From: https://www.gurustop.net/blog/2016/11/18/3821/jquery-angular2-angularcli-how-to
Author: Meligy

In the project folder

Install jQuery, the actual library

npm install jquery --save

Install jQuery TypeScript autocomplete

npm install @types/jquery --save-dev

Configuring Project

Go to the ./angular-cli.json file at the root of your Angular CLI project folder, and find the scripts: [] property, add this inside it:

"../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"

Using jQuery

From: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30623825/how-to-use-jquery-with-angular2
Author: BALA
Import the jquery library in your component file

import 'jquery';