diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index bcb867aa..c3e40ff2 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {COURSES} from '../db-data';
 import {CoursesService} from './courses/courses.service';
 import {createCustomElement} from '@angular/elements';
 import {CourseTitleComponent} from './course-title/course-title.component';
+import {HttpClient, HttpParams} from '@angular/common/http';
 
 
 @Component({
@@ -14,12 +15,21 @@ import {CourseTitleComponent} from './course-title/course-title.component';
     styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
 })
 export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
+    // in order to instantiate the Application Component Class,
+    // Angular is going to invoke the constructor and pass the multiple dependencies
+    // once it is done, Angular will then call ngOnInit() method
 
-    courses: Course[] = COURSES;
+    courses;
 
-    coursesTotal = this.courses.length;
+    // coursesTotal = this.courses.length;
 
     constructor(
+        private http: HttpClient,
+        // an angular built in service, Http service that is used to fetch data from the backend
+        // inject it in the class via the constructor
+        // declaring a reference to the service and Angular will know when it instantiates this class
+        // that it needs to provide this dependency
+
         private coursesService: CoursesService,
         @Inject(CONFIG_TOKEN) private config: AppConfig,
         private injector: Injector) {
@@ -27,8 +37,24 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     ngOnInit() {
-
-        const htmlElement = createCustomElement(CourseTitleComponent, {injector:this.injector});
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+      // the best place to put some initialization logic such as triggering an HTTP backend call that is going to fetch the data that this component needs
+      // a lifecycle hook that will be called by the Angular framework itself and not by us
+
+      const params = new HttpParams()
+        .set('page', '1')
+        .set('pageSize', '10');
+      // adding get parameters
+      // this class has an immutability based api, if we want to change the parameters being passed (currently none)
+      // we need to call the set method
+
+      this.http.get('/api/courses', {params})
+      // an observable, we need to subscribe to it to trigger it
+        .subscribe(
+          courses => this.courses = courses
+          // a success handler, a function that is going to give us back the value returned by the api call
+        );
+        const htmlElement = createCustomElement(CourseTitleComponent, {injector: this.injector});
 
         customElements.define('course-title', htmlElement);