# Angular 2 Universal Starter [](https://github.com/angular/universal) > Server-Side Rendering for Angular 2 A minimal Angular 2 starter for Universal JavaScript using TypeScript 2 and Webpack 2 > If you're looking for the Angular Universal repo go to [**angular/universal**](https://github.com/angular/universal) [](https://heroku.com/deploy) ## Installation * `npm install` ## Serve * `npm start` to build your client app and start a web server * `npm run build` to prepare a distributable bundle ## Development * run `npm start` and `npm run watch` in two separate terminals to build your client app, start a web server, and allow file changes to update in realtime ## Watch files * `npm run watch` to build your client app and start a web server ### Documentation [Design Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q6g9UlmEZDXgrkY88AJZ6MUrUxcnwhBGS0EXbVlYicY) ### Videos Angular 2 Universal Patterns - ng-conf, May 2016 [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCj_oC3m6_U) Angular Universal Source Code - ReadTheSource, January 2016 [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOjtFjXoebY) Full Stack Angular 2 - AngularConnect, Oct 2015 [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtoHFDfi8FM) Angular 2 Server Rendering - Angular U, July 2015 [](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wvZ7gakqV4) ## [preboot.js](https://github.com/angular/preboot) > Control server-rendered page and transfer state before client-side web app loads to the client-side-app. # License [](/LICENSE)