Upgrade Angular version (now: 2.4.3 or 4.0.0-beta.3) following the best practice?

Question

Now that Angular is following a Semantic Versioning, and Angular2.4.3 were released, I\'m a little confused here on what is the best practice when I upgrade to the next Angular

Answer 1

I suggest you install npm-check-updates library. This will let you find the latest version of dependencies, which you use.

Follow the steps:

1. To install

   npm i -g npm-check-updates

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2. To update your package.json:

   npm-check-updates -u

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3. To install latest versions your dependencies

   npm install

Answer 2

I've upgraded my app from Angular 2.4.0 to 4.0.2 without any code changes! Bare in mind, though that it depends of which features/classes/methods you are using.

I ran

npm i @angular/common@latest @angular/compiler@latest @angular/core@latest @angular/forms@latest @angular/http@latest @angular/platform-browser@latest @angular/platform-browser-dynamic@latest @angular/platform-server@latest @angular/router@latest typescript@latest --S -E

then

npm i @angular/compiler-cli@latest --D -E

NOTE: use @latest if you want the latest stable version. Use @next if you want the latest 'bleeding edge' version.

Answer 3

For Windows You can use the below command

npm install @angular/common@latest @angular/compiler@latest @angular/compiler-cli@latest @angular/core@latest @angular/forms@latest @angular/http@latest @angular/platform-browser@latest @angular/platform-browser-dynamic@latest @angular/platform-server@latest @angular/router@latest @angular/animations@latest typescript@latest --save