Angular + Typescript Demo Plunk

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

  <head>
    <base href="." />
    <link data-require="bootstrap-css@4.0.0-alpha.4" data-semver="4.0.0-alpha.4" rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.4/css/bootstrap.min.css" />

    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
      window.window.AngularVersionForThisPlunker = 'latest'
    </script>
    <title>angular playground</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.4.1/client/shim.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/zone.js/dist/zone.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/zone.js/dist/long-stack-trace-zone.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/reflect-metadata@0.1.3/Reflect.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/systemjs@0.19.31/dist/system.js"></script>
    <script src="config.js"></script>
    <script>
    System.import('app')
      .catch(console.error.bind(console));
  </script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <my-app>
    loading...
  </my-app>
  </body>

</html>

/* Styles go here */

### Angular Starter Plunker - Typescript

var angularVersion;
if(window.AngularVersionForThisPlunker === 'latest'){
  angularVersion = ''; //picks up latest
}
else {
  angularVersion = '@' + window.AngularVersionForThisPlunker;
}

System.config({
  //use typescript for compilation
  transpiler: 'typescript',
  //typescript compiler options
  typescriptOptions: {
    emitDecoratorMetadata: true
  },
  paths: {
    'npm:': 'https://unpkg.com/'
  },
  //map tells the System loader where to look for things
  map: {
    
    'app': './src',
    '@angular/core': 'npm:@angular/core'+ angularVersion + '/bundles/core.umd.js',
    '@angular/common': 'npm:@angular/common' + angularVersion + '/bundles/common.umd.js',
    '@angular/compiler': 'npm:@angular/compiler' + angularVersion  + '/bundles/compiler.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser' + angularVersion + '/bundles/platform-browser.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic' + angularVersion + '/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js',
    '@angular/http': 'npm:@angular/http' + angularVersion + '/bundles/http.umd.js',
    '@angular/router': 'npm:@angular/router' + angularVersion +'/bundles/router.umd.js',
    '@angular/forms': 'npm:@angular/forms' + angularVersion + '/bundles/forms.umd.js',
    '@angular/animations': 'npm:@angular/animations' + angularVersion + '/bundles/animations.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser/animations': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser' + angularVersion + '/bundles/platform-browser-animations.umd.js',
    '@angular/animations/browser': 'npm:@angular/animations' + angularVersion + '/bundles/animations-browser.umd.js',
    
    '@angular/core/testing': 'npm:@angular/core' + angularVersion + '/bundles/core-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/common/testing': 'npm:@angular/common' + angularVersion + '/bundles/common-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/compiler/testing': 'npm:@angular/compiler' + angularVersion + '/bundles/compiler-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser/testing': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser' + angularVersion + '/bundles/platform-browser-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic' + angularVersion + '/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/http/testing': 'npm:@angular/http' + angularVersion + '/bundles/http-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/router/testing': 'npm:@angular/router' + angularVersion + '/bundles/router-testing.umd.js',
    
    'rxjs': 'npm:rxjs',
    'typescript': 'npm:typescript@2.2.1/lib/typescript.js',
    'tslib': 'npm:tslib'
  },
  //packages defines our app package
  packages: {
    app: {
      main: './main.ts',
      defaultExtension: 'ts'
    },
    rxjs: {
      defaultExtension: 'js'
    }
  }
});

//main entry point
import {platformBrowserDynamic} from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import {AppModule} from './app';

platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule)

//our root app component
import {Component, Input, Directive, ContentChild,ContentChildren,ChangeDetectorRef, NgModule, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef, QueryList, TemplateRef, VERSION} from '@angular/core'
import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser'

@Directive({
  selector: '[grid-item-index]'
})
export class GridItemIndexDirective {
  @Input('grid-item-index') index: any;

  constructor(public vcRef: ViewContainerRef, public tRef: TemplateRef) {}
}

@Component({
  selector: 'grid',
  template: `
    <div class="grid">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-4">
          <ng-template grid-item-index="0"></ng-template>
        </div>
        <div class="col-xs-4">
          <ng-template grid-item-index="1"></ng-template>
        </div>
        <div class="col-xs-4">
          <ng-template grid-item-index="2"></ng-template>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-4">
          <ng-template grid-item-index="3"></ng-template>
        </div>
        <div class="col-xs-4">
          <ng-template grid-item-index="4"></ng-template>
        </div>
        <div class="col-xs-4">
          <ng-template grid-item-index="5"></ng-template>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  `
})
export class GridComponent {
  @ContentChildren(GridItemIndexDirective) sources: QueryList<GridItemIndexDirective>;
  @ViewChildren(GridItemIndexDirective) containers: QueryList<GridItemIndexDirective>;
  
  constructor(
    private cdRef:ChangeDetectorRef
  ) {}
  
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    const len = this.sources.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      const destinationContainer = this.containers.find(x => x.index == i);
      const source = this.sources.find(x => x.index == i);
      if (destinationContainer) {
        destinationContainer.vcRef.createEmbeddedView(source.tRef);
        this.cdRef.detectChanges(); // this solves ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError
      }
    }
  }
}

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
    <grid>
        <ng-template *ngFor="let item of items; let i=index" 
        [grid-item-index]="(items.length-1)-i">
            <span >{{item}}</span>
        </ng-template> 
    </grid>
  `, 
}) 
export class App {
  items = [
    'item 1 content',
    'item 2 content',
    'item 3 content',
    'item 4 content',
    'item 5 content',
    'item 6 content'
  ];
}

@NgModule({
  imports: [ BrowserModule ],
  declarations: [ App, GridComponent, GridItemIndexDirective ],
  bootstrap: [ App ] 
})
export class AppModule {}