diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f86f711..c061da06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ find some more additional information [here](doc/miscellaneous/comparison.md).
 Here is a short example to illustrate interactive components:
 
 ```javascript
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 const { xml } = owl.tags;
 
 class Counter extends Component {
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ class App extends Component {
   static components = { Counter };
 }
 
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 ```
 
 Note that the counter component is made reactive with the [`useState` hook](doc/reference/hooks.md#usestate).
diff --git a/doc/learning/how_to_test.md b/doc/learning/how_to_test.md
index b8fb4901..ca1fd70c 100644
--- a/doc/learning/how_to_test.md
+++ b/doc/learning/how_to_test.md
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 describe("SomeComponent", () => {
   test("component behaves as expected", async () => {
     const props = {...}; // depends on the component
-    const comp = new SomeComponent(null, props);
-    await comp.mount(fixture);
+    const comp = await mount(SomeComponent, { target: fixture, props });
 
     // do some assertions
     expect(...).toBe(...);
diff --git a/doc/learning/quick_start.md b/doc/learning/quick_start.md
index e4f99246..48deae64 100644
--- a/doc/learning/quick_start.md
+++ b/doc/learning/quick_start.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Now, `index.html` should contain the following:
 And `app.js` should look like this:
 
 ```js
-const { Component } = owl;
+const { Component, mount } = owl;
 const { xml } = owl.tags;
 const { whenReady } = owl.utils;
 
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 
 // Setup code
 function setup() {
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  mount(App, target: { document.body })
 }
 
 whenReady(setup);
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ Here is the content of `app.js` and `main.js`:
 
 ```js
 // app.js ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-const { Component } = owl;
+const { Component, mount } = owl;
 const { xml } = owl.tags;
 
 export class App extends Component {
@@ -135,8 +134,7 @@ export class App extends Component {
 import { App } from "./app.js";
 
 function setup() {
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  mount(App, { target: document.body });
 }
 
 owl.utils.whenReady(setup);
@@ -240,12 +238,11 @@ export class App extends Component {
 }
 
 // src/main.js -----------------------------------------------------------------
-import { utils } from "@odoo/owl";
+import { utils, mount } from "@odoo/owl";
 import { App } from "./components/App";
 
 function setup() {
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  mount(App, { target: document.body });
 }
 
 utils.whenReady(setup);
@@ -253,6 +250,7 @@ utils.whenReady(setup);
 // tests/components/App.test.js ------------------------------------------------
 import { App } from "../../src/components/App";
 import { makeTestFixture, nextTick, click } from "../helpers";
+import { mount } from "@odoo/owl";
 
 let fixture;
 
@@ -266,8 +264,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 describe("App", () => {
   test("Works as expected...", async () => {
-    const app = new App();
-    await app.mount(fixture);
+    await mount(App, { target: fixture });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>Hello Owl</div>");
 
     click(fixture, "div");
diff --git a/doc/learning/tutorial_todoapp.md b/doc/learning/tutorial_todoapp.md
index 90b507cf..aec1f8c9 100644
--- a/doc/learning/tutorial_todoapp.md
+++ b/doc/learning/tutorial_todoapp.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ a single root component. Let us start by defining an `App` component. Replace th
 content of the function in `app.js` by the following code:
 
 ```js
-const { Component } = owl;
+const { Component, mount } = owl;
 const { xml } = owl.tags;
 const { whenReady } = owl.utils;
 
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 
 // Setup code
 function setup() {
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  mount(App, { target: document.body });
 }
 
 whenReady(setup);
@@ -279,8 +278,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function setup() {
     owl.config.mode = "dev";
-    const app = new App();
-    app.mount(document.body);
+    mount(App, { target: document.body });
 }
 
 whenReady(setup);
@@ -639,8 +637,7 @@ function setup() {
   owl.config.mode = "dev";
   const store = new Store({ actions, state: initialState });
   App.env.store = store;
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  mount(App, { target: document.body });
 }
 
