UPDATE 14th Sep 2016: This guide also works for updating your apps to RC6, RC7 and Angular 2 Final.

Earlier this week we got the RC5 release of Angular 2, a version of Angular 2 that “represents the expected public API for our 2.0.0 release, including router and forms APIs” according to Rob Wormald of the Angular 2 team. Yey!

I’ve spent this week updating my getting started series and compiled the most important changes you need to do to update your application from Angular 2 RC4 to RC5 including the new router.

Hi! I have slowly continued to update my Getting Started with Angular 2 Step by Step series from the beta to the latest version of Angular which is now RC4. This time it was the turn of the Forms and Validation article where I used what is known as template driven forms.

Again, just like with the router, there are some changes that you’ll need perform to update your Angular 2 app forms to the latest version, albeit at a much smaller scale. I thought it would be a nice to have these updates in the form of a brief and very practical guide and here we are. Enjoy!

UPDATE 14th Sep 2016: Hi there! I have added an additional step to update your router from RC4 to RC5, RC6, RC7 and Angular 2 Final.

This week I’ve been updating my Getting Started with Angular 2 Step by Step series from the beta in which they were written to the latest version of Angular which is now RC4.

I had heard about the router debacle but I wasn’t aware of the massive changes required to move from the router in the beta until I updated the articles. I thought it would be helpful to write a quick, super practical guide while it’s fresh in my head. So if you’ve been postponing the router update until now, I hope this guide will help you.