diff --git a/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json b/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json
index 21f23edd38..b56b49d541 100755
--- a/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json
+++ b/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "master": {
       "uncompressed": {
         "inline": 1971,
-        "main": 595662,
+        "main": 584136,
         "polyfills": 40272,
         "prettify": 14888
       }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
index ffc043d55b..3d35743cdd 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { MatProgressBar, MatSidenav } from '@angular/material';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 import { Observable, timer } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/mapTo';
+import { mapTo } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
@@ -1371,6 +1371,6 @@ class TestHttpClient {
     }
 
     // Preserve async nature of `HttpClient`.
-    return timer(1).mapTo(data);
+    return timer(1).pipe(mapTo(data));
   }
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/app.component.ts b/aio/src/app/app.component.ts
index ae0b30e72a..24344af74a 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { SearchService } from 'app/search/search.service';
 import { TocService } from 'app/shared/toc.service';
 
 import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest, Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/first';
+import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 const sideNavView = 'SideNav';
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     // Compute the version picker list from the current version and the versions in the navigation map
     combineLatest(
       this.navigationService.versionInfo,
-      this.navigationService.navigationViews.map(views => views['docVersions']))
+      this.navigationService.navigationViews.pipe(map(views => views['docVersions'])))
       .subscribe(([versionInfo, versions]) => {
         // TODO(pbd): consider whether we can lookup the stable and next versions from the internet
         const computedVersions: NavigationNode[] = [
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
 
     this.navigationService.versionInfo.subscribe(vi => this.versionInfo = vi);
 
-    const hasNonEmptyToc = this.tocService.tocList.map(tocList => tocList.length > 0);
+    const hasNonEmptyToc = this.tocService.tocList.pipe(map(tocList => tocList.length > 0));
     combineLatest(hasNonEmptyToc, this.showFloatingToc)
         .subscribe(([hasToc, showFloatingToc]) => this.hasFloatingToc = hasToc && showFloatingToc);
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     combineLatest(
       this.documentService.currentDocument,  // ...needed to determine host classes
       this.navigationService.currentNodes)   // ...needed to determine `sidenav` state
-      .first()
+      .pipe(first())
       .subscribe(() => this.updateShell());
   }
 
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/announcement-bar/announcement-bar.component.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/announcement-bar/announcement-bar.component.ts
index abd88d0b2d..6698ec19bb 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/announcement-bar/announcement-bar.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/announcement-bar/announcement-bar.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { catchError, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 import { CONTENT_URL_PREFIX } from 'app/documents/document.service';
 const announcementsPath = CONTENT_URL_PREFIX + 'announcements.json';
@@ -58,15 +59,17 @@ export class AnnouncementBarComponent implements OnInit {
 
   ngOnInit() {
     this.http.get<Announcement[]>(announcementsPath)
-      .catch(error => {
-        this.logger.error(new Error(`${announcementsPath} request failed: ${error.message}`));
-        return [];
-      })
-      .map(announcements => this.findCurrentAnnouncement(announcements))
-      .catch(error => {
-        this.logger.error(new Error(`${announcementsPath} contains invalid data: ${error.message}`));
-        return [];
-      })
+      .pipe(
+        catchError(error => {
+          this.logger.error(new Error(`${announcementsPath} request failed: ${error.message}`));
+          return [];
+        }),
+        map(announcements => this.findCurrentAnnouncement(announcements)),
+        catchError(error => {
+          this.logger.error(new Error(`${announcementsPath} contains invalid data: ${error.message}`));
+          return [];
+        }),
+      )
       .subscribe(announcement => this.announcement = announcement);
   }
 
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/api/api.service.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/api/api.service.ts
index b982ca53bc..6d9ae4926b 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/api/api.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/api/api.service.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { ReplaySubject, Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeUntil';
+import { takeUntil, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 import { DOC_CONTENT_URL_PREFIX } from 'app/documents/document.service';
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ export class ApiService implements OnDestroy {
   private firstTime = true;
   private onDestroy = new Subject();
   private sectionsSubject = new ReplaySubject<ApiSection[]>(1);
-  private _sections = this.sectionsSubject.takeUntil(this.onDestroy);
+  private _sections = this.sectionsSubject.pipe(takeUntil(this.onDestroy));
 