 whenReady(setup);
@@ -666,9 +663,8 @@ function makeStore() {
 
 function setup() {
   owl.config.mode = "dev";
-  App.env.store = makeStore();
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  const env = {store = makeStore()};
+  mount(App, { target: document.body, env });
 }
 ```
 
@@ -943,9 +939,8 @@ For reference, here is the final code:
 
   function setup() {
     owl.config.mode = "dev";
-    App.env.store = makeStore();
-    const app = new App();
-    app.mount(document.body);
+    const env = {store = makeStore()};
+    mount(App, { target: document.body, env });
   }
 
   whenReady(setup);
diff --git a/doc/readme.md b/doc/readme.md
index c0e7db0c..4507ac14 100644
--- a/doc/readme.md
+++ b/doc/readme.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ provided by Owl.
 - [Event Handling](reference/event_handling.md)
 - [Error Handling](reference/error_handling.md)
 - [Hooks](reference/hooks.md)
+- [Mounting a component](reference/mounting.md)
 - [Miscellaneous Components](reference/misc.md)
 - [Observer](reference/observer.md)
 - [Props](reference/props.md)
diff --git a/doc/reference/component.md b/doc/reference/component.md
index a9136f79..9510c6b4 100644
--- a/doc/reference/component.md
+++ b/doc/reference/component.md
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ We explain here all the public methods of the `Component` class.
   // app is now visible
   ```
 
+  Note that the normal way of mounting an application is by using the `mount`
+  method on a component class, not by creating the instance by hand. See the
+  documentation on [mounting applications](mounting.md).
+
 * **`unmount()`**: in case a component needs to be detached/removed from the DOM, this
   method can be used. Most applications should not call `unmount`, this is more
   useful to the underlying component system.
diff --git a/doc/reference/content.md b/doc/reference/content.md
index 5eba3793..54d74508 100644
--- a/doc/reference/content.md
+++ b/doc/reference/content.md
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ exported as `owl.core.EventBus`.
 Component                               misc
 Context                                     AsyncRoot
 QWeb                                        Portal
-Store                                   router
-useState                                    Link
-config                                      RouteComponent
-    mode                                    Router
+mount                                   router
+Store                                       Link
+useState                                    RouteComponent
+config                                      Router
+    mode
 core                                    tags
     EventBus                                css
     Observer                                xml
diff --git a/doc/reference/environment.md b/doc/reference/environment.md
index 90bbee0b..21f62b7d 100644
--- a/doc/reference/environment.md
+++ b/doc/reference/environment.md
@@ -49,15 +49,14 @@ The correct way to customize an environment is to simply set it up on the root
 component class, before the first component is created:
 
 ```js
-App.env = {
+const env = {
     _t: myTranslateFunction,
     user: {...},
     services: {
         ...
     },
 };
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body, env });
 ```
 
 It is also possible to simply share an environment between all root components,
@@ -121,9 +120,8 @@ async function myEnv() {
 }
 
