diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index af6c010288..c85a99924a 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -90,16 +90,7 @@ gulp.task('ng2', ['ng2-rename'], function() {
   var builder = new SystemJsBuilder();
   return builder.loadConfig('jspm-config.js')
   .then(function() {
-    builder.config({
-      map: {
-        'angular2': 'dist/lib/angular2',
-        'rtts_assert': 'dist/lib/rtts_assert'
-      },
-      paths: {
-        dist: undefined,
-      }
-    });
-    return builder.build('angular2/angular2', 'dist/lib/angular2.js');
+    return builder.build('dist/lib/angular2/angular2', 'dist/lib/angular2.js');
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/jspm-config.js b/jspm-config.js
index a7e2cd5897..60646a01ac 100644
--- a/jspm-config.js
+++ b/jspm-config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 System.config({
   "paths": {
     "*": "*.js",
-    "dist": "/dist"
+    "dist/*": "/dist",
+    "node_modules/*": "/node_modules/*",
   },
   "traceurOptions": {
     "sourceMaps": true,
@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ System.config({
 System.config({
   "map": {
     "angular2": "dist/lib/angular2",
-    "hammer": "/node_modules/hammerjs/hammer",
+    "hammer": "node_modules/hammerjs/hammer.js",
+    "rtts_assert": "dist/lib/rtts_assert",
+    "rx": "node_modules/rx",
     "ionic2": "/src",
-    "rtts_assert": "dist/lib/rtts_assert"
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbba5f7257..cec164e029 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "jasmine-core": "^2.2.0",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.7",
     "karma-jasmine": "^0.3.5",
+    "rx": "^2.4.6",
     "systemjs": "~0.11.0",
     "traceur": "0.0.87",
     "zone.js": "0.4.1"
diff --git a/src/components.js b/src/components.js
index cb90a29601..90f07c9ba0 100644
--- a/src/components.js
+++ b/src/components.js
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-export * from './components/aside/aside';
+//BUNDLE ONLY
+
+import {Aside, AsideParent} from './components/aside/aside';
+
+export let ionicComponents = [
+  Aside,
+  AsideParent
+];
diff --git a/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/components/stylers.js b/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/components/stylers.js
index 3d8ca55c9d..da9cf0f01f 100644
--- a/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/components/stylers.js
+++ b/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/components/stylers.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import {Decorator, NgElement, Template, Component} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, NgElement, Template} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
-@Decorator({
+@Component({
   selector: '[red-bg]'
 })
 @Template({
-  inline: 'test'
+  inline: 'red template'
 })
-export class TestRedDecorator {
+export class RedBgStyler {
   constructor(
     element:NgElement
   ) {
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ export class TestRedDecorator {
 
 }
 
-@Decorator({
+@Component({
   selector: '[blue-bg]'
 })
 @Template({
-  inline: 'test'
+  inline: 'blue template'
 })
 export class BlueTextStyler {
   constructor(
diff --git a/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/main.js b/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/main.js
index 418283d041..0008609175 100644
--- a/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/main.js
+++ b/src/components/app/examples/figure-it-out/main.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-import {DynamicComponent, Component, Template, bootstrap} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {DynamicComponent, Component, Template, bootstrap, NgElement} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Inject} from 'angular2/di';
 import {PrivateComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/private_component_loader';
 import {PrivateComponentLocation} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/private_component_location';
+import {RedBgStyler, BlueTextStyler} from './components/stylers';
+
+class Testy {
+  constructor(@Inject() element: NgElement) {
+    element.domElement.style.border = '3px solid pink;'
+  }
+}
 
 @DynamicComponent({
   selector: 'dynamic-component',
@@ -12,8 +20,12 @@ class MyDynamic {
     loader:PrivateComponentLoader, 
