diff --git a/.scripts/common.js b/.scripts/common.js
index 86a64be767..09832ddadd 100644
--- a/.scripts/common.js
+++ b/.scripts/common.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function readPkg(project) {
 function writePkg(project, pkg) {
   const packageJsonPath = packagePath(project);
   const text = JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2);
-  return fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, text);
+  return fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, `${text}\n`);
 }
 
 function packagePath(project) {
@@ -133,6 +133,113 @@ function preparePackage(tasks, package, version) {
 }
 
 
+function prepareDevPackage(tasks, package, version) {
+  const projectRoot = projectPath(package);
+  const pkg = readPkg(package);
+
+  const projectTasks = [];
+
+  if (package !== 'docs') {
+    if (package !== 'core') {
+      projectTasks.push({
+        title: `${pkg.name}: npm link @ionic/core`,
+        task: () => execa('npm', ['link', '@ionic/core'], { cwd: projectRoot })
+      });
+    }
+
+    projectTasks.push({
+      title: `${pkg.name}: update ionic/core dep to ${version}`,
+      task: () => {
+        updateDependency(pkg, "@ionic/core", version);
+        writePkg(package, pkg);
+      }
+    });
+
+    projectTasks.push({
+      title: `${pkg.name}: build`,
+      task: () => execa('npm', ['run', 'build'], { cwd: projectRoot })
+    });
+
+    if (package === 'core') {
+      projectTasks.push({
+        title: `${pkg.name}: npm link`,
+        task: () => execa('npm', ['link'], { cwd: projectRoot })
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Add project tasks
+  tasks.push({
+    title: `Prepare dev build: ${tc.bold(pkg.name)}`,
+    task: () => new Listr(projectTasks)
+  });
+}
+
+function updatePackageVersions(tasks, packages, version) {
+  packages.forEach(package => {
+    updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version);
+
+    tasks.push(
+      {
+        title: `${package} update @ionic/core dependency, if present ${tc.dim(`(${version})`)}`,
+        task: async () => {
+          if (package !== 'core') {
+            const pkg = readPkg(package);
+            updateDependency(pkg, '@ionic/core', version);
+            writePkg(package, pkg);
+          }
+        },
+      }
+    )
+  });
+}
+
+
+function updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version) {
+  const projectRoot = projectPath(package);
+
+  tasks.push(
+    {
+      title: `${package}: update package.json ${tc.dim(`(${version})`)}`,
+      task: async () => {
+        await execa('npm', ['version', version], { cwd: projectRoot });
+      }
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+function publishPackages(tasks, packages, version, tag = 'latest') {
+  // first verify version
+  packages.forEach(package => {
+    if (package === 'core') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    tasks.push({
+      title: `${package}: check version (must match: ${version})`,
+      task: () => {
+        const pkg = readPkg(package);
+
+        if (version !== pkg.version) {
+          throw new Error(`${pkg.name} version ${pkg.version} must match ${version}`);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  // next publish
+  packages.forEach(package => {
+    const projectRoot = projectPath(package);
+
+    tasks.push({
+      title: `${package}: publish to ${tag} tag`,
+      task: async () => {
+        await execa('npm', ['publish', '--tag', tag], { cwd: projectRoot });
+      },
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 function updateDependency(pkg, dependency, version) {
   if (pkg.dependencies && pkg.dependencies[dependency]) {
     pkg.dependencies[dependency] = version;
@@ -151,13 +258,19 @@ function isVersionGreater(oldVersion, newVersion) {
 
 
 module.exports = {
+  checkGit,
   isValidVersion,
   isVersionGreater,
-  readPkg,
-  writePkg,
-  rootDir,
-  projectPath,
-  checkGit,
   packages,
-  preparePackage
+  packagePath,
+  prepareDevPackage,
+  preparePackage,
+  projectPath,
+  publishPackages,
+  readPkg,
+  rootDir,
+  updateDependency,
+  updatePackageVersion,
+  updatePackageVersions,
+  writePkg,
 };
diff --git a/.scripts/prepare.js b/.scripts/prepare.js
index 32adac9b8f..6111b1e424 100644
--- a/.scripts/prepare.js
+++ b/.scripts/prepare.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const tc = require('turbocolor');
 const execa = require('execa');
 const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const Listr = require('listr');
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const common = require('./common');
 const path = require('path');
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ async function preparePackages(packages, version) {
 
   // add update package.json of each project
   packages.forEach(package => {
-    updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version);
+    common.updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version);
   });
 
   // generate changelog
@@ -155,20 +154,6 @@ function validateGit(tasks, version) {
   );
 }
 