 async function start() {
-  App.env = await myEnv();
-  const app = new App();
-  await app.mount(document.body);
+  const env = await myEnv();
+  mount(App, { target: document.body, env });
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/misc.md b/doc/reference/misc.md
index 27b1a474..06ccfee0 100644
--- a/doc/reference/misc.md
+++ b/doc/reference/misc.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ workflow to help the user put in some data, which it could use later on.
 JavaScript:
 
 ```js
-const { Component } = owl;
+const { Component, mount } = owl;
 const { Portal } = owl.misc;
 
 class TeleportedComponent extends Component {}
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class App extends Component {
   static components = { Portal, TeleportedComponent };
 }
 
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 ```
 
 XML:
diff --git a/doc/reference/mounting.md b/doc/reference/mounting.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1e57a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/reference/mounting.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# 🦉 Mounting an application 🦉
+
+## Content
+
+- [Overview](#overview)
+- [API](#api)
+
+## Overview
+
+Mounting an Owl application is done by using the `mount` method (available in
+`owl.mount` if you are using the iife build, or it can be directly imported
+from `owl` if you are using a module system):
+
+```js
+const mount = { owl }; // if owl is available as an object
+
+const env = { ... };
+const app = await mount(MyComponent, { target: document.body, env });
+```
+
+Another example:
+
+```js
+const config = {
+  env: ...,
+  props: ...,
+  target: document.body,
+  position: "self",
+};
+const app = await mount(App, config);
+```
+
+A common way to initialize an application is to first setup an environment,
+then to call the `mount` method.
+
+## API
+
+Mount takes two parameters:
+
+- `C`, which should be a component class (NOT instance),
+- `params`, which is an object with the following keys:
+  - `target (HTMLElement | DocumentFragment)`: the target of the mount operation
+  - `env (optional, Env)` an environment
+  - `position (optional, "first-child" | "last-child" | "self")` the position
+    where it should be mounted (see below for more informations)
+  - `props (optional, any)`: some initial values that are given as props. Useful
+    when the root component is configurable, or when testing sub components
+
+Here are the various positions supported by Owl:
+
+- `first-child`: with this option, the component will be prepended inside the target,
+- `last-child` (default value): with this option, the component will be
+  appended in the target element,
+- `self`: the target will be used as the root element for the component. This
+  means that the target has to be an HTMLElement (and not a document fragment).
+  In this situation, it is possible that the component cannot be unmounted. For
+  example, if its target is `document.body`.
+
+The `mount` method returns a promise that resolves to the instance of the created
+component.
diff --git a/doc/reference/utils.md b/doc/reference/utils.md
index 61668e87..5213bd05 100644
--- a/doc/reference/utils.md
+++ b/doc/reference/utils.md
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ argument, it executes it as soon as the DOM ready (or directly).
 ```js
 Promise.all([loadFile("templates.xml"), owl.utils.whenReady()]).then(function ([templates]) {
   const qweb = new owl.QWeb({ templates });
-  const app = new App({ qweb });
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  const env = { qweb };
+  await mount(App, { env, target: document.body });
 });
 ```
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ or alternatively:
 ```js
 owl.utils.whenReady(function () {
   const qweb = new owl.QWeb();
-  const app = new App({ qweb });
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  const env = { qweb };
+  await mount(App, { env, target: document.body });
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/component/component.ts b/src/component/component.ts
index 17f000dc..faafa16f 100644
--- a/src/component/component.ts
+++ b/src/component/component.ts
@@ -729,3 +729,34 @@ export class Component<Props extends {} = any, T extends Env = Env> {
     }
   }
 }
+
+interface MountParameters {
+  env?: Env;
+  target: HTMLElement | DocumentFragment;
+  props?: any;
+  position?: MountOptions["position"];
+}
+
+interface Type<T> extends Function {
+  new (...args: any[]): T;
+}
+
+export async function mount<T extends Type<Component>>(
+  C: T,
+  params: MountParameters
+): Promise<InstanceType<T>> {
+  const { env, props, target } = params;
+  let origEnv = C.hasOwnProperty("env") ? (C as any).env : null;
+  if (env) {
+    ((C as any) as typeof Component).env = env;
+  }
+  const component: Component = new C(null, props);
+  if (origEnv) {
+    (C as any).env = origEnv;
+  } else {
+    delete (C as any).env;
+  }
+  const position = params.position || "last-child";
+  await component.mount(target, { position });
+  return component as any;
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index df54acae..f4d6ff1a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Link } from "./router/link";
 import { RouteComponent } from "./router/route_component";
 import { Router } from "./router/router";
 
-export { Component } from "./component/component";
+export { Component, mount } from "./component/component";
 export { QWeb };
 export { config };
 
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ export const hooks = Object.assign({}, _hooks, {
   useGetters: _store.useGetters,
   useStore: _store.useStore,
 });
+
 export const __info__ = {};
diff --git a/tests/component/component.test.ts b/tests/component/component.test.ts
index d4eec141..6d17f08c 100644
--- a/tests/component/component.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component/component.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Env } from "../../src/component/component";
+import { Component, Env, mount } from "../../src/component/component";
 import { EventBus } from "../../src/core/event_bus";
 import { useRef, useState } from "../../src/hooks";
 import { QWeb } from "../../src/qweb/qweb";
@@ -69,18 +69,23 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
     class SomeWidget extends Component {
       static template = xml`<div>content</div>`;
     }
-    const widget = new SomeWidget();
-    widget.mount(fixture);
-    await nextTick();
+    await mount(SomeWidget, { target: fixture });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>content</div>");
   });
 