   /**
   * Return a cached observable of API sections from a JSON file.
@@ -70,8 +68,10 @@ export class ApiService implements OnDestroy {
     // TODO: get URL by configuration?
     const url = this.apiBase + (src || this.apiListJsonDefault);
     this.http.get<ApiSection[]>(url)
-      .takeUntil(this.onDestroy)
-      .do(() => this.logger.log(`Got API sections from ${url}`))
+      .pipe(
+        takeUntil(this.onDestroy),
+        tap(() => this.logger.log(`Got API sections from ${url}`)),
+      )
       .subscribe(
         sections => this.sectionsSubject.next(sections),
         (err: HttpErrorResponse) => {
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.spec.ts
index 423ccd2593..68eaa80d00 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.spec.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/first';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/toPromise';
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { CodeComponent } from './code.component';
 import { CodeModule } from './code.module';
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ describe('CodeComponent', () => {
   describe('pretty printing', () => {
     const untilCodeFormatted = () => {
       const emitter = hostComponent.codeComponent.codeFormatted;
-      return emitter.first().toPromise();
+      return emitter.pipe(first()).toPromise();
     };
     const hasLineNumbers = async () => {
       // presence of `<li>`s are a tell-tale for line numbers
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.ts
index 5324fd37aa..534f93fdd5 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/code.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 import { PrettyPrinter } from './pretty-printer.service';
 import { CopierService } from 'app/shared/copier.service';
 import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';
+import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 /**
  * If linenums is not set, this is the default maximum number of lines that
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class CodeComponent implements OnChanges {
 
     this.pretty
         .formatCode(leftAlignedCode, this.language, this.getLinenums(leftAlignedCode))
-        .do(() => this.codeFormatted.emit())
+        .pipe(tap(() => this.codeFormatted.emit()))
         .subscribe(c => this.setCodeHtml(c), err => { /* ignore failure to format */ }
     );
   }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/pretty-printer.service.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/pretty-printer.service.ts
index 0f1f60f370..d56a3a27fc 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/pretty-printer.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/code/pretty-printer.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { from as fromPromise, Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/first';
+import { first, map, share } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export class PrettyPrinter {
   private prettyPrintOne: Observable<PrettyPrintOne>;
 
   constructor(private logger: Logger) {
-    this.prettyPrintOne = fromPromise(this.getPrettyPrintOne()).share();
+    this.prettyPrintOne = fromPromise(this.getPrettyPrintOne()).pipe(share());
   }
 
   private getPrettyPrintOne(): Promise<PrettyPrintOne> {
@@ -50,15 +49,17 @@ export class PrettyPrinter {
    * @returns Observable<string> - Observable of formatted code
    */
   formatCode(code: string, language?: string, linenums?: number | boolean) {
-    return this.prettyPrintOne.map(ppo => {
-      try {
-        return ppo(code, language, linenums);
-      } catch (err) {
-        const msg = `Could not format code that begins '${code.substr(0, 50)}...'.`;
-        console.error(msg, err);
-        throw new Error(msg);
-      }
-    })
-    .first(); // complete immediately
+    return this.prettyPrintOne.pipe(
+      map(ppo => {
+        try {
+          return ppo(code, language, linenums);
+        } catch (err) {
+          const msg = `Could not format code that begins '${code.substr(0, 50)}...'.`;
+          console.error(msg, err);
+          throw new Error(msg);
+        }
+      }),
+      first(),  // complete immediately
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/contributor/contributor.service.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/contributor/contributor.service.ts
index c84067450d..9cc29c6f47 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/contributor/contributor.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/contributor/contributor.service.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/publishLast';
+import { ConnectableObservable, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { map, publishLast } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { Contributor, ContributorGroup } from './contributors.model';
 
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ export class ContributorService {
   }
 
   private getContributors() {
-    const contributors = this.http.get<{[key: string]: Contributor}>(contributorsPath)
+    const contributors = this.http.get<{[key: string]: Contributor}>(contributorsPath).pipe(
       // Create group map
-      .map(contribs => {
+      map(contribs => {
         const contribMap: { [name: string]: Contributor[]} = {};
         Object.keys(contribs).forEach(key => {
           const contributor = contribs[key];
@@ -38,10 +37,10 @@ export class ContributorService {
         });
 
         return contribMap;
-      })
+      }),
 
       // Flatten group map into sorted group array of sorted contributors
-      .map(cmap => {
+      map(cmap => {
         return Object.keys(cmap).map(key => {
           const order = knownGroups.indexOf(key);
           return {
@@ -51,10 +50,12 @@ export class ContributorService {
           } as ContributorGroup;
         })
         .sort(compareGroups);
-      })
-      .publishLast();
+      }),
 