     location:PrivateComponentLocation
   ) {
-    loader.load(RedBgStyler, location);
-    loader.load(BlueTextStyler, location);
+    // loader.load(RedBgStyler, location);
+    // loader.load(BlueTextStyler, location);
+    Testy.annotations = [
+      new Component({ selector: 'testy' }),
+      new Template({ inline: 'testy-template' })
+    ];
   }
 }
 
@@ -28,6 +40,9 @@ class MyDynamic {
   directives: [MyDynamic],
 })
 class MyApp {
+  constructor() {
+    console.log('MyApp loaded');
+  }
 }
 
 bootstrap(MyApp);
diff --git a/src/components/aside/aside.js b/src/components/aside/aside.js
index f734c358ab..9a8eac233f 100644
--- a/src/components/aside/aside.js
+++ b/src/components/aside/aside.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class AsideSlideGesture extends SlideEdgeGesture {
     super(slideElement, {
       direction: (aside.side === 'left' || aside.side === 'right') ? 'x' : 'y',
       edge: aside.side || 'left',
-      threshold: aside.dragThreshold || 100
+      threshold: /*aside.dragThreshold || */150
     });
   }
   
diff --git a/src/components/aside/examples/basic/main.js b/src/components/aside/examples/basic/main.js
index 734a853637..90a20cedfc 100644
--- a/src/components/aside/examples/basic/main.js
+++ b/src/components/aside/examples/basic/main.js
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-import {Aside, AsideParent} from 'ionic2/components/aside/aside';
+import {ionicComponents} from 'ionic2/components';
 import {Template, Component, bootstrap} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
-
 @Component({
   selector: 'aside-app'
 })
 @Template({
-  // Inlined version of main.html
-  inline: `
-  <ion-aside-parent>
+  directives: ionicComponents,
+  inline: `<ion-aside-parent>
     <ion-aside side="left">
       LEFT
       <p>...</p>
@@ -42,13 +40,9 @@ import {Template, Component, bootstrap} from 'angular2/angular2';
     <button class="button" (click)="openLeft()">
       Open Left Menu
     </button>
-  </div>
-  `,
-  directives: [Aside, AsideParent]
+  </div>`
 })
 class AsideApp {
-  constructor() {
-  }
   openLeft() {
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/config/config.js b/src/core/config/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ab6e3c235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/config/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+import getPlatform from '../platform/platform';
+import * as util from '../../util';
+
+// TODO stop hardcoding platforms and media sizes
+
+/*
+ config
+   .set({ side: 'left' })
+   .set('threshold', 50)
+   .platform('ios')
+     .set('side', 'top')
+     .unset('threshold')
+     .media('lg')
+       .set('side', 'right')
+
+config.platform('ios')
+  .behavior(function() {
+    do something
+  })
+  .defaults({
+    side: 'right'
+  })
+  
+config.platform('ios').media('tablet')
+  .defaults({
+    side: 'bottom'
+  });
+*/
+
+
+/*
+ User wants to remove the default behavior for sidemenu, but that's stuck under `.platform('ios').`
+
+config.platform('ios').media('tablet') === config.media('tablet').platform('ios')
+*/
+var QUERIES = {
+  sm: true,
+  md: true,
+  lg: true
+};
+var PLATFORMS = {
+  ios: true,
+  android: true
+};
+
+function isPlatform(key = '') {
+  return key.toLowerCase() in PLATFORMS;
+}
+function isMedia(key = '') {
+  return key.toLowerCase() in QUERIES;
+}
+class ConfigCase {
+  constructor({ root, parent, path }) {
+    this._root = root;
+    this._parent = parent;
+    this._path = path || [];
+    this._values = {};
+    this.behaviors = [];
+  }
+  platform(key = '') {
+    if (isPlatform(key)) return this._root._addCase(key, this);
+    return this;
+  }
+  media(key = '') {
+    if (isMedia(key)) return this._root._addCase(key, this);
+    return this;
+  }
+  when(condition = '') {
+    if (isPlatform(condition) || isMedia(condition)) {
+      return this._root._addCase(condition, this);
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+  behavior(fn) {
+    this.behaviors.push(fn);
+    return this;
+  }
+  set(a, b) {
+    if (util.isString(a)) {
+      this._values[a] = b;
+    } else {
+      util.extend(this._values, a || {});
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+  unset(key) {
+    delete this._values[key];
+    return this;
+  }
+  get(key) {
+    return util.isDefined(this._values[key]) ? 