+  test("can be mounted with props", async () => {
+    class SomeWidget extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<div><t t-esc="props.content"/></div>`;
+    }
+    await mount(SomeWidget, { target: fixture, props: { content: "foo" } });
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>foo</div>");
+  });
+
   test("can be mounted on a documentFragment", async () => {
     class SomeWidget extends Component {
       static template = xml`<div>content</div>`;
     }
-    const widget = new SomeWidget();
-    await widget.mount(document.createDocumentFragment());
+    const widget = await mount(SomeWidget, { target: document.createDocumentFragment() });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("");
     await widget.mount(fixture);
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>content</div>");
@@ -90,10 +95,9 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
     class SomeWidget extends Component {
       static template = xml`<div>content</div>`;
     }
-    const widget = new SomeWidget();
     let error;
     try {
-      await widget.mount(null as any);
+      await mount(SomeWidget, { target: null as any });
     } catch (e) {
       error = e;
     }
@@ -107,10 +111,9 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
     class SomeWidget extends Component {
       static template = xml`<t/>`;
     }
-    const widget = new SomeWidget();
     let error;
     try {
-      await widget.mount(fixture);
+      await mount(SomeWidget, { target: fixture });
     } catch (e) {
       error = e;
     }
@@ -137,8 +140,7 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
       });
     }
 
-    const counter = new Counter();
-    counter.mount(fixture);
+    const counter = await mount(Counter, { target: fixture });
     await nextTick();
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>0<button>Inc</button></div>");
     const button = (<HTMLElement>counter.el).getElementsByTagName("button")[0];
@@ -156,8 +158,7 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
       static components = { Child };
     }
 
-    const parent = new Parent();
-    await parent.mount(fixture);
+    await mount(Parent, { target: fixture });
     expect(env.qweb.templates[Parent.template].fn.toString()).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div><span></span></div>");
   });
@@ -171,9 +172,8 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
       });
     }
 
-    const counter = new Counter();
     const target = document.createElement("div");
-    await counter.mount(target);
+    const counter = await mount(Counter, { target: target });
     expect(target.innerHTML).toBe("<div>0<button>Inc</button></div>");
     const button = (<HTMLElement>counter.el).getElementsByTagName("button")[0];
     button.click();
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
         <div style="font-weight:bold;" class="some-class">world</div>
       `;
     }
-    const widget = new StyledWidget();
-    await widget.mount(fixture);
+    await mount(StyledWidget, { target: fixture });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe(`<div style="font-weight:bold;" class="some-class">world</div>`);
   });
 
@@ -212,8 +211,8 @@ describe("basic widget properties", () => {
         steps.push("patched");
       }
     }
-    const widget = new TestW();
-    await widget.mount(fixture);
+    await mount(TestW, { target: fixture });
+
     expect(steps).toEqual(["__render", "mounted"]);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts b/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts
index 10411a1e..553989ec 100644
--- a/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component/un_mounting.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Env } from "../../src/component/component";
+import { Component, Env, mount } from "../../src/component/component";
 import { useState } from "../../src/hooks";
 import { xml } from "../../src/tags";
 import { makeDeferred, makeTestEnv, makeTestFixture, nextTick, nextMicroTick } from "../helpers";
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ describe("mount targets", () => {
     div.innerHTML = `<p>pre-existing</p>`;
     fixture.appendChild(div);
 
-    const app = new App();
-    await app.mount(div, { position: "self" });
+    const app = await mount(App, { target: div, position: "self" });
 
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe(
       `<div class="arbitrary custom"><p>pre-existing</p>app<p>another tag</p></div>`
@@ -66,10 +65,9 @@ describe("mount targets", () => {
     const div = document.createElement("div");
     fixture.appendChild(div);
 
-    const app = new App();
     let error;
     try {
-      await app.mount(div, { position: "self" });
+      await mount(App, { target: div, position: "self" });
     } catch (e) {
       error = e;
     }
@@ -84,8 +82,7 @@ describe("mount targets", () => {
     const span = document.createElement("span");
     fixture.appendChild(span);
 