-    contributors.connect();
+      publishLast(),
+    );
+
+    (contributors as ConnectableObservable<ContributorGroup[]>).connect();
     return contributors;
   }
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/resource/resource.service.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/resource/resource.service.ts
index d372cf4a8c..9fc921e092 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/resource/resource.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/resource/resource.service.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/publishLast';
+import { ConnectableObservable, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { map, publishLast } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { Category, Resource, SubCategory } from './resource.model';
 import { CONTENT_URL_PREFIX } from 'app/documents/document.service';
@@ -20,11 +19,12 @@ export class ResourceService {
 
   private getCategories(): Observable<Category[]> {
 
-    const categories = this.http.get<any>(resourcesPath)
-      .map(data => mkCategories(data))
-      .publishLast();
+    const categories = this.http.get<any>(resourcesPath).pipe(
+      map(data => mkCategories(data)),
+      publishLast(),
+    );
 
-    categories.connect();
+    (categories as ConnectableObservable<Category[]>).connect();
     return categories;
   };
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/search/file-not-found-search.component.ts b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/search/file-not-found-search.component.ts
index b4b62ccdff..e8af858b49 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/custom-elements/search/file-not-found-search.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/custom-elements/search/file-not-found-search.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { LocationService } from 'app/shared/location.service';
 import { SearchResults } from 'app/search/interfaces';
 import { SearchService } from 'app/search/search.service';
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ export class FileNotFoundSearchComponent implements OnInit {
   constructor(private location: LocationService, private search: SearchService) {}
 
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.searchResults = this.location.currentPath.switchMap(path => {
+    this.searchResults = this.location.currentPath.pipe(switchMap(path => {
       const query = path.split(/\W+/).join(' ');
       return this.search.search(query);
-    });
+    }));
   }
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/documents/document.service.ts b/aio/src/app/documents/document.service.ts
index 23536502d1..432e1c4ab2 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/documents/document.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/documents/document.service.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { AsyncSubject, Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/switchMap';
+import { catchError, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { DocumentContents } from './document-contents';
 export { DocumentContents } from './document-contents';
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export class DocumentService {
     private http: HttpClient,
     location: LocationService) {
     // Whenever the URL changes we try to get the appropriate doc
-    this.currentDocument = location.currentPath.switchMap(path => this.getDocument(path));
+    this.currentDocument = location.currentPath.pipe(switchMap(path => this.getDocument(path)));
   }
 
   private getDocument(url: string) {
@@ -60,15 +59,17 @@ export class DocumentService {
     this.logger.log('fetching document from', requestPath);
     this.http
       .get<DocumentContents>(requestPath, {responseType: 'json'})
-      .do(data => {
-        if (!data || typeof data !== 'object') {
-          this.logger.log('received invalid data:', data);
-          throw Error('Invalid data');
-        }
-      })
-      .catch((error: HttpErrorResponse) => {
-        return error.status === 404 ? this.getFileNotFoundDoc(id) : this.getErrorDoc(id, error);
-      })
+      .pipe(
+        tap(data => {
+          if (!data || typeof data !== 'object') {
+            this.logger.log('received invalid data:', data);
+            throw Error('Invalid data');
+          }
+        }),
+        catchError((error: HttpErrorResponse) => {
+          return error.status === 404 ? this.getFileNotFoundDoc(id) : this.getErrorDoc(id, error);
+        }),
+      )
       .subscribe(subject);
 
     return subject.asObservable();
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ export class DocumentService {
   private getErrorDoc(id: string, error: HttpErrorResponse): Observable<DocumentContents> {
     this.logger.error(new Error(`Error fetching document '${id}': (${error.message})`));
     this.cache.delete(id);
-    return Observable.of({
+    return of({
       id: FETCHING_ERROR_ID,
       contents: FETCHING_ERROR_CONTENTS
     });
diff --git a/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts b/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts
index 855fdc7dae..f9766085dc 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import { Component, ElementRef, EventEmitter, Input, OnDestroy, Output } from '@
 import { Title, Meta } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 import { Observable, of, timer } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/switchMap';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeUntil';
+import { catchError, switchMap, takeUntil, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { DocumentContents, FILE_NOT_FOUND_ID, FETCHING_ERROR_ID } from 'app/documents/document.service';
 import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
@@ -80,8 +77,10 @@ export class DocViewerComponent implements OnDestroy {
     }
 
     this.docContents$
-        .switchMap(newDoc => this.render(newDoc))
-        .takeUntil(this.onDestroy$)
+        .pipe(
+            switchMap(newDoc => this.render(newDoc)),
+            takeUntil(this.onDestroy$),
+        )
         .subscribe();
   }
 
