In order to develop the examples contained in this book, you will primarily need a web browser updated to its latest version. We recommend Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, although Angular 2 is meant to be supported in all evergreen browsers.

You will also need terminal software installed on your OS, since many operations are handled through npm commands to the console. In this sense, having Node.js and npm installed on your system will be required to run most of the console commands mentioned in the book. The rest of modules required and their installation procedure will be described as we go.

Last, but not least, you will require a text editor to code your Angular 2 modules, although Chapter 1, Creating Our Very First Component in Angular 2 will provide a thorough walkthrough of all the best IDE alternatives in store nowadays for developing Angular 2 applications.