diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
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+Various canonical example applications for AngularDart.
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/LICENSE b/examples/hello_world/LICENSE
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+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Dart Project Authors https://www.dartlang.org
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/README.md b/examples/hello_world/README.md
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+An example of a simple "Hello World", using the normal bootstrap process.
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/web/main.dart b/examples/hello_world/web/main.dart
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+import 'package:angular/angular.dart';
+
+import 'main.template.dart' as ng_generated;
+
+void main() {
+  bootstrapStatic(HelloWorldComponent, [], ng_generated.initReflector);
+}
+
+@Component(
+  selector: 'hello-world',
+  template: 'Hello World',
+)
+class HelloWorldComponent {}
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_no_reflector/LICENSE b/examples/hello_world_no_reflector/LICENSE
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+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Dart Project Authors https://www.dartlang.org
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_no_reflector/README.md b/examples/hello_world_no_reflector/README.md
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+An example of a simple "Hello World", using an experimental bootstrap process.
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_no_reflector/web/main.dart b/examples/hello_world_no_reflector/web/main.dart
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+import 'package:angular/angular.dart';
+import 'package:angular/experimental.dart';
+
+import 'main.template.dart' as ng_generated;
+
+void main() {
+  bootstrapFactory(ng_generated.HelloWorldComponentNgFactory);
+}
+
+@Component(
+  selector: 'hello-world',
+  template: 'Hello World',
+)
+class HelloWorldComponent {}