Angular 2 is getting more and more stable. As of July of 2016 it reached the version Release Candidate 4 and I expect to see the official release of this framework not later than in October of this year.

While developing Angular 2 applications in TypeScript is easier than in JavaScript, the initial setup of the project may be intimidating. You need to be familiar with installing and configuring NPM packages and the process of transpiling of the code from TypeScript to JavaScript.

I’d like to offer you an extract from the video from the first session of our recent online training where I show how to install the TypeScript compiler, all required npm modules, and create configuration files for npm and the module loader SystemJS. In this video I was using Angular Release Candidate 1, but you can change the versions from rc.1 to rc.4 and everything will work fine.

Our next 6-week online workshop starts on September 11. It runs on weekends and will give you a solid understanding of how to work on the real-world project with Angular 2 and TypeScript.

If you’re reading this blog after September 11, check the schedule of our upcoming trainings at yakovfain.com.