How do I correctly upgrade angular 2 (npm) to the latest version?

Question

Recently I started Angular 2 tutorial at https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/tutorial/.

and left off with Angular 2 beta 8. Now I resumed the tutorial and latest beta

Answer 1

Upgrade to latest Angular 5

Angular Dep packages: npm install @angular/{animations,common,compiler,core,forms,http,platform-browser,platform-browser-dynamic,router}@latest --save

Other packages that are installed by the angular cli npm install --save core-js@latest rxjs@latest zone.js@latest

Angular Dev packages: npm install --save-dev @angular/{compiler-cli,cli,language-service}@latest

Types Dev packages: npm install --save-dev @types/{jasmine,jasminewd2,node}@latest

Other packages that are installed as dev dev by the angular cli: npm install --save-dev codelyzer@latest jasmine-core@latest jasmine-spec-reporter@latest karma@latest karma-chrome-launcher@latest karma-cli@latest karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter@latest karma-jasmine@latest karma-jasmine-html-reporter@latest protractor@latest ts-node@latest tslint@latest

Install the latest supported version used by the Angular cli (don't do @latest): npm install --save-dev typescript@2.4.2

Rename file angular-cli.json to .angular-cli.json and update the content:

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "project": {
    "name": "project3-example"
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "root": "src",
      "outDir": "dist",
      "assets": [
        "assets",
        "favicon.ico"
      ],
      "index": "index.html",
      "main": "main.ts",
      "polyfills": "polyfills.ts",
      "test": "test.ts",
      "tsconfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
      "testTsconfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
      "prefix": "app",
      "styles": [
        "styles.css"
      ],
      "scripts": [],
      "environmentSource": "environments/environment.ts",
      "environments": {
        "dev": "environments/environment.ts",
        "prod": "environments/environment.prod.ts"
      }
    }
  ],
  "e2e": {
    "protractor": {
      "config": "./protractor.conf.js"
    }
  },
  "lint": [
    {
      "project": "src/tsconfig.app.json",
      "exclude": "**/node_modules/**"
    },
    {
      "project": "src/tsconfig.spec.json",
      "exclude": "**/node_modules/**"
    },
    {
      "project": "e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json",
      "exclude": "**/node_modules/**"
    }
  ],
  "test": {
    "karma": {
      "config": "./karma.conf.js"
    }
  },
  "defaults": {
    "styleExt": "css",
    "component": {}
  }
}