@@ -132,22 +131,23 @@ export class DocViewerComponent implements OnDestroy {
 
     this.setNoIndex(doc.id === FILE_NOT_FOUND_ID || doc.id === FETCHING_ERROR_ID);
 
-    return this.void$
+    return this.void$.pipe(
         // Security: `doc.contents` is always authored by the documentation team
         //           and is considered to be safe.
-        .do(() => this.nextViewContainer.innerHTML = doc.contents || '')
-        .do(() => addTitleAndToc = this.prepareTitleAndToc(this.nextViewContainer, doc.id))
-        .switchMap(() => this.elementsLoader.loadContainingCustomElements(this.nextViewContainer))
-        .do(() => this.docReady.emit())
-        .switchMap(() => this.swapViews(addTitleAndToc))
-        .do(() => this.docRendered.emit())
-        .catch(err => {
+        tap(() => this.nextViewContainer.innerHTML = doc.contents || ''),
+        tap(() => addTitleAndToc = this.prepareTitleAndToc(this.nextViewContainer, doc.id)),
+        switchMap(() => this.elementsLoader.loadContainingCustomElements(this.nextViewContainer)),
+        tap(() => this.docReady.emit()),
+        switchMap(() => this.swapViews(addTitleAndToc)),
+        tap(() => this.docRendered.emit()),
+        catchError(err => {
           const errorMessage = (err instanceof Error) ? err.stack : err;
           this.logger.error(new Error(`[DocViewer] Error preparing document '${doc.id}': ${errorMessage}`));
           this.nextViewContainer.innerHTML = '';
           this.setNoIndex(true);
           return this.void$;
-        });
+        }),
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -199,16 +199,17 @@ export class DocViewerComponent implements OnDestroy {
           }
           elem.style.transition = '';
           return animationsDisabled
-              ? this.void$.do(() => elem.style[prop] = to)
-              : this.void$
+              ? this.void$.pipe(tap(() => elem.style[prop] = to))
+              : this.void$.pipe(
                     // In order to ensure that the `from` value will be applied immediately (i.e.
                     // without transition) and that the `to` value will be affected by the
                     // `transition` style, we need to ensure an animation frame has passed between
                     // setting each style.
-                    .switchMap(() => raf$).do(() => elem.style[prop] = from)
-                    .switchMap(() => raf$).do(() => elem.style.transition = `all ${duration}ms ease-in-out`)
-                    .switchMap(() => raf$).do(() => (elem.style as any)[prop] = to)
-                    .switchMap(() => timer(getActualDuration(elem))).switchMap(() => this.void$);
+                    switchMap(() => raf$), tap(() => elem.style[prop] = from),
+                    switchMap(() => raf$), tap(() => elem.style.transition = `all ${duration}ms ease-in-out`),
+                    switchMap(() => raf$), tap(() => (elem.style as any)[prop] = to),
+                    switchMap(() => timer(getActualDuration(elem))), switchMap(() => this.void$),
+                );
         };
 
     const animateLeave = (elem: HTMLElement) => animateProp(elem, 'opacity', '1', '0.1');
@@ -217,25 +218,27 @@ export class DocViewerComponent implements OnDestroy {
     let done$ = this.void$;
 
     if (this.currViewContainer.parentElement) {
-      done$ = done$
+      done$ = done$.pipe(
           // Remove the current view from the viewer.
-          .switchMap(() => animateLeave(this.currViewContainer))
-          .do(() => this.currViewContainer.parentElement!.removeChild(this.currViewContainer))
-          .do(() => this.docRemoved.emit());
+          switchMap(() => animateLeave(this.currViewContainer)),
+          tap(() => this.currViewContainer.parentElement!.removeChild(this.currViewContainer)),
+          tap(() => this.docRemoved.emit()),
+      );
     }
 
