The only thing I haven't really seen on their 'Quick Start' and 'Guides' site is any examples that show retrieving data from an API. Are those out there and I didn't see them?
There's an optional Http client that uses RxJS Observables - see http://plnkr.co/edit/UQJpd5dA6x45T4PPZRWW for a basic demo that also uses the `async` pipe to subscribe from the view. Of course, the native fetch API works fine too.