docs(starter): added getting-started guide

GETTING_STARTED.md

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+This guide will take you through building your first project with Angular Material 2.  We'll be using 
+the Angular CLI, but you can also accomplish this with other build tools like Webpack or Gulp.
+
+### Globally install the CLI
+
+ ```bash
+ npm install -g angular-cli
+ ```
+
+### Create a new project
+
+ ```bash
+ ng new my-project
+ ```
+
+This will create a starter repo under the name you specified with the files and folders 
+you'd need for any Angular 2 app: a root component, a main.ts to bootstrap your root component, an 
+index.html, etc.  It also sets up build rules to transpile your Typescript into Javascript and sets 
+some initial config for the SystemJS module loader.  
+
+### Install Angular Material 2 components 
+
+Now that your project has been created, you can install any Angular Material 2 components you'd like 
+to use through npm. You can see our [list of published packages here](https://www.npmjs.com/~angular2-material).  
+
+```bash
+npm install --save @angular2-material/{core,button,card}
+```
+Note: the core module is required as a peer dependency of other components.
+
+### Add components to vendor bundle
+
+Next, you'll need to build the `@angular2-material` folder out of `node_modules` and into 
+`dist/vendor`, so that it's served with the rest of the vendor files. You can easily configure this by 
+editing the `angular-cli-build.js` file in the root of your project.  Simply add a glob for all 
+@angular2-material files to the end of the existing `vendorNpmFiles` array.
+
+**angular-cli-build.js**
+```js
+module.exports = function(defaults) {
+  return new Angular2App(defaults, {
+    vendorNpmFiles: [
+      'systemjs/dist/system-polyfills.js',
+      'systemjs/dist/system.src.js',
+      'zone.js/dist/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
+      'es6-shim/es6-shim.js',
+      'reflect-metadata/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
+      'rxjs/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
+      '@angular/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
+      '@angular2-material/**/*'
+    ]
+  });
+};
+```
+
+You can see an example `angular-cli-build.js` file [here](https://github.com/kara/puppy-love/blob/master/angular-cli-build.js).
+
+### Configure SystemJS
+
+First, you need to let SystemJS know where to look when you import `@angular2-material`. You can do 
+this by adding the path to the Material folder to the `maps` object. 
+
+**src/system-config.ts**
+```ts
+const map: any = {
+  '@angular2-material': 'vendor/@angular2-material'
+};
+```
+
+This says something like "when you look for an @angular2-material import, look inside the vendor 
+folder" (the base folder will already be `dist`).
+
+Next, you need to let SystemJS know how to process the new modules.  Specifically, you need to point 
+to the main files of each of the packages. You can also set the format to `cjs` and the 
+defaultExtension to `js`, but it's not required.
+
+**src/system-config.ts**
+```ts
+const packages:any = {};
+
+// put the names of any of your Material components here
+const materialPkgs:string[] = [
+  'core',
+  'button',
+  'card',
+];
+
+materialPkgs.forEach((pkg) => {
+  packages[`@angular2-material/${pkg}`] = {main: `${pkg}.js`};
+});
+```
+
+You can see an example `system-config.ts` [here](https://github.com/kara/puppy-love-io/blob/master/src/system-config.ts).
+
+### Import and use the components
+
+Now you should be able to import the components normally wherever you'd like to use them.
+
+**src/app/my-project.component.ts**
+```ts
+import { MD_CARD_DIRECTIVES } from '@angular2-material/card';
+import { MD_BUTTON_DIRECTIVES } from '@angular2-material/button';
+```
+
+And don't forget to add the directives to your directives array:
+
+**src/app/my-project.component.ts**
+```ts
+directives: [MD_CARD_DIRECTIVES, MD_BUTTON_DIRECTIVES]
+```
+
+### Sample Angular Material 2 projects
+
+- [Puppy Love (ng-conf 2016)](https://github.com/kara/puppy-love) - see live demo [here](https://youtu.be/rRiV_b3WsoY?t=4m20s) 
+- [Puppy Love Mobile (Google IO 2016)](https://github.com/kara/puppy-love-io)
+- [Material 2 Sample App](https://github.com/jelbourn/material2-app)
+
+### Additional steps for `md-icon` setup:
+
+- If you want to use Material Design icons, load the Material Design font in your `index.html`.  `md-icon` supports any font icons or svg icons,
+ so this is only one potential option.
+
+**src/index.html**
+```html
+<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
+```
+
+- Include http providers in your `main.ts`: 
+
+**src/main.ts**
+```ts
+import { HTTP_PROVIDERS } from '@angular/http';
+...
+bootstrap(MyAppComponent, [
+    HTTP_PROVIDERS
+]);       
+```
+
+- Provide the icon registry at or above the component where you're using the icon:
+
+**src/app/my-project.component.ts**
+ ```ts
+    import {MdIcon, MdIconRegistry} from '@angular2-material/icon';
+    ...
+    directives: [MD_CARD_DIRECTIVES, MD_BUTTON_DIRECTIVES, MdIcon],
+    providers: [MdIconRegistry]
+ ```
+
+
+
+
+

README.md

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 ### Project status
 The alpha has begun! See the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for more information.
 
-Individual components can be installed with `npm`:
-```bash
-# The core module is required as a peerDependency for other components
-npm install --save @angular2-material/core @angular2-material/checkbox
-```
-
-You can see our [list of published packages on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/~angular2-material).
-
-If you're using SystemJS as your module loader, your configuration for the angular-material
-packages should look like:
-```js
-// The core package is required as a peerDependency for other components.
-'@angular2-material/core': {
-  format: 'cjs',
-  defaultExtension: 'js',
-  main: 'core.js'
-},
-'@angular2-material/checkbox': {
-  format: 'cjs',
-  defaultExtension: 'js',
-  main: 'checkbox.js'
-},
-```
+You also might want to check out our [Getting Started Guide](https://github.com/angular/material2/blob/master/GETTING_STARTED.md) if you're 
+building your first project with Angular Material 2.
 
 During alpha, breaking API and behavior changes will be occurring regularly.