diff --git a/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity-list.component.ts.e.vm b/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity-list.component.ts.e.vm
index fecdf4b..04d2c9a 100644
--- a/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity-list.component.ts.e.vm
+++ b/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity-list.component.ts.e.vm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $output.file("web/src/app/entities/${entity.model.var}/${entity.model.var}-list.component.ts")##
-import { Component, Input, Output, OnChanges, EventEmitter, SimpleChanges, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Input, Output, OnChanges, EventEmitter, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { DataTable, LazyLoadEvent } from 'primeng/primeng';
 import { PageResponse } from "../../support/paging";
diff --git a/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity.service.ts.e.vm b/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity.service.ts.e.vm
index cfdb3b3..1d841a8 100644
--- a/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity.service.ts.e.vm
+++ b/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/entities/entity.service.ts.e.vm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $output.file("web/src/app/entities/${entity.model.var}/${entity.model.var}.service.ts")##
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { HttpClientModule, HttpClient, HttpResponse, HttpHeaders, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpClient, HttpResponse, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { LazyLoadEvent } from 'primeng/primeng';
 import { MessageService } from '../../service/message.service';
 import { PageResponse, PageRequestByExample } from '../../support/paging';
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';
 @Injectable()
 export class ${entity.service.type} {
 
-    private options = { headers: new HttpHeaders({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }) };
-
     constructor(private http: HttpClient, private messageService : MessageService) {}
 
     /**
@@ -31,9 +29,9 @@ export class ${entity.service.type} {
      * Update the passed ${entity.model.var}.
      */
     update($entity.model.var : $entity.model.type) : Observable<$entity.model.type> {
-        let body = JSON.stringify($entity.model.var);
+        let body = $entity.model.var;
 
-        return this.http.put('/api/$entity.model.vars/', body, this.options)
+        return this.http.put('/api/$entity.model.vars/', body)
             .pipe(
                 map(response => new ${entity.model.type}(response)),
                 catchError(this.handleError)
@@ -46,14 +44,11 @@ export class ${entity.service.type} {
      */
     getPage($entity.model.var : $entity.model.type, event : LazyLoadEvent) : Observable<PageResponse<$entity.model.type>> {
         let req = new PageRequestByExample($entity.model.var, event);
-        let body = JSON.stringify(req);
+        let body = req;
 
-        return this.http.post('/api/$entity.model.vars/page', body, this.options)
+        return this.http.post<PageResponse<any>>('/api/$entity.model.vars/page', body)
             .pipe(
-                map(response => {
-                    let pr : any = response;
-                    return new PageResponse<$entity.model.type>(pr.totalPages, pr.totalElements, ${entity.model.type}.toArray(pr.content));
-                }),
+                map(pr =>  new PageResponse<$entity.model.type>(pr.totalPages, pr.totalElements, ${entity.model.type}.toArray(pr.content))),
                 catchError(this.handleError)
             );
     }
@@ -63,8 +58,8 @@ export class ${entity.service.type} {
      * Used by ${entity.model.type}CompleteComponent.
      */
     complete(query : string) : Observable<${entity.model.type}[]> {
-        let body = JSON.stringify({'query': query, 'maxResults': 10});
-        return this.http.post<any[]>('/api/$entity.model.vars/complete', body, this.options)
+        let body = {'query': query, 'maxResults': 10};
+        return this.http.post<any[]>('/api/$entity.model.vars/complete', body)
             .pipe(
                 map(response => ${entity.model.type}.toArray(response)),
                 catchError(this.handleError)
diff --git a/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/service/auth.service.ts.p.vm b/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/service/auth.service.ts.p.vm
index 8b36efd..ad37c63 100644
--- a/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/service/auth.service.ts.p.vm
+++ b/pack-angular/celerio/pack-angular/web/src/app/service/auth.service.ts.p.vm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $output.file("web/src/app/service/auth.service.ts")##
 
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
-import { HttpClientModule, HttpHeaders, HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpParams, HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Rx';
 import { catchError, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';
@@ -20,9 +20,16 @@ export class AuthService {
 
     login(j_username : string, j_password : string) : Observable<boolean> {
         console.log("login for " + j_username);
-        let body = 'j_username=' + j_username + '&j_password=' + j_password + '&submit=Login';
+        const params = {
+                j_username: j_username,
+                j_password: j_password,
+                submit: 'Login'
+        };
+		
+        let body = new HttpParams({fromObject: params});
+       
 
-        return this.http.post('/api/login', body, { headers: new HttpHeaders({ 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }), observe: 'response' })
+        return this.http.post('/api/login', body, { observe: 'response' })
             .pipe(
                 map(res => res.status == 200),
                 catchError(this.handleError)
diff --git a/quickstart/README.md b/quickstart/README.md
index 65d8f4f..4dba7b5 100644
--- a/quickstart/README.md
+++ b/quickstart/README.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 **Prerequisites:** 
 
