diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bowerrc
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+{
+    "directory": "client/bower_components"
+}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.idea
+.env
+node_modules
+client/node_modules
+client/bower_components
+npm-debug.*
+link-checker-results.txt
+client/app/**/*.js
+*.js.map
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diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.js
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+var express = require('express');
+var path = require('path');
+var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
+var logger = require('morgan');
+var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+
+// init Mongoose schemas & init db through Mongoose
+require('./models/thing')
+var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+mongoose.connect('mongodb://' + 
+				process.env.DB_HOST + 
+				'/' + 
+				process.env.DB_NAME);
+
+var index = require('./routes/index');
+var api = require('./routes/api');
+
+var app = express();
+
+// view engine setup
+app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+// added from tutorial
+app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
+
+// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
+//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
+app.use(logger('dev'));
+app.use(bodyParser.json());
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+app.use(cookieParser());
+// set static folder (Angular 2 stuff)
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'client')));
+
+app.use('/', index);
+app.use('/api', api);
+
+// catch 404 and forward to error handler
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+  var err = new Error('Not Found');
+  err.status = 404;
+  next(err);
+});
+
+// error handler
+app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
+  // set locals, only providing error in development
+  res.locals.message = err.message;
+  res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
+
+  // render the error page
+  res.status(err.status || 500);
+  res.render('error');
+});
+
+module.exports = app;
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diff --git a/bin/www b/bin/www
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/www
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var app = require('../app');
+var debug = require('debug')('mean-seed:server');
+var http = require('http');
+
+/**
+ * Get port from environment and store in Express.
+ */
+
+var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT);
+app.set('port', port);
+
+/**
+ * Create HTTP server.
+ */
+
+var server = http.createServer(app);
+
+/**
+ * Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
+ */
+
+server.listen(port);
+server.on('error', onError);
+server.on('listening', onListening);
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
+ */
+
+function normalizePort(val) {
+  var port = parseInt(val, 10);
+
+  if (isNaN(port)) {
+    // named pipe
+    return val;
+  }
+
+  if (port >= 0) {
+    // port number
+    return port;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
+ */
+
+function onError(error) {
+  if (error.syscall !== 'listen') {
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  var bind = typeof port === 'string'
+    ? 'Pipe ' + port
+    : 'Port ' + port;
+
+  // handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
+  switch (error.code) {
+    case 'EACCES':
+      console.error(bind + ' requires elevated privileges');
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    case 'EADDRINUSE':
+      console.error(bind + ' is already in use');
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
+ */
+
+function onListening() {
+  var addr = server.address();
+  var bind = typeof addr === 'string'
+    ? 'pipe ' + addr
+    : 'port ' + addr.port;
+  debug('Listening on ' + bind);
+  console.log('Server listening on port: ' + port);
+}
diff --git a/client/app/app.component.html b/client/app/app.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c7a039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/app.component.html
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+<div class="container">
+	<h1>Hello, {{name}}</h1>
+	<hr>
+	<p>{{description}}</p>
+</div>
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diff --git a/client/app/app.component.ts b/client/app/app.component.ts
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index 0000000..5bb8314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/app.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+	moduleId: module.id, // use this in order to use relative paths
+  selector: 'my-app',
+  //template: `<h1>Hello {{name}}</h1>`,
+  templateUrl: 'app.component.html'
+})
+export class AppComponent  { 
+	name: string = 'Angular';
+	description: string = 'Start from here! This is the root component!';
+
+}
diff --git a/client/app/app.module.ts b/client/app/app.module.ts
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index 0000000..357b003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/app.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
+import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports:      [ BrowserModule ],
+  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
+  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
+})
+export class AppModule { }
diff --git a/client/app/main.ts b/client/app/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6af7a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
+
+import { AppModule } from './app.module';
+
+platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);
diff --git a/client/app/services/task.service.ts b/client/app/services/task.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3740fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/services/task.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Template of a service
+ */
+
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Http, Headers} from '@angular/http';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class Service {
+	
+	constructor(private http: Http) {
+		// code...
