Angular 2 Component - Access DOM (or create Component without template, purely from JS)

Question

Trying to play with Angular 2 here... understood that it\'s still in alpha.

How do I access DOM elements from Component? Specifically, I would like to use other librarie

Answer 1

This doc (http://victorsavkin.com/post/118372404541/the-core-concepts-of-angular-2) mentions 'decorator-style directives' which I believe are described with a little more detail and basic example here (https://angular.io/api/core/Directive).