 * [Java Development Kit 8](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)
-* [Maven 3.3.3](https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi) 
-* [Angular cli 1.6.3 ](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli#installation) - 1.6.3 is really required to work with Angular 5.0
-* [Npm 3.x.x](https://nodejs.org/en/)
-* [NodeJS 6.10](https://nodejs.org/en/)
+* [Maven 3.5.x](https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi) 
+* [Angular cli 1.6.3 ](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli#installation) - 1.0.0 is really required to work with Angular 4.0
+* [Npm 5.x.x](https://nodejs.org/en/)
+* [NodeJS 8.x](https://nodejs.org/en/)
 
 
 ### Run these commands to generate and run an Angular 5.0 web app:
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ Make sure you wait until spring boot starts and listen on port 8080
 **Then from a second console run:**
 
     cd celerio-angular-quickstart/quickstart/web
-    npm install --save @angular/material @angular/cdk
-    npm install --save @angular/animations
-    npm install --save primeng@5.0.2
-    npm install --save font-awesome
+    npm i @angular/material @angular/cdk
+    npm i primeng
+    npm i font-awesome
     ng serve --proxy-config proxy.conf.json
 
 Then open [http://localhost:4200/](http://localhost:4200/)
@@ -91,10 +90,10 @@ The backend listens on port 8080.
 
 The 4 command below install some additional dependencies required by the code generated by Celerio. 
 
-    npm install --save @angular/material @angular/cdk
-    npm install --save @angular/animations
-    npm install --save primeng@5.0.2
-    npm install --save font-awesome
+    npm i @angular/material @angular/cdk
+    npm i primeng
+    npm i font-awesome
+
 
 Starts a node server on port 4200 using angular cli. The node server proxies the calls to /api and /img to the 
 spring boot backend that runs in the first console.
@@ -174,10 +173,10 @@ Here are the command lines (hope it is self explanatory):
     rm web/src/app/app.module.ts web/src/app/app.component.* web/src/styles.css
     mvn -Pdb,metadata,gen generate-sources
     cd web
-    npm install --save @angular/material @angular/cdk
-    npm install --save @angular/animations
-    npm install --save primeng@5.0.2
-    npm install --save font-awesome
+    npm i @angular/material @angular/cdk
+    npm i primeng
+    npm i font-awesome
+
     ng build --prod
     cp dist/* ../src/main/resources/static
     cd ..
diff --git a/quickstart/pom.xml b/quickstart/pom.xml
index dce712e..9c3f458 100644
--- a/quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.4.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.5.9.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
@@ -22,12 +22,7 @@
             resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <!-- maven-compiler-plugin -->
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-
-        <hibernate.version>5.0.2.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <spring-security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
 
         <!-- ~~~~~~~~ -->
         <!-- Database -->
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@
         <!-- H2 DATABASE SETTINGS -->
         <jdbc.groupId>com.h2database</jdbc.groupId>
         <jdbc.artifactId>h2</jdbc.artifactId>
-        <jdbc.version>1.4.187</jdbc.version>
+        <jdbc.version>${h2.version}</jdbc.version>
 
         <jdbc.driver>org.h2.Driver</jdbc.driver>
         <jdbc.url>jdbc:h2:${project.build.directory}/db/angulardb;MVCC=TRUE;FILE_LOCK=NO</jdbc.url>
@@ -55,7 +50,7 @@
         <!-- MYSQL DATABASE SETTINGS
         <jdbc.groupId>mysql</jdbc.groupId>
         <jdbc.artifactId>mysql-connector-java</jdbc.artifactId>
-        <jdbc.version>5.1.40</jdbc.version>
+        <jdbc.version>${mysql.version}</jdbc.version>
 
         <jdbc.driver>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</jdbc.driver>
         <jdbc.url>jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/angulardb</jdbc.url>
@@ -100,21 +95,17 @@
         <hibernate.use.second.level.cache>false</hibernate.use.second.level.cache>
         <hibernate.use.query.cache>false</hibernate.use.query.cache>
 
-        <!-- use latest versions-->
-        <spring-data-releasetrain.version>Hopper-SR11</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
-
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${jdbc.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>${jdbc.artifactId}</artifactId>
-            <version>${jdbc.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-java8</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.2.Final</version>
+            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Celerio code completion support in velocity templates -->
         <!-- See pack-angular/META-INF/velocity_implicit.vm -->
@@ -138,14 +129,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
@@ -191,16 +174,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.5</version>
+            <version>1.10.19</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -264,7 +242,7 @@
                 <!-- http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/ -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>3.0.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <delimiters>
                         <delimiter>@*@</delimiter>
@@ -282,7 +260,7 @@
                 <!-- http://mojo.codehaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/ -->
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.1</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>Adding generated java folder to build</id>
@@ -314,16 +292,6 @@
             </plugin>
 
 
-            <!-- Compiler plugin enforces Java compatibility and activates
-                annotation processors -->
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>