### Welcome to Angular 2

We have been providing the comprehensive support of the Angular framework since day one. And now we extend it to the latest version of the framework - Angular 2. This version of Explorer is a true Angular 2 application. It uses Wijmo components for Angular 2 which are designed to represent Wijmo controls in Angular 2 application markup.

### Introduction

When we created Wijmo 5, we decided it was time to take full advantage of the latest technologies and launch a pure HTML5/JavaScript product, no longer making compromises in order to support legacy browsers.

We also decided to leverage our experience in control development and implement some .NET tried-and-true concepts including the ICollectionView interface, event patterns, and control templates.

This application highlights some of the main features in Wijmo 5. If you want to learn more about the details, feel free to check the on-line documentation.

#### What's in Wijmo 5?

- Core: Globalization, data binding, tooltips, control base class, event class, utilities.
- Input: AutoComplete, ComboBox, InputNumber, InputDate, InputTime, InputMask, InputColor, ListBox, Menu, Calendar, ColorPicker, and more.
- Grid: A brand new version of the FlexGrid control, more flexible and powerful than ever.
- Chart: A brand new FlexChart control that is beautiful, powerful, and easy to use.
- Gauge: A set of Gauge controls designed to display data effectively on desktop and mobile devices.
- More to come: This is the first version of Wijmo's new generation. Get ready for new modules including reporting, mapping, layouts, and much more!

#### What are the requirements?

- Modern Browsers (IE9+, ECMAScript 5)
- Wijmo 5 has zero dependencies

#### Why require ECMAScript5?

- Real properties (with getters/setters)
- JSON support
- SVG graphics
- Better arrays, bind method, etc.
- Smaller and more efficient (no hacks to support legacy browsers)

#### What platforms, libraries, and tools are officially supported?

- Angular
- Bootstrap
- Globalize
- OData
- BreezeJS
- TypeScript