diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f715b2ad..df324433 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ e2e/**/*.js.map
 e2e/**/*.d.ts
 !e2e/**/global.d.ts
 !e2e/protractor*.js
-demo-apps/ts-webpack/src/**/*.js
-demo-apps/ts-webpack/src/**/*.js.map
-demo-apps/ts-webpack/src/**/*.d.ts
 !demo-apps/es5/index.js
 !demo-apps/es6-systemjs/index.js
 test/**/*.d.ts
@@ -24,7 +21,6 @@ test/**/*.js.map
 test/**/*.js
 !test/index.js
 !test/index.d.ts
-# redundant webpack build artifacts produced by ExtractTextPlugin
 bundles
 build
 build-stats.json
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 70440fa6..78d65db1 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .vscode/
 .idea/
 .temp/
+# redundant webpack build artifacts produced by ExtractTextPlugin
 bundles/styles.*
 demo-apps/
 demo-site/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 99da0484..9a3a6cb3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
+sudo: false
 language: node_js
 node_js:
 - node
-
+cache:
+  directories:
+  - node_modules
+notifications:
+  email: false
 addons:
   sauce_connect: true
-
 env:
   global:
   - secure: gnwapHmalQ00mis28sRZQwmrkOWU7CyIyU3iKc1bixgGKZu6dhMUwQt2WA8HDkOLgSxSCSMigtzwuPvkxH6CRLbMnYwCDkCHZS9SvjrOLX+jZkORbSKRJUjlkRS3cjkY9AzKOYAOngAN07j0iqvsKx6UtdtEvA4QVM/ToQzVfi0=
   - secure: J9OuScEujGDV/JKBvOz7pgh/hzA6QEqJKo8wtQprsSuUnP1zdUvlRV+oKuGXAGnfsFlr/aw+7+djz4QbqITQeQDJaQ4Ui4/M8dfDp4kLKGH6U8obrnX79IERjgKZubs17dW+NcbIt6pNzJavOdLlvAZiQtQMcdXbHI+Xa0PoTHs=
 
-before_install:
-- npm install -g karma-cli
-
 install:
 - npm prune && npm install
-- npm run setup:demo-apps
+- npm run setup:ci
 
 before_script:
-- npm run build:all
+- npm run build:demo-apps
 - '[ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "true" ] || npm run e2e-server:ci'
 
 script:
 - npm test
 - '[ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "true" ] || npm run e2e:ci'
 
-after_success: cat out/coverage/*/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js
+after_success: 
+- cat out/coverage/*/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js
+- npm run semantic-release
 
-cache:
-  directories:
-  - node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+branches:
+  except:
+    - "/^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$/"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index d2ad37f9..896df730 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ machine:
 
 dependencies:
   pre:
-    - npm install -g karma-cli
     - npm prune && npm install
-    - npm run build
+    - npm run setup:ci && npm run build:demo-apps
   cache_directories:
     - node_modules
 