+      this._values[key] :
+      (this._parent ? this._parent.get(key) : undefined);
+  }
+}
+
+export class IonConfig extends ConfigCase {
+  constructor() {
+    this._root = this;
+    this._cases = {};
+    super({
+      root: this, 
+      parent: null, 
+      path: '' 
+    });
+  }
+  invoke(instance) {
+    return invokeConfig(this, instance);
+  }
+  _addCase(key, baseCase) {
+    var path = baseCase._path.slice();
+    path.push(key);
+
+    // Remove empties & duplicates
+    path = path
+      .filter((value, index) => {
+        return value && path.indexOf(value) === index;
+      })
+      .sort();
+
+    if (path.join(' ') === baseCase._path.join(' ')) {
+      return baseCase;
+    }
+    return this._createCase(path);
+  }
+  _createCase(path) {
+    if (!path.length) return this;
+    var pathStr = path.join(' ');
+    var configCase = this._cases[pathStr];
+    if (!configCase) {
+      var parentPath = path.slice(0, path.length - 1);
+      configCase = this._cases[pathStr] = new ConfigCase({
+        root: this, 
+        parent: this._createCase(parentPath), 
+        path: path
+      });
+    }
+    return configCase;
+  }
+}
+
+export function invokeConfig(config, object, opts = {}) {
+  util.defaults(opts, { media: 'lg', platform: 'ios' });
+  var { platform, media } = opts;
+
+  var passedCases = [config].concat(
+    Object.keys(config._cases)
+      .map(name => config._cases[name])
+      .filter(configCasePasses)
+      .sort(function(a,b) {
+        return a._path.length < b._path.length ? -1 : 1;
+      })
+  );
+
+  // Extend the given object with the values of all the passed cases, starting with the
+  // most specific.
+  var defaults = [object];
+  var behaviors = [];
+  for (let i = 0, ii = passedCases.length; i < ii; i++) {
+    defaults.push(passedCases[i]._values);
+    // Avoid allocating a new array for each passed case's array of behaviors
+    behaviors.push.apply(behaviors, passedCases[i].behaviors);
+  }
+
+  util.defaults.apply(null, defaults);
+
+  for (let i = 0, ii = behaviors.length; i < ii; i++) {
+    behaviors[i].call(object, object);
+  }
+
+  function configCasePasses(configCase) {
+    var path = configCase._path;
+    var key;
+    for (let i = 0, ii = path.length; i < ii; i++) {
+      if (!(media === path[i] || platform === path[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/core/config/config_spec.js b/src/core/config/config_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e98a27e310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/config/config_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import {Config} from './config';
+
+// TODO stop hardcoding platforms and media sizes
+export function main() {
+  var rootConfig;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    rootConfig = new Config();
+  });
+
+  it('should create a config one level down', () => {
+    var sub = rootConfig.platform('ios');
+    expect(sub._parent).toBe(rootConfig);
+    expect(sub._path).toEqual(['ios']);
+    expect(rootConfig._cases.ios).toBe(sub);
+  });
+
+  it('should create a config two levels down', () => {
+    var sub1 = rootConfig.platform('ios');
+    var sub2 = sub1.media('lg');
+    expect(sub2._parent).toBe(sub1);
+    expect(sub1._parent).toBe(rootConfig);
+    expect(rootConfig._cases['ios lg']).toBe(sub2);
+    expect(rootConfig._cases.ios).toBe(sub1);
+  });
+
+  it('set should be chainable', () => {
+    expect(rootConfig.set()).toBe(rootConfig);
+  });
+
+  it('should set values on the root', () => {
+    rootConfig.set({
+      letter: 'a'
+    });
+    expect(rootConfig.get('letter')).toBe('a');
+  });
+
+  it('should always return the same object for the same key', () => {
+    expect(rootConfig.platform('android')).toBe(rootConfig.platform('android'));
+    expect(rootConfig.platform('ios')).toBe(rootConfig.platform('ios'));
+    expect(rootConfig.media('lg')).toBe(rootConfig.media('lg'));
+  });
+
+  it('should return the same object when nesting in different order', () => {
+    var sub1 = rootConfig.platform('ios').media('sm');
+    var sub2 = rootConfig.media('sm').platform('ios');
+    expect(sub1).toBe(sub2);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the same object when nesting in different order for huge queries', () => {