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "mean-seed",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "QuickStart package.json from the documentation, supplemented with testing support",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "tsc && tsc -w ",
+    "e2e": "tsc && concurrently \"http-server -s\" \"protractor protractor.config.js\" --kill-others --success first",
+    "lint": "tslint ./app/**/*.ts -t verbose",
+    "lite": "lite-server",
+    "pree2e": "webdriver-manager update",
+    "test": "tsc && concurrently \"tsc -w\" \"karma start karma.conf.js\"",
+    "test-once": "tsc && karma start karma.conf.js --single-run",
+    "tsc": "tsc",
+    "tsc:w": "tsc -w"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@angular/common": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/compiler": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/core": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/forms": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/http": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~2.4.0",
+    "@angular/router": "~3.4.0",
+
+    "angular-in-memory-web-api": "~0.2.4",
+    "systemjs": "0.19.40",
+    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
+    "rxjs": "5.0.1",
+    "zone.js": "^0.7.4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "concurrently": "^3.1.0",
+    "lite-server": "^2.2.2",
+    "typescript": "~2.0.10",
+
+    "canonical-path": "0.0.2",
+    "http-server": "^0.9.0",
+    "tslint": "^3.15.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.16.4",
+    "jasmine-core": "~2.4.1",
+    "karma": "^1.3.0",
+    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",
+    "karma-cli": "^1.0.1",
+    "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",
+    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
+    "protractor": "~4.0.14",
+    "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
+
+    "@types/node": "^6.0.46",
+    "@types/jasmine": "^2.5.36"
+  },
+  "repository": {}
+}
diff --git a/client/stylesheets/styles.css b/client/stylesheets/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58e1a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/stylesheets/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+h1 {
+  color: #369;
+  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 250%;
+}
diff --git a/client/systemjs.config.js b/client/systemjs.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68caa9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/systemjs.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * System configuration for Angular samples
+ * Adjust as necessary for your application needs.
+ */
+(function (global) {
+  System.config({
+    paths: {
+      // paths serve as alias
+      'npm:': 'node_modules/'
+    },
+    // map tells the System loader where to look for things
+    map: {
+      // our app is within the app folder
+      app: 'app',
+
+      // angular bundles
+      '@angular/core': 'npm:@angular/core/bundles/core.umd.js',
+      '@angular/common': 'npm:@angular/common/bundles/common.umd.js',
+      '@angular/compiler': 'npm:@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js',
+      '@angular/platform-browser': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser/bundles/platform-browser.umd.js',
+      '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js',
+      '@angular/http': 'npm:@angular/http/bundles/http.umd.js',
+      '@angular/router': 'npm:@angular/router/bundles/router.umd.js',
+      '@angular/forms': 'npm:@angular/forms/bundles/forms.umd.js',
+
+      // other libraries
+      'rxjs':                      'npm:rxjs',
+      'angular-in-memory-web-api': 'npm:angular-in-memory-web-api/bundles/in-memory-web-api.umd.js'
+    },
+    // packages tells the System loader how to load when no filename and/or no extension
+    packages: {
+      app: {
+        main: './main.js',
+        defaultExtension: 'js'
+      },
+      rxjs: {
+        defaultExtension: 'js'
+      }
+    }
+  });
+})(this);
diff --git a/client/tsconfig.json b/client/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c7260d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es5",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ],
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/typings.json b/client/typings.json
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index 0000000..7da31ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/typings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "globalDependencies": {
+    "core-js": "registry:dt/core-js#0.0.0+20160725163759",
+    "jasmine": "registry:dt/jasmine#2.2.0+20160621224255",
+    "node": "registry:dt/node#6.0.0+20160909174046"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/models/thing.js b/models/thing.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a6dce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/thing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+
+/*
+ * Example of a schema definition:
+
+var userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+	username: String,
+	password: String, //hash created from password
+	created_at: {type: Date, default: Date.now}
+});
+
+mongoose.model('Thing', userSchema); // this will create a 'users' collection @ process.env.DB_NAME if it does not exists
+*/
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "mean-seed",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Quickstart seed for implementing a MEAN project",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start-server": "node -r dotenv/config ./bin/www",
+    "start-client": "cd client/ && npm start",
+    "start": "concurrently --kill-others \"npm run start-server\" \"npm run start-client\""
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "~1.15.2",
+    "concurrently": "^3.1.0",
+    "cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
+    "debug": "~2.2.0",
+    "dotenv": "^2.0.0",
+    "ejs": "~2.5.2",
+    "express": "~4.14.0",
+    "mongoose": "^4.7.6",
+    "morgan": "~1.7.0",
+    "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0"
+  },
+  "author": "Luciano Perezzini"
+}
diff --git a/routes/api.js b/routes/api.js
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index 0000000..09c4410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+
+var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+/*
+ * Require schema model(s) through Mongoose
+ var Thing = mongoose.model('Thing');
+ */
+
+/* GET API. */
+router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
+  res.send({message: 'TODO: RESTful API'});
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
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diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
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index 0000000..ecca96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+
+/* GET home page. */
+router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
+  res.render('index', { title: 'Express' });
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/views/error.ejs b/views/error.ejs
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index 0000000..7cf94ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/error.ejs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h1><%= message %></h1>
+<h2><%= error.status %></h2>
+<pre><%= error.stack %></pre>
diff --git a/views/index.ejs b/views/index.ejs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9e377a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/index.ejs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Seed Index Page</title>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheets/styles.css">
+
+    <!-- Polyfill(s) for older browsers -->
+    <script src="node_modules/core-js/client/shim.min.js"></script>
+
+    <script src="node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js"></script>
+    <script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script>
+
+    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      System.import('app').catch(function(err){ console.error(err); });
+    </script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <my-app>Loading AppComponent content here ...</my-app>
+  </body>
+</html>
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