-    return done$
+    return done$.pipe(
         // Insert the next view into the viewer.
-        .do(() => this.hostElement.appendChild(this.nextViewContainer))
-        .do(() => onInsertedCb())
-        .do(() => this.docInserted.emit())
-        .switchMap(() => animateEnter(this.nextViewContainer))
+        tap(() => this.hostElement.appendChild(this.nextViewContainer)),
+        tap(() => onInsertedCb()),
+        tap(() => this.docInserted.emit()),
+        switchMap(() => animateEnter(this.nextViewContainer)),
         // Update the view references and clean up unused nodes.
-        .do(() => {
+        tap(() => {
           const prevViewContainer = this.currViewContainer;
           this.currViewContainer = this.nextViewContainer;
           this.nextViewContainer = prevViewContainer;
           this.nextViewContainer.innerHTML = '';  // Empty to release memory.
-        });
+        }),
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/layout/toc/toc.component.ts b/aio/src/app/layout/toc/toc.component.ts
index 9e05d8c76c..9be72171c0 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/layout/toc/toc.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/layout/toc/toc.component.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, OnDestroy, OnInit, QueryList, ViewChildren } from '@angular/core';
-import { asapScheduler as asap, Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/observable/combineLatest';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/subscribeOn';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeUntil';
+import { asapScheduler as asap, combineLatest, Subject } from 'rxjs';
+import { startWith, subscribeOn, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { ScrollService } from 'app/shared/scroll.service';
 import { TocItem, TocService } from 'app/shared/toc.service';
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ export class TocComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
 
   ngOnInit() {
     this.tocService.tocList
-        .takeUntil(this.onDestroy)
+        .pipe(takeUntil(this.onDestroy))
         .subscribe(tocList => {
           this.tocList = tocList;
           const itemCount = count(this.tocList, item => item.level !== 'h1');
@@ -54,8 +52,8 @@ export class TocComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
       // We use the `asap` scheduler because updates to `activeItemIndex` are triggered by DOM changes,
       // which, in turn, are caused by the rendering that happened due to a ChangeDetection.
       // Without asap, we would be updating the model while still in a ChangeDetection handler, which is disallowed by Angular.
-      Observable.combineLatest(this.tocService.activeItemIndex.subscribeOn(asap), this.items.changes.startWith(this.items))
-          .takeUntil(this.onDestroy)
+      combineLatest(this.tocService.activeItemIndex.pipe(subscribeOn(asap)), this.items.changes.pipe(startWith(this.items)))
+          .pipe(takeUntil(this.onDestroy))
           .subscribe(([index, items]) => {
             this.activeIndex = index;
             if (index === null || index >= items.length) {
diff --git a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
index c2e9fe62ce..dbee4e367c 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
-import { combineLatest, Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/publishLast';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/publishReplay';
+import { combineLatest, ConnectableObservable, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { map, publishLast, publishReplay } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { LocationService } from 'app/shared/location.service';
 import { CONTENT_URL_PREFIX } from 'app/documents/document.service';
@@ -56,30 +54,32 @@ export class NavigationService {
    */
   private fetchNavigationInfo(): Observable<NavigationResponse> {
     const navigationInfo = this.http.get<NavigationResponse>(navigationPath)
-      .publishLast();
-    navigationInfo.connect();
+      .pipe(publishLast());
+    (navigationInfo as ConnectableObservable<NavigationResponse>).connect();
     return navigationInfo;
   }
 
   private getVersionInfo(navigationInfo: Observable<NavigationResponse>) {
-    const versionInfo = navigationInfo
-      .map(response => response.__versionInfo)
-      .publishLast();
-    versionInfo.connect();
+    const versionInfo = navigationInfo.pipe(
+      map(response => response.__versionInfo),
+      publishLast(),
+    );
+    (versionInfo as ConnectableObservable<VersionInfo>).connect();
     return versionInfo;
   }
 
   private getNavigationViews(navigationInfo: Observable<NavigationResponse>): Observable<NavigationViews> {
-    const navigationViews = navigationInfo
-      .map(response => {
+    const navigationViews = navigationInfo.pipe(
+      map(response => {
         const views = Object.assign({}, response);
         Object.keys(views).forEach(key => {
           if (key[0] === '_') { delete views[key]; }
         });
         return views as NavigationViews;
-      })
-      .publishLast();
-    navigationViews.connect();
+      }),
+      publishLast(),
+    );
+    (navigationViews as ConnectableObservable<NavigationViews>).connect();
     return navigationViews;
   }
 