diff --git a/demo-apps/es5/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/demo-apps/es5/npm-shrinkwrap.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d315ad6..00000000
--- a/demo-apps/es5/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "ng-table-demo-app-es5",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@types/angular": {
-      "version": "1.5.16",
-      "from": "@types/angular@>=1.5.13 <2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/angular/-/angular-1.5.16.tgz"
-    },
-    "@types/jquery": {
-      "version": "2.0.32",
-      "from": "@types/jquery@*",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/jquery/-/jquery-2.0.32.tgz"
-    },
-    "angular": {
-      "version": "1.5.8",
-      "from": "angular@1.5.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular/-/angular-1.5.8.tgz"
-    },
-    "bootstrap": {
-      "version": "3.3.7",
-      "from": "bootstrap@3.3.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-3.3.7.tgz"
-    },
-    "ng-table": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "from": "..\\..",
-      "resolved": "file:..\\.."
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/demo-apps/es5/package.json b/demo-apps/es5/package.json
index 285d93aa..4265df3b 100644
--- a/demo-apps/es5/package.json
+++ b/demo-apps/es5/package.json
@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "_linklocal": "node ../../node_modules/linklocal/bin/linklocal.js",
-    "build:lib": "cd ../../ && npm run build",
     "build": "echo \"Nothing to build\"",
     "clean": "echo \"Nothing to clean\"",
+    "postinstall": "npm run linklocal",
     "preinstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "install-dep": "npm install",
     "postinstall-dep": "npm run linklocal",
     "linklocal": "npm run _linklocal && npm prune",
-    "server": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server -c-1 -o",
-    "setup:local": "node ../../node_modules/npm-run-all/bin/npm-run-all --parallel build:lib linklocal",
-    "start": "npm run server",
+    "start": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server -c-1 -o",
     "unlinklocal": "npm run _linklocal -- unlink && npm i",
     "preuninstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "uninstall-dep": "npm uninstall",
@@ -24,8 +22,8 @@
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular": "1.5.8",
-    "bootstrap": "3.3.7",
+    "angular": "file:../../node_modules/angular",
+    "bootstrap": "file:../../node_modules/bootstrap",
     "ng-table": "file:../../"
   }
 }
diff --git a/demo-apps/es6-systemjs/package.json b/demo-apps/es6-systemjs/package.json
index 760e9c9b..3b3c3bd1 100644
--- a/demo-apps/es6-systemjs/package.json
+++ b/demo-apps/es6-systemjs/package.json
@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "_linklocal": "node ../../node_modules/linklocal/bin/linklocal.js",
-    "build:lib": "cd ../../ && npm run build",
     "build": "echo \"Nothing to build\"",
     "clean": "echo \"Nothing to clean\"",
+    "postinstall": "npm run linklocal",
     "preinstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "install-dep": "npm install",
     "postinstall-dep": "npm run linklocal",
     "linklocal": "npm run _linklocal && npm prune",
-    "server": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server -c-1 -o",
-    "setup:local": "node ../../node_modules/npm-run-all/bin/npm-run-all --parallel build:lib linklocal",
-    "start": "npm run server",
+    "start": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server -c-1 -o",
     "unlinklocal": "npm run _linklocal -- unlink && npm i",
     "preuninstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "uninstall-dep": "npm uninstall",
diff --git a/demo-apps/es6-webpack/package.json b/demo-apps/es6-webpack/package.json
index 9afd7cd1..cff2761d 100644
--- a/demo-apps/es6-webpack/package.json
+++ b/demo-apps/es6-webpack/package.json
@@ -7,18 +7,17 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "_linklocal": "node ../../node_modules/linklocal/bin/linklocal.js",
-    "build:lib": "cd ../../ && npm run tsc",
     "prebuild": "npm run clean",
     "build": "node ../../node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.debug",
     "prebuild:prod": "npm run clean",
     "build:prod": "node ../../node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.prod",
     "clean": "node ../../node_modules/shx/lib/cli.js rm -rf build build-stats.json",
+    "postinstall": "npm run linklocal",
     "preinstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "install-dep": "npm install",
     "postinstall-dep": "npm run linklocal",
     "linklocal": "npm run _linklocal && npm prune",
-    "setup:local": "node ../../node_modules/npm-run-all/bin/npm-run-all --parallel build:lib linklocal",
-    "server": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server build -c-1 -o",
