Modules in RC5 mostly fixed that. You still define all the dependencies and directives, but they're all packaged into a module file, and then you can use use an

Modules in RC5 mostly fixed that. You still define all the dependencies and directives, but they're all packaged into a module file, and then you can use use any components by dropping them into your template. Getting something like an Angular 2 snippet tool will also speed you up a bit.[1] [1] https://atom.io/packages/angular-2-typescript-snippets https://atom.io/packages/angular-2-typescript-snippets