+    var sub1 = rootConfig.platform('ios').media('sm').platform('android').media('lg');
+    var sub2 = rootConfig.media('sm').media('lg').platform('android').platform('ios');
+    expect(sub1).toBe(sub2);
+  });
+
+  it('should set values one level down and be chainable', () => {
+    rootConfig.set({ letter: 'a' });
+    var sub1 = rootConfig.platform('ios');
+    expect(sub1.get('letter')).toBe('a');
+    expect( sub1.set({ letter: 'b' }) ).toBe(sub1);
+    expect(sub1.get('letter')).toBe('b');
+  });
+
+  it('should set values two levels down and be chainable', () => {
+    rootConfig.set({ letter: 'a' });
+    var sub1 = rootConfig.platform('ios');
+    sub1.set({ letter: 'b' });
+    var sub2 = sub1.media('lg');
+    expect(sub2.get('letter')).toBe('b');
+    expect( sub2.set({ letter: 'c' }) ).toBe(sub2);
+    expect(sub2.get('letter')).toBe('c');
+  });
+
+  it('should use parent\'s value if its later set to undefined', () => {
+    rootConfig.set({ letter: 'a' });
+    var sub1 = rootConfig.platform('ios');
+    sub1.set({ letter: 'b' });
+    expect(sub1.get('letter')).toBe('b');
+    expect( sub1.unset('letter') ).toBe(sub1);
+    expect(sub1.get('letter')).toBe('a');
+  });
+
+  it('when() as alias for media()', () => {
+    expect(rootConfig.when('lg')).toBe(rootConfig.media('lg'));
+    expect(rootConfig.when('bad')).toBe(rootConfig);
+    expect(rootConfig.when('lg')).not.toBe(rootConfig.when('ios'));
+  });
+
+  it('when() as alias for platform()', () => {
+    expect(rootConfig.platform('ios')).toBe(rootConfig.when('ios'));
+    expect(rootConfig.when('bad')).toBe(rootConfig);
+  });
+
+  describe('invokeConfig', function() {
+
+    it('should invoke defaults', () => {
+      var obj = {};
+      rootConfig.set('foo', 'bar');
+      rootConfig.invoke(obj);
+    });
+
+    it('should invoke defaults in nested whens', () => {
+      var obj = {};
+      rootConfig.set({ a: 'root', b: 'root' });
+      rootConfig.when('ios').set({b: 'ios', c: 'ios'});
+      rootConfig.when('ios').when('lg').set({ c: 'ios-lg', d: 'ios-lg' });
+
+      rootConfig.invoke(obj);
+      expect(obj).toEqual({
+        a: 'root', 
+        b: 'ios',
+        c: 'ios-lg',
+        d: 'ios-lg'
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should run behaviors', () => {
+      var obj = {};
+      rootConfig.behavior(instance => {
+        instance.foo = 'bar';
+      });
+      rootConfig.invoke(obj);
+      expect(obj.foo).toBe('bar');
+    });
+
+    it('should invoke behaviors in nested whens', () => {
+      var obj = {};
+      rootConfig.when('ios')
+        .behavior(o => o.ios = true)
+        .when('lg')
+          .behavior(o => o.lg = true)
+      rootConfig.invoke(obj);
+      expect(obj).toEqual({
+        ios: true,
+        lg: true
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/core/media/media.js b/src/core/media/media.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/core/platform/detect.js b/src/core/platform/detect.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/core/platform/platform.js b/src/core/platform/platform.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02cfb4751a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/platform/platform.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+var platforms = [];
+
+// TODO(ajoslin): move this to a facade somewhere else?
+var ua = window.navigator.userAgent;
+
+class Platform {
+  constructor({
+    name,
+    matcher
+  }) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.matcher = matcher;
+  }
+}
+
+class PlatformController {
+  constructor() {
+    this.registry = [];
+  }
+  set(platform) {
+    this.current = platform;
+  }
+  get() {
+    return platform;
+  }
+  register(platform) {
+    this.registry.push(platform);
+  }
+  detect() {
+    for (let platform of this.registry) {
+      if (platform.matcher()) {
+        return platform;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export let platform = new PlatformController();
+
+platform.register(new Platform({
+  name: 'android',
+  matcher: () => {
+    return /android/i.test(ua)
+  }
+}));
+platform.register(new Platform({
+  name: 'ios',
+  matcher: () => {
+    return /iPhone|iPad|iPod/.test(ua)
+  }
+})
+
+function detectPlatform() {
+}