+    "serve": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server build -c-1 -o",
     "start": "node ../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --env.debug",
     "stats": "node ../../node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.prod --profile --json > build-stats.json",
     "unlinklocal": "npm run _linklocal -- unlink && npm i",
@@ -33,4 +32,4 @@
     "bootstrap-css-only": "file:../../node_modules/bootstrap-css-only",
     "ng-table": "file:../../"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/demo-apps/es6-webpack/webpack.config.js b/demo-apps/es6-webpack/webpack.config.js
index 52a730e1..df2d97e5 100644
--- a/demo-apps/es6-webpack/webpack.config.js
+++ b/demo-apps/es6-webpack/webpack.config.js
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ module.exports = (env = { prod: false, debug: false, port: 8080, host: 'localhos
         parts.inlineHtmlTemplates(),
         parts.inlineNgTableHtmlTemplates(),
         parts.useHtmlPlugin(),
-        parts.forEnvironment(),
-        // this is only required because we using symlinks
-        parts.resolveLibraryPeerDependencies()
+        parts.forEnvironment()
     );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/.gitignore b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..866857c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+src/**/*.js
+src/**/*.js.map
+src/**/*.d.ts
+!src/global.d.ts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/package.json b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/package.json
index acb07e2a..b4ab0aa3 100644
--- a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/package.json
+++ b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/package.json
@@ -7,21 +7,19 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "_linklocal": "node ../../node_modules/linklocal/bin/linklocal.js",
-    "build:lib": "cd ../../ && npm run tsc",
     "prebuild": "npm run clean",
     "build": "node ../../node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.debug",
     "prebuild:prod": "npm run clean",
     "build:prod": "node ../../node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --env.prod",
-    "clean": "node ../../node_modules/shx/lib/cli.js rm -rf build build-stats.json",
+    "clean": "node ../../node_modules/shx/lib/cli.js rm -rf build build-stats.json src/**/*.js src/**/*.js.map",
+    "postinstall": "npm run linklocal",
     "preinstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "install-dep": "npm install",
     "postinstall-dep": "npm run linklocal",
     "linklocal": "npm run _linklocal && npm prune",
-    "setup:local": "node ../../node_modules/npm-run-all/bin/npm-run-all --parallel build:lib linklocal",
-    "server": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server build -c-1 -o",
+    "serve": "node ../../node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server build -c-1 -o",
     "start": "node ../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --progress --env.debug",
     "stats": "node ../../node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.prod --profile --json > build-stats.json",
-    "tsc": "node ../../node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js",
     "unlinklocal": "npm run _linklocal -- unlink && npm i",
     "preuninstall-dep": "npm run unlinklocal",
     "uninstall-dep": "npm uninstall",
@@ -34,4 +32,4 @@
     "bootstrap-css-only": "file:../../node_modules/bootstrap-css-only",
     "ng-table": "file:../.."
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/src/global.d.ts b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/src/global.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc2be117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/src/global.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// fake the nodejs require function so that we can add 'require' calls for html files;
+// these calls to 'require' will then be converted by webpack ngtemplate-loader
+// note that I would have prefered to use standard es2015 import for these
+// html files but that would have meant using typescript 2 feature of implicit
+// ambient modules which in turn would have meant turning off noImplicitAny checks
+// which is a VERY bad idea
+declare function require(path: string): any;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/tsconfig.json b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/tsconfig.json
index ae05eb8b..ff49eb05 100644
--- a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
     "removeComments": false,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true,
-    "typeRoots": [
-      "../../node_modules/@types"
-    ]
+    "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true
   },
   "exclude": ["node_modules"],
   "awesomeTypescriptLoaderOptions": {
