diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/animation-controller/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/components/animation-controller/constants.ts
index cf1ea313d2..839649d59c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/animation-controller/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/animation-controller/constants.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export var CSS_PROP = function(docEle: HTMLElement) {
   var keys = ['webkitTransform', '-webkit-transform', 'webkit-transform', 'transform'];
 
   for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
-    if ((<any>docEle.style)[keys[i]] !== undefined) {
+    if ((docEle.style as any)[keys[i]] !== undefined) {
       css.transformProp = keys[i];
       break;
     }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export var CSS_PROP = function(docEle: HTMLElement) {
   // transition
   keys = ['webkitTransition', 'transition'];
   for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
-    if ((<any>docEle.style)[keys[i]] !== undefined) {
+    if ((docEle.style as any)[keys[i]] !== undefined) {
       css.transitionProp = keys[i];
       break;
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts b/packages/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts
index c2720d7b83..45c30c3fdf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ export function renderDatetime(template: string, value: DatetimeData, locale: Lo
   FORMAT_KEYS.forEach((format, index) => {
     if (template.indexOf(format.f) > -1) {
       var token = '{' + index + '}';
-      var text = renderTextFormat(format.f, (<any>value)[format.k], value, locale);
+      var text = renderTextFormat(format.f, (value as any)[format.k], value, locale);
 
-      if (!hasText && text && (<any>value)[format.k]) {
+      if (!hasText && text && (value as any)[format.k]) {
         hasText = true;
       }
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export function updateDate(existingData: DatetimeData, newData: any): boolean {
       // merge new values from the picker's selection
       // to the existing DatetimeData values
       for (var k in newData) {
-        (<any>existingData)[k] = newData[k].value;
+        (existingData as any)[k] = newData[k].value;
       }
 
       return true;
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export function updateDate(existingData: DatetimeData, newData: any): boolean {
   } else {
     // blank data, clear everything out
     for (let k in existingData) {
-      delete (<any>existingData)[k];
+      delete (existingData as any)[k];
     }
   }
   return false;
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export function getValueFromFormat(date: DatetimeData, format: string) {
   if (format === FORMAT_hh || format === FORMAT_h) {
     return (date.hour > 12 ? date.hour - 12 : date.hour);
   }
-  return (<any>date)[convertFormatToKey(format)];
+  return (date as any)[convertFormatToKey(format)];
 }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/global/test/config-controller.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/global/test/config-controller.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..939c9e2a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/global/test/config-controller.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { createConfigController } from '../config-controller';
+
+describe('Config', () => {
+  it('should get a value from the config', () => {
+    let config = createConfigController({ name: 'Doc Brown' }, null);
+    expect(config.get('name')).toEqual('Doc Brown');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/global/test/query-param.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/global/test/query-param.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f199444b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/global/test/query-param.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { queryParam } from '../platform-configs';
+
+describe('QueryParam', () => {
+  it('should read the url for a queryParam', () => {
+    let qp = queryParam('?boolean=false', 'boolean');
+    expect(qp).toBeDefined();
+    expect(qp).toEqual('false');
+  });
+
+  it('should get the value of  queryParam', () => {
+    let qp = queryParam('?keyValue=b', 'keyValue');
+    expect(qp).toEqual('b');
+  });
+
+  it('should show nullfor a queryParam this is not passed', () => {
+    let qp = queryParam('', 'ionicanimate');
+    expect(qp).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 6e0eb464ea..04a25295b9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function applyStyles(elm: HTMLElement, styles: {[styleProp: string]: stri
 
   if (elm) {
     for (var i = 0; i < styleProps.length; i++) {
-      (<any>elm.style)[styleProps[i]] = styles[styleProps[i]];
+      (elm.style as any)[styleProps[i]] = styles[styleProps[i]];
     }
   }
 }