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ export class NavigationService {
    */
   private getCurrentNodes(navigationViews: Observable<NavigationViews>): Observable<CurrentNodes> {
     const currentNodes = combineLatest(
-      navigationViews.map(views => this.computeUrlToNavNodesMap(views)),
+      navigationViews.pipe(map(views => this.computeUrlToNavNodesMap(views))),
       this.location.currentPath,
 
       (navMap, url) => {
         const urlKey = url.startsWith('api/') ? 'api' : url;
         return navMap.get(urlKey) || { '' : { view: '', url: urlKey, nodes: [] }};
       })
-      .publishReplay(1);
-    currentNodes.connect();
+      .pipe(publishReplay(1));
+    (currentNodes as ConnectableObservable<CurrentNodes>).connect();
     return currentNodes;
   }
 
diff --git a/aio/src/app/search/search-box/search-box.component.ts b/aio/src/app/search/search-box/search-box.component.ts
index 27f6f385d5..af50c6fd58 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/search/search-box/search-box.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/search/search-box/search-box.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild, ElementRef, EventEmitter, Output } from '@angular/core';
 import { LocationService } from 'app/shared/location.service';
 import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/distinctUntilChanged';
+import { debounceTime, distinctUntilChanged } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 /**
  * This component provides a text box to type a search query that will be sent to the SearchService.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class SearchBoxComponent implements OnInit {
   private searchSubject = new Subject<string>();
 
   @ViewChild('searchBox') searchBox: ElementRef;
-  @Output() onSearch = this.searchSubject.distinctUntilChanged().debounceTime(this.searchDebounce);
+  @Output() onSearch = this.searchSubject.pipe(distinctUntilChanged(), debounceTime(this.searchDebounce));
   @Output() onFocus = new EventEmitter<string>();
 
   constructor(private locationService: LocationService) { }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/search/search.service.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/search/search.service.spec.ts
index 507b010564..27ededb7bf 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/search/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/search/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { ReflectiveInjector, NgZone } from '@angular/core';
 import { fakeAsync, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
 import { SearchService } from './search.service';
 import { WebWorkerClient } from 'app/shared/web-worker';
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
   let mockWorker: WebWorkerClient;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    sendMessageSpy = jasmine.createSpy('sendMessage').and.returnValue(Observable.of({}));
+    sendMessageSpy = jasmine.createSpy('sendMessage').and.returnValue(of({}));
     mockWorker = { sendMessage: sendMessageSpy } as any;
     spyOn(WebWorkerClient, 'create').and.returnValue(mockWorker);
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
       // We must initialize the service before calling connectSearches
       service.initWorker('some/url', 1000);
       // Simulate the index being ready so that searches get sent to the worker
-      (service as any).ready = Observable.of(true);
+      (service as any).ready = of(true);
     });
 
     it('should trigger a `loadIndex` synchronously (not waiting for the delay)', () => {
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
     it('should push the response to the returned observable', () => {
       const mockSearchResults = { results: ['a', 'b'] };
       let actualSearchResults: any;
-      (mockWorker.sendMessage as jasmine.Spy).and.returnValue(Observable.of(mockSearchResults));
+      (mockWorker.sendMessage as jasmine.Spy).and.returnValue(of(mockSearchResults));
       service.search('some query').subscribe(results => actualSearchResults = results);
       expect(actualSearchResults).toEqual(mockSearchResults);
     });
diff --git a/aio/src/app/search/search.service.ts b/aio/src/app/search/search.service.ts
index b3dbef0123..cd37900402 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/search/search.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/search/search.service.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ can be found in the LICENSE file at http://angular.io/license
 */
 
 import { NgZone, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Observable, race, ReplaySubject, timer } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/concatMap';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/first';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/publishReplay';
+import { ConnectableObservable, Observable, race, ReplaySubject, timer } from 'rxjs';
+import { concatMap, first, publishReplay } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { WebWorkerClient } from 'app/shared/web-worker';
 import { SearchResults } from 'app/search/interfaces';
 
