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<strong>Angular is still unpackaged and in alpha</strong>. This quickstart does not
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reflect the final build process for Angular. The following setup is for those who
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want to try out Angular while it is in alpha.
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// STEP 1 - Create a project ##########################
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h2#section-create-project 1. Create a project
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The goal of this quickstart is to create a component that renders "Hello Alice" to the page.
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To get started, create a new directory.
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code.
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mkdir angular2_quickstart
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cd angular2_quickstart
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// STEP 2 - Add the es6-shim ##########################
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h2#section-add-es6-shim 2. Add the es6-shim
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p. Within your project, clone the es6-shim repository:
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code git clone https://github.com/davideast/conscious.git es6-shim
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p.
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For the sake of this quickstart we recommend using the
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<a href="https://github.com/davideast/conscious"> <code>es6-shim</code> GitHub repository</a>.
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This repository will provides a faster start than building from <code>npm</code>. The <code>es6-shim</code> includes Angular and dependencies to compile ES6 in incompatible browsers.
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h3 ES6, AtScript, and the es6-shim
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h4 AtScript
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p.
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Angular is built with <strong>AtScript</strong>. AtScript is an extension of ES6 (ECMAScript 6), the new specification
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of the JavaScript language. This quickstart will be written in AtScript, but it is not required in Angular.
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h4 ES6
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p.
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AtScript compiles to <strong>ES6</strong>. ES6 is not widely supported in all browsers today.
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The es6-shim repository allows you to use ES6 or AtScript in the browser.
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h4 es6-shim
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p.
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The <strong>es6-shim</strong> package includes Angular and dependencies needed to compile
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ES6 in the browser, such as Traceur. Traceur is an ES6 compiler that transpiles ES6 to ES5 code.
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Think of the es6-shim repository as package rather than a project.
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// STEP 2 - Import Angular ##########################
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h2#section-transpile 2. Import Angular
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p.
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Create two files for this quickstart, an <code>index.html</code> and a
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<code>app.es6</code>. Both of these files will be at the root of the project.
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The <code>.es6</code> extension signifies that the file uses ES6 syntax.
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code touch index.html
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| touch app.es6
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p Inside of <code>app.es6</code>, use the ES6 module syntax you can import the required modules from Angular.
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code import {Component, Template, bootstrap} from 'angular2/angular2';
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p The above import statement will import three modules from Angular. These modules load at runtime.
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// STEP 3 - Create a component ##########################
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h2#section-angular-create-account 3. Define a component
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Components structure and represent the UI. This quickstart demonstrates the process of creating a component.
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The component will have an HTML tag named app,
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<strong><code><my-app></my-app></code></strong>.
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A component consists of two parts; the <strong>annotation section</strong>
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and the <strong>component controller</strong>.
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code.
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// Annotation Section
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@Component({
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selector: 'my-app'
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})
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@Template({
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inline: '<h1>Hello {{ name }}</h1>'
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})
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// Component Controller
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class MyAppComponent {
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constructor() {
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this.name = 'Alice';
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}
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}
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h3 Component Annotations
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A component annotation provides metadata about the component.
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An annotation can always identified by its at-sign (<code>@</code>).
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The <code>@Component</code> annotation defines the HTML tag for the component.
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The <code>selector</code> property is a CSS selector which specifies the HTML tag for the component.
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The <code>@Template</code> annotation defines the template to apply to the component.
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This component uses an inline template, but external templates are
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available as well. To use an external template specify a <code>url</code> property
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and give it the path to the html file.
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@Component({
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selector: 'my-app' // Defines the <my-app></my-app> tag
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})
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@Template({
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inline: '<h1>Hello {{ name }}</h1>' // Defines the inline template for the component
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})
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The component created above has a HTML tag of <code><my-app></my-app></code>
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and a template of <code><h1>Hello <code>{{</code> name }}</h1></code>.
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h3 Component Controller
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The component controller is the backing of the component's template. A component
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controller uses ES6 <code>class</code> syntax.
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code.
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class MyAppComponent {
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constructor() {
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this.name = 'Alice';
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}
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}
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Templates read from their component controllers. Templates have access to any properties
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or functions placed on the component controller.
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The template above binds to a <code>name</code> property through the <code>{{ }}</code>
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syntax.The body of the constructor assigns "Alice" to the name property. When the
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template renders, Alice will appear instead of <code>{{ name }}</code>.
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// STEP 4 - Bootstrap ##########################
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h2#section-transpile 4. Bootstrap
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p The last step to load the component on the page. At the bottom of <code>app.es6</code> call the <code>bootstrap()</code> function.
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code bootstrap(MyAppComponent);
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Angular provides a <code>bootstrap</code> function that renders a
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component to the page. The <code>bootstrap</code> function takes a
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component as a parameter. Any child components inside of the parent
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component will render as well.
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// STEP 5 - Declare the HTML ##########################
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h2#section-angular-create-account 5. Declare the HTML
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p.
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Inside of the <code>index.html</code>, include the <code>es6-shim.js</code> file in the <code>head</code> tag.
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Now, declare the app component the <code>body</code>. The es6-shim must load before any application code.
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<!-- index.html -->
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<html>
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<head>
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<title>Angular 2 Quickstart</title>
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<script src="/es6-shim/dist/es6-shim.js"></script>
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</head>
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<body>
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<!-- The app component created in app.es6 -->
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<my-app></my-app>
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</body>
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</html>
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// STEP 6 - Declare the HTML ##########################
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h2#section-load-component-module 5. Load the component
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The last step is to load the module for the my-app component.
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The es6-shim file comes packaged with the System library. We'll
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use System to load the component we created above.
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h3 System.js
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p.
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System is a third-party open sourced library. Most browsers today do not support ES6 module loading. System
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provides module loading functionality to these browsers.
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To load the needed modules, System needs to know where to
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load the files from. The paths property in System specifies
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the location of the files.
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p Tell System about three paths:
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li Angular: The Angular framework.
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li Runtime assertions: Optional assertions for runtime type checking.
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li The my-app component created above: The component to display on the page.
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<my-app></my-app>
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<script>
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// Rewrite the paths to load the files
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System.paths = {
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'angular2/*':'/es6-shim/angular2/*.js', // Angular
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'rtts_assert/*': '/es6-shim/rtts_assert/*.js', //Runtime assertions
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'app': 'app.es6' // The my-app component
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};
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// Kick off the application
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System.import('app');
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</script>
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// STEP 6 - Declare the HTML ##########################
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h2#section-load-component-module 5. Run a local server
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// WHAT'S NEXT... ##########################
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h2#section-transpile Great job! Next step...
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p Learn some template syntax for extra credit.
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