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# Material Design for AngularJS Apps [](https://travis-ci.org/angular/material)
+[](https://gitter.im/apat183/material?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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[Material Design](https://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/) is a specification for a
unified system of visual, motion, and interaction design that adapts across different devices. Our
goal is to deliver a lean, lightweight set of AngularJS-native UI elements that implement the
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-This project is in early pre-release. Angular Material is both a reference implementation of
-Material Design and a complementary effort to the [Polymer](https://www.polymer-project.org/)
-project's [Paper Elements](https://www.polymer-project.org/docs/elements/paper-elements.html)
-collection.
+For developers using AngularJS, Angular Material is the reference implementation of Google's Material Design Specification. This project implements version 1.x of Angular Material and includes a rich set of reusable, well-tested, and accessible UI components.
Quick Links:
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## Online Documentation (and Demos)
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- Visit [Material.AngularJS.org](https://material.angularjs.org/) online to review the API, see the
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Developers interested in contributing should read the following guidelines:
-- [Issue Guidelines](docs/guides/CONTRIBUTING.md#submit)
-- [Contributing Guidelines](docs/guides/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [Issue Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md#submit)
+- [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [Coding Guidelines](docs/guides/CODING.md)
- [ChangeLog](CHANGELOG.md)
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#### CDN
CDN versions of Angular Material are now available at
-[Google Hosted Libraries](https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/devguide#angularmaterial).
+[Google Hosted Libraries](https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/#angular-material).
With the Google CDN, you will not need to download local copies of the distribution files. Instead
simply reference the CDN urls to easily use those remote library files. This is especially useful
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-> Note that the above sample references the 0.8.3 CDN release. Your version will change based on the latest stable release version.
+> Note that the above sample references the 0.10.0 CDN release. Your version will change based on the latest stable release version.
-Developers seeking the latest, most-current build versions can use [RawGit.com](//rawgit.com) to
+Developers seeking the latest, most-current build versions can use [GitCDN.xyz](//gitcdn.xyz) to
pull directly from the distribution GitHub
[Bower-Material](https://github.com/angular/bower-material) repository:
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-> Please note that the above RawGit access is intended **ONLY** for development purposes or sharing
- low-traffic, temporary examples or demos with small numbers of people.
+Once you have all the necessary assets installed, add `ngMaterial` as a dependency for your app:
+
+```javascript
+angular.module('myApp', ['ngMaterial']);
+```
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+ 