-    const app = new App();
-    await app.mount(fixture, { position: "first-child" });
+    await mount(App, { target: fixture, position: "first-child" });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>app</div><span></span>");
   });
 
@@ -96,8 +93,7 @@ describe("mount targets", () => {
     const span = document.createElement("span");
     fixture.appendChild(span);
 
-    const app = new App();
-    await app.mount(fixture, { position: "last-child" });
+    await mount(App, { target: fixture, position: "last-child" });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<span></span><div>app</div>");
   });
 
@@ -108,8 +104,7 @@ describe("mount targets", () => {
     const span = document.createElement("span");
     fixture.appendChild(span);
 
-    const app = new App();
-    await app.mount(fixture);
+    await mount(App, { target: fixture });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<span></span><div>app</div>");
   });
 });
@@ -133,8 +128,7 @@ describe("unmounting and remounting", () => {
       }
     }
 
-    const w = new MyWidget();
-    await w.mount(fixture);
+    const w = await mount(MyWidget, { target: fixture });
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>Hey</div>");
     expect(steps).toEqual(["willstart", "mounted"]);
 
@@ -162,8 +156,7 @@ describe("unmounting and remounting", () => {
       }
     }
 
-    const w = new MyWidget();
-    await w.mount(fixture);
+    const w = await mount(MyWidget, { target: fixture });
     await w.mount(fixture);
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>Hey</div>");
     expect(steps).toEqual(["willstart", "mounted"]);
@@ -203,8 +196,7 @@ describe("unmounting and remounting", () => {
       state = useState({ val: 1, flag: true });
     }
 
-    const widget = new Parent();
-    await widget.mount(fixture);
+    const widget = await mount(Parent, { target: fixture });
     expect(steps).toEqual(["render"]);
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div><span>12</span></div>");
     widget.state.flag = false;
diff --git a/tools/playground/app.js b/tools/playground/app.js
index 3345f67a..79b60377 100644
--- a/tools/playground/app.js
+++ b/tools/playground/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { SAMPLES } from "./samples.js";
-const { useState, useRef, onMounted, onWillUnmount } = owl.hooks;
+const { mount, hooks } = owl;
+const { useState, useRef, onMounted, onWillUnmount } = hooks;
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Constants, helpers, utils
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -419,9 +420,8 @@ async function start() {
     owl.utils.whenReady()
   ]);
   const qweb = new owl.QWeb({ templates });
-  owl.Component.env = { qweb };
-  const app = new App();
-  app.mount(document.body);
+  const env = { qweb };
+  await mount(App, {target: document.body, env});
 }
 
 start();
diff --git a/tools/playground/samples.js b/tools/playground/samples.js
index 0423f140..b4cda13d 100644
--- a/tools/playground/samples.js
+++ b/tools/playground/samples.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const COMPONENTS = `// In this example, we show how components can be defined and created.
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 
 class Greeter extends Component {
     constructor() {
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 App.components = { Greeter };
 
 // Application setup
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const COMPONENTS_XML = `<templates>
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ const COMPONENTS_CSS = `.greeter {
 
 const ANIMATION = `// The goal of this component is to see how the t-transition directive can be
 // used to generate simple transition effects.
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 
 class Counter extends Component {
     constructor() {
@@ -80,8 +79,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 }
 App.components = { Counter };
 
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const ANIMATION_XML = `<templates>
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ const LIFECYCLE_DEMO = `// This example shows all the possible lifecycle hooks
 // methods in the console.  Try modifying its state by clicking on it, or by
 // clicking on the two main buttons, and look into the console to see what
 // happens.
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 
 class DemoComponent extends Component {
     constructor() {
@@ -240,8 +238,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 }
 App.components = { DemoComponent };
 
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const LIFECYCLE_DEMO_XML = `<templates>
@@ -273,7 +270,8 @@ const LIFECYCLE_CSS = `button {
 }`;
 
 const HOOKS_DEMO = `// In this example, we show how hooks can be used or defined.
-const {useState, onMounted, onWillUnmount} = owl.hooks;
+const { hooks, mount } = owl;
+const {useState, onMounted, onWillUnmount} = hooks;
 