@@ -31,16 +29,19 @@ export class SearchService {
     // Wait for the initDelay or the first search
     const ready = this.ready = race<any>(
         timer(initDelay),
-        (this.searchesSubject.asObservable()).first()
+        this.searchesSubject.asObservable().pipe(first()),
       )
-      .concatMap(() => {
-        // Create the worker and load the index
-        this.worker = WebWorkerClient.create(workerUrl, this.zone);
-        return this.worker.sendMessage<boolean>('load-index');
-      }).publishReplay(1);
+      .pipe(
+        concatMap(() => {
+          // Create the worker and load the index
+          this.worker = WebWorkerClient.create(workerUrl, this.zone);
+          return this.worker.sendMessage<boolean>('load-index');
+        }),
+        publishReplay(1),
+      );
 
     // Connect to the observable to kick off the timer
-    ready.connect();
+    (ready as ConnectableObservable<boolean>).connect();
     return ready;
   }
 
@@ -53,6 +54,6 @@ export class SearchService {
     // Trigger the searches subject to override the init delay timer
     this.searchesSubject.next(query);
     // Once the index has loaded, switch to listening to the searches coming in.
-    return this.ready.concatMap(() => this.worker.sendMessage<SearchResults>('query-index', query));
+    return this.ready.pipe(concatMap(() => this.worker.sendMessage<SearchResults>('query-index', query)));
   }
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts
index 285b761989..1f975ef7bc 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Location, PlatformLocation } from '@angular/common';
 
 import { ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';
+import { map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { GaService } from 'app/shared/ga.service';
 import { SwUpdatesService } from 'app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service';
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ export class LocationService {
   private swUpdateActivated = false;
 
   currentUrl = this.urlSubject
-    .map(url => this.stripSlashes(url));
+    .pipe(map(url => this.stripSlashes(url)));
 
-  currentPath = this.currentUrl
-    .map(url => (url.match(/[^?#]*/) || [])[0]) // strip query and hash
-    .do(path => this.gaService.locationChanged(path));
+  currentPath = this.currentUrl.pipe(
+    map(url => (url.match(/[^?#]*/) || [])[0]),  // strip query and hash
+    tap(path => this.gaService.locationChanged(path)),
+  );
 
   constructor(
     private gaService: GaService,
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/scroll-spy.service.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/scroll-spy.service.ts
index df46488afd..6b16ae6db6 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/scroll-spy.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/scroll-spy.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { DOCUMENT } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable, ReplaySubject, Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/observable/fromEvent';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/auditTime';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/distinctUntilChanged';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeUntil';
+import { fromEvent, Observable, ReplaySubject, Subject } from 'rxjs';
+import { auditTime, distinctUntilChanged, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { ScrollService } from 'app/shared/scroll.service';
 
@@ -122,8 +119,8 @@ export class ScrollSpiedElementGroup {
 export class ScrollSpyService {
   private spiedElementGroups: ScrollSpiedElementGroup[] = [];
   private onStopListening = new Subject();
-  private resizeEvents = Observable.fromEvent(window, 'resize').auditTime(300).takeUntil(this.onStopListening);
-  private scrollEvents = Observable.fromEvent(window, 'scroll').auditTime(10).takeUntil(this.onStopListening);
+  private resizeEvents = fromEvent(window, 'resize').pipe(auditTime(300), takeUntil(this.onStopListening));
+  private scrollEvents = fromEvent(window, 'scroll').pipe(auditTime(10), takeUntil(this.onStopListening));
   private lastContentHeight: number;
   private lastMaxScrollTop: number;
 
@@ -159,7 +156,7 @@ export class ScrollSpyService {
     this.spiedElementGroups.push(spiedGroup);
 
     return {
-      active: spiedGroup.activeScrollItem.asObservable().distinctUntilChanged(),
+      active: spiedGroup.activeScrollItem.asObservable().pipe(distinctUntilChanged()),
       unspy: () => this.unspy(spiedGroup)
     };
   }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.spec.ts
index b9bf55b533..d32eb23524 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ReflectiveInjector } from '@angular/core';
 import { fakeAsync, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { NgServiceWorker } from '@angular/service-worker';
 import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/take';
+import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 import { SwUpdatesService } from './sw-updates.service';
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ class MockNgServiceWorker {
   updates = this.$$updatesSubj.asObservable();
 
   activateUpdate = jasmine.createSpy('MockNgServiceWorker.activateUpdate')
-                          .and.callFake(() => this.$$activateUpdateSubj.take(1));
+                          .and.callFake(() => this.$$activateUpdateSubj.pipe(take(1)));
 
   checkForUpdate = jasmine.createSpy('MockNgServiceWorker.checkForUpdate')
-                          .and.callFake(() => this.$$checkForUpdateSubj.take(1));
+                          .and.callFake(() => this.$$checkForUpdateSubj.pipe(take(1)));
 }
diff --git a/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.ts b/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.ts
index 9dfae1c924..cbc373aeef 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/sw-updates/sw-updates.service.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { NgServiceWorker } from '@angular/service-worker';
-import { Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/concat';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/debounceTime';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/filter';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/startWith';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/take';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeUntil';
-
+import { concat, of, Subject } from 'rxjs';
+import { debounceTime, filter, map, startWith, take, takeUntil, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 
 
