{name}}` with the value of the component's `name` property.
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Interpolation binding is one of many Angular features you'll discover in this documentation.
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In the example, change the component class's `name` property from `'Angular'` to `'World'` and see what happens.
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<div class="callout is-helpful">
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<header>
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A word about TypeScript
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</header>
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<p>
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This example is written in <a href="http://www.typescriptlang.org/" title="TypeScript">TypeScript</a>, a superset of JavaScript. Angular
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uses TypeScript because its types make it easy to support developer productivity with tooling. You can also write Angular code in JavaScript; <a href="cookbook/ts-to-js.html">this guide</a> explains how.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="l-sub-section">
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### Next step
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Start [**learning Angular**](guide/guide/learning-angular "Learning Angular").
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</div>
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