diff --git a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/webpack.config.js b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/webpack.config.js
index c0f86c5c..98ada3e5 100644
--- a/demo-apps/ts-webpack/webpack.config.js
+++ b/demo-apps/ts-webpack/webpack.config.js
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ module.exports = (env = { prod: false, debug: false, port: 8080, host: 'localhos
         parts.inlineHtmlTemplates(),
         parts.inlineNgTableHtmlTemplates(),
         parts.useHtmlPlugin(),
-        parts.forEnvironment(),
-        // this is only required because we using symlinks
-        parts.resolveLibraryPeerDependencies()
+        parts.forEnvironment()
     );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 04d55fc5..124bf1db 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ng-table",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0-semantic-release",
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/angular": {
       "version": "1.5.14",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f500932..7d0825bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ng-table",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0-semantic-release",
   "author": "Vitalii Savchuk <esvit666@gmail.com>",
   "license": "BSD",
   "repository": {
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
   "main": "bundles/ng-table.js",
   "module": "index.js",
   "typings": "index.d.ts",
+  "release": {
+    "branch": "typescript",
+    "fallbackTags": {
+      "next": "latest"
+    }
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "tag": "next"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/angular-mocks": "^1.5.4",
     "@types/jasmine": "^2.2.33",
@@ -57,6 +66,7 @@
     "protractor-jasmine2-screenshot-reporter": "^0.3.2",
     "resolve-url-loader": "^1.6.0",
     "sass-loader": "^4.0.0",
+    "semantic-release": "^4.3.5",
     "shx": "^0.1.4",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.1",
     "systemjs": "^0.19.36",
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@
     "webpack-validator": "^2.2.7"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build:all": "npm-run-all --parallel build tsc --serial build:demo-apps",
+    "build:all": "npm-run-all --parallel build:full tsc --serial build:demo-apps",
     "build:demo-apps": "shx ls -d demo-apps/*/ | bulk -c \"npm run build\"",
     "build": "webpack --progress --profile --env.debug",
     "build:prod": "webpack  --progress --profile --env.prod",
@@ -87,9 +97,12 @@
     "e2e": "protractor e2e/protractor.config.js",
     "e2e:ci": "protractor e2e/protractor-travis.config",
     "poste2e": "node ./scripts/open-e2e-report",
-    "presetup:demo-apps": "shx ls -d demo-apps/*/ | bulk -c \"npm install\"",
-    "setup:demo-apps": "shx ls -d demo-apps/*/ | bulk -c \"npm run linklocal\"",
-    "setup": "npm-run-all --parallel setup:demo-apps update-webdriver",
+    "install:demo-apps": "shx ls -d demo-apps/*/ | bulk -c \"npm install\"",
+    "link:demo-apps": "shx ls -d demo-apps/*/ | bulk -c \"npm run linklocal\"",
+    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post",
+    "_setup:common": "npm-run-all --parallel build tsc --serial install:demo-apps",
+    "setup:ci": "npm run _setup:common",
+    "setup": "npm-run-all --parallel _setup:common update-webdriver",
     "shrinkwrap:demo-apps": "shx ls -d demo-apps/*/ | bulk -c \"npm shrinkwrap --dev\"",
     "test": "karma start --single-run --no-auto-watch",
     "test:debug": "karma start --no-single-run --no-auto-watch",
diff --git a/scripts/webpack/appParts.js b/scripts/webpack/appParts.js
index b56aad7d..434dfa4d 100644
--- a/scripts/webpack/appParts.js
+++ b/scripts/webpack/appParts.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ function createAppParts(rootDir, env = {}) {
         inlineHtmlTemplates,
         inlineNgTableHtmlTemplates,
         isDevServer,
-        resolveLibraryPeerDependencies,
         sass,
         useHtmlPlugin
     });
@@ -197,23 +196,6 @@ function createAppParts(rootDir, env = {}) {
         };
     }
 
-    
-    /**
-     * override the webpack resolution logic but only for peer dependencies defined by ng-table.
-     * This is necessary because the standard resolve breaks down when using symlinks
-     */
-    function resolveLibraryPeerDependencies() {
-        const ngTablePkgPath = path.join(rootDir, 'node_modules', 'ng-table', 'package');
-        const ngTablePkg = require(ngTablePkgPath);
-        const alias = Object.keys(ngTablePkg.peerDependencies).reduce((acc, name) => {
-            acc[name] = path.join(rootDir, 'node_modules', name);
-            return acc;
-        }, {});
-        return {
-            resolve: { alias }
-        };
-    }
-
     function sass(excludeFiles) {
         excludeFiles = excludeFiles || [];
         // note: would like to use sourcemaps in a deployed website (ie outside of dev-server)