@@ -28,19 +20,22 @@ import { Logger } from 'app/shared/logger.service';
 @Injectable()
 export class SwUpdatesService implements OnDestroy {
   private checkInterval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 6;   // 6 hours
-  private onDestroy = new Subject();
-  private checkForUpdateSubj = new Subject();
-  updateActivated = this.sw.updates
-      .takeUntil(this.onDestroy)
-      .do(evt => this.log(`Update event: ${JSON.stringify(evt)}`))
-      .filter(({type}) => type === 'activation')
-      .map(({version}) => version);
+  private onDestroy = new Subject<void>();
+  private checkForUpdateSubj = new Subject<void>();
+  updateActivated = this.sw.updates.pipe(
+      takeUntil(this.onDestroy),
+      tap(evt => this.log(`Update event: ${JSON.stringify(evt)}`)),
+      filter(({type}) => type === 'activation'),
+      map(({version}) => version),
+  );
 
   constructor(private logger: Logger, private sw: NgServiceWorker) {
     this.checkForUpdateSubj
-        .debounceTime(this.checkInterval)
-        .startWith(null)
-        .takeUntil(this.onDestroy)
+        .pipe(
+            debounceTime(this.checkInterval),
+            startWith<void>(undefined),
+            takeUntil(this.onDestroy),
+        )
         .subscribe(() => this.checkForUpdate());
   }
 
@@ -56,11 +51,13 @@ export class SwUpdatesService implements OnDestroy {
 
   private checkForUpdate() {
     this.log('Checking for update...');
-    this.sw.checkForUpdate()
-        // Temp workaround for https://github.com/angular/mobile-toolkit/pull/137.
-        // TODO (gkalpak): Remove once #137 is fixed.
-        .concat(Observable.of(false)).take(1)
-        .do(v => this.log(`Update available: ${v}`))
+    // Temp workaround for https://github.com/angular/mobile-toolkit/pull/137.
+    // TODO (gkalpak): Remove once #137 is fixed.
+    concat(this.sw.checkForUpdate(), of(false))
+        .pipe(
+            take(1),
+            tap(v => this.log(`Update available: ${v}`)),
+        )
         .subscribe(v => v ? this.activateUpdate() : this.scheduleCheckForUpdate());
   }
 
diff --git a/aio/src/main.ts b/aio/src/main.ts
index 40593a4b23..de675719f7 100644
--- a/aio/src/main.ts
+++ b/aio/src/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { enableProdMode, ApplicationRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
 import { environment } from './environments/environment';
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ if (environment.production) {
 platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule).then(ref => {
   if (environment.production && 'serviceWorker' in (navigator as any)) {
     const appRef: ApplicationRef = ref.injector.get(ApplicationRef);
-    appRef.isStable.first().subscribe(() => {
+    appRef.isStable.pipe(first()).subscribe(() => {
       (navigator as any).serviceWorker.register('/worker-basic.min.js');
     });
   }
diff --git a/aio/src/testing/location.service.ts b/aio/src/testing/location.service.ts
index a729b6a2f7..f51ff294dc 100644
--- a/aio/src/testing/location.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/testing/location.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 export class MockLocationService {
   urlSubject = new BehaviorSubject<string>(this.initialUrl);
-  currentUrl = this.urlSubject.asObservable().map(url => this.stripSlashes(url));
+  currentUrl = this.urlSubject.asObservable().pipe(map(url => this.stripSlashes(url)));
   // strip off query and hash
-  currentPath = this.currentUrl.map(url => url.match(/[^?#]*/)![0]);
+  currentPath = this.currentUrl.pipe(map(url => url.match(/[^?#]*/)![0]));
   search = jasmine.createSpy('search').and.returnValue({});
   setSearch = jasmine.createSpy('setSearch');
   go = jasmine.createSpy('Location.go').and