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> Note: This guide assumes you have npm installed locally.
-To get started using one of the Material Web Components in your web application, simply:
+The easiest way to try out the Material Web Components is to use one of these online tools:
-1. Install each element you'd like to use:
+ * Runs in all supported browsers: StackBlitz, Glitch
- ```
- npm install @material/mwc-button
- ```
+ * Runs in browsers with [JavaScript Modules](https://caniuse.com/#search=modules): [JSBin](http://jsbin.com/gitufet/edit?html,output), [CodePen](https://codepen.io/sorvell/pen/MGrZqp?editors=1000).
+
+Or you can also copy this HTML file into a local file and run it in any browser that supports JavaScript Modules.
-1. Load the webcomponents polyfills (see the [webcomponents polyfill readme](https://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/blob/v2/README.md) for more info).
+When you're ready to use the Material Web Components in your web application:
-1. Import the element:
+1. Ensure the webcomponents polyfills are included in your HTML page
- ```html
-
- ```
+ - Install webcomponents polyfills
-1. Use the element on the page:
+ ```npm i @webcomponents/webcomponentsjs```
- ```html
-
- ```
+ - Add webcomponents polyfills to your HTML page
+
+ ``````
+
+ 1. Add one of the MWC elements to your project, for example for icon:
+
+ ```npm i @material/mwc-icon```
+
+ 1. Import the element definition into your HTML page:
+
+ ``````
+
+ Or into your module script:
+
+ ```import {Icon} from "@material/mwc-icon"```
+
+ 1. Create an instance of element in your HTML page, or via any framework that [supports rendering Custom Elements](https://custom-elements-everywhere.com/):
+
+ ```sentiment_very_satisfied```
+
+ 1. Install the Polymer CLI:
+
+ ```npm i -g polymer-cli@next```
+
+ 1. Run the development server and open a browser pointing to its URL:
+
+ ```polymer serve```
+
+ > The Material Web Components are published on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com) using JavaScript Modules.
+ This means it can take advantage of the standard native JavaScript module loader available in all current major browsers.
+ >
+ > However, since the Material Web Components use npm convention to reference dependencies by name, a light transform to rewrite specifiers to URLs is required to get it to run in the browser. The polymer-cli's development server `polymer serve` automatically handles this transform.
+
+ Tools like [WebPack](https://webpack.js.org/) and [Rollup](https://rollupjs.org/) can also be used to serve and/or bundle.
+
## Contributing guide
Below are instructions for setting up project development.