-function updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version) {
-  const projectRoot = common.projectPath(package);
-  const pkg = common.readPkg(package);
-
-  tasks.push(
-    {
-      title: `${pkg.name}: update package.json ${tc.dim(`(${version})`)}`,
-      task: async () => {
-        await execa('npm', ['version', version], { cwd: projectRoot });
-      }
-    }
-  );
-}
-
 
 function generateChangeLog(tasks) {
   tasks.push({
diff --git a/.scripts/release-dev.js b/.scripts/release-dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12960e0d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scripts/release-dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+const tc = require('turbocolor');
+const semver = require('semver');
+const execa = require('execa');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const Listr = require('listr');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+const common = require('./common');
+
+const DIST_TAG = 'dev';
+
+async function main() {
+  const { packages } = common;
+
+  const orgPkg = packages.map(package => {
+    const packageJsonPath = common.packagePath(package);
+    return {
+      filePath: packageJsonPath,
+      packageContent: fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8')
+    }
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const originalVersion = common.readPkg('core').version;
+    const devVersion = await getDevVersion(originalVersion);
+
+    const confirm = await askDevVersion(devVersion);
+    if (!confirm) {
+      console.log(``);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const tasks = [];
+
+    await setPackageVersionChanges(packages, devVersion);
+
+    packages.forEach(package => {
+      common.prepareDevPackage(tasks, package, devVersion);
+    });
+    common.publishPackages(tasks, packages, devVersion, DIST_TAG);
+
+    const listr = new Listr(tasks);
+    await listr.run();
+
+    console.log(`\nionic ${devVersion} published!! 🎉\n`);
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('\n', tc.red(err), '\n');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  orgPkg.forEach(pkg => {
+    fs.writeFileSync(pkg.filePath, pkg.packageContent);
+  });
+}
+
+async function askDevVersion(devVersion) {
+
+  const prompts = [
+    {
+      type: 'confirm',
+      name: 'confirm',
+      value: true,
+      message: () => {
+        return `Publish the dev build ${tc.cyan(devVersion)}?`;
+      }
+    }
+  ];
+
+  const { confirm } = await inquirer.prompt(prompts);
+  return confirm;
+}
+
+async function setPackageVersionChanges(packages, version) {
+  await Promise.all(packages.map(async package => {
+    if (package !== 'core') {
+      const pkg = common.readPkg(package);
+      common.updateDependency(pkg, '@ionic/core', version);
+      common.writePkg(package, pkg);
+    }
+    const projectRoot = common.projectPath(package);
+    await execa('npm', ['version', version], { cwd: projectRoot });
+  }));
+}
+
+async function getDevVersion(originalVersion) {
+  const { stdout: sha } = await execa('git', ['log', '-1', '--format=%H']);
+  const shortSha = sha.substring(0, 7);
+  const baseVersion = semver.inc(originalVersion, 'minor');
+
+  const d = new Date();
+
+  let timestamp = (d.getUTCFullYear() + '');
+  timestamp += ('0' + (d.getUTCMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
+  timestamp += ('0' + d.getUTCDate()).slice(-2);
+  timestamp += ('0' + d.getUTCHours()).slice(-2);
+  timestamp += ('0' + d.getUTCMinutes()).slice(-2);
+
+  return `${baseVersion}-${DIST_TAG}.${timestamp}.${shortSha}`;
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/.scripts/release.js b/.scripts/release.js
index dd750aa6f1..a67c752492 100644
--- a/.scripts/release.js
+++ b/.scripts/release.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function main() {
     common.checkGit(tasks);
 
     // publish each package in NPM
-    publishPackages(tasks, common.packages, version);
+    common.publishPackages(tasks, common.packages, version);
 
     // push tag to git remote
     publishGit(tasks, version, changelog);
@@ -40,36 +40,6 @@ async function main() {
 }
 
 
-async function publishPackages(tasks, packages, version) {
-  // first verify version
-  packages.forEach(package => {
-    if (package === 'core') {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const pkg = common.readPkg(package);
-    tasks.push({
-      title: `${pkg.name}: check version (must match: ${version})`,
-      task: () => {
-        if (version !== pkg.version) {
-          throw new Error(`${pkg.name} version ${pkg.version} must match ${version}`);
-        }
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  // next publish
-  packages.forEach(package => {
-    const pkg = common.readPkg(package);
-    const projectRoot = common.projectPath(package);
-
-    tasks.push({
-      title: `${pkg.name}: publish ${pkg.version}`,
-      task: () => execa('npm', ['publish', '--tag', 'latest'], { cwd: projectRoot })
-    });
-  });
-}
-
 function publishGit(tasks, version, changelog) {
   const tag = `v${version}`;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f52509bff0..0ae09a5ab4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "node .scripts/build.js",
+    "release.dev": "node .scripts/release-dev.js",
     "release.prepare": "node .scripts/prepare.js",
     "release": "node .scripts/release.js",
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i ./CHANGELOG.md -k core -s"