 // We define here a custom behaviour: this hook tracks the state of the mouse
 // position
@@ -312,8 +310,7 @@ class App extends owl.Component {
 }
 
 // Application setup
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const HOOKS_DEMO_XML = `<templates>
@@ -332,7 +329,7 @@ const HOOKS_CSS = `button {
 
 const CONTEXT_JS = `// In this example, we show how components can use the Context and 'useContext'
 // hook to share information between them.
-const { Component, Context } = owl;
+const { Component, Context, mount } = owl;
 const { useContext } = owl.hooks;
 
 class ToolbarButton extends Component {
@@ -367,8 +364,7 @@ const themeContext = new Context({
 });
 // Add the themeContext the environment to make it available to all components
 App.env.themeContext = themeContext;
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const CONTEXT_XML = `<templates>
@@ -395,7 +391,7 @@ const TODO_APP_STORE = `// This example is an implementation of the TodoList app
 //
 // In this implementation, we use the owl Store class to manage the state.  It
 // is very similar to the VueX store.
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 const { useRef, useStore, useDispatch, onPatched, onMounted } = owl.hooks;
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -568,8 +564,7 @@ function makeStore() {
 }
 
 TodoApp.env.store = makeStore();
-const app = new TodoApp();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(TodoApp, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const TODO_APP_STORE_XML = `<templates>
@@ -1060,8 +1055,7 @@ function setupResponsivePlugin(env) {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 setupResponsivePlugin(App.env);
 
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+owl.mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const RESPONSIVE_XML = `<templates>
@@ -1173,7 +1167,7 @@ const SLOTS = `// We show here how slots can be used to create generic component
 //
 // Note that the t-on-click event, defined in the App template, is executed in
 // the context of the App component, even though it is inside the Card component
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 
 class Card extends Component {
     constructor() {
@@ -1211,8 +1205,8 @@ class App extends Component {
 App.components = {Card, Counter};
 
 // Application setup
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);`;
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
+`;
 
 const SLOTS_XML = `<templates>
   <div t-name="Card" class="card" t-att-class="state.showContent ? 'full' : 'small'">
@@ -1298,7 +1292,7 @@ const ASYNC_COMPONENTS = `// This example will not work if your browser does not
 // However, we don't want renderings of the other sub component to be delayed
 // because of the slow component. We use the AsyncRoot component for this
 // purpose. Try removing it to see the difference.
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 const { AsyncRoot } = owl.misc;
 
 class SlowComponent extends Component {
@@ -1329,8 +1323,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 }
 App.components = {SlowComponent, NotificationList, AsyncRoot};
 
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const ASYNC_COMPONENTS_XML = `<templates>
@@ -1385,7 +1378,7 @@ const FORM = `// This example illustrate how the t-model directive can be used t
 // data between html inputs (and select/textareas) and the state of a component.
 // Note that there are two controls with t-model="color": they are totally
 // synchronized.
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 
 class Form extends Component {
     constructor() {
@@ -1401,8 +1394,7 @@ class Form extends Component {
 }
 
 // Application setup
-const form = new Form();
-form.mount(document.body);
+mount(Form, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const FORM_XML = `<templates>
@@ -1448,7 +1440,7 @@ const PORTAL_COMPONENTS = `
 // This shows the expected use case of Portal
 // which is to implement something similar
 // to bootstrap modal
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 const { Portal } = owl.misc;
 
 class Modal extends Component {}
@@ -1470,8 +1462,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 App.components = { Dialog , Interstellar };
 
 // Application setup
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const PORTAL_XML = `
@@ -1559,7 +1550,7 @@ const WMS = `// This example is slightly more complex than usual. We demonstrate
 // - minimal width/height
 // - better heuristic for initial window position
 // - ...
-const { Component, useState } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, mount } = owl;
 const { useRef } = owl.hooks;
 
 class HelloWorld extends Component {}
@@ -1699,8 +1690,7 @@ const windows = [
 ];
 
 App.env.windows = windows;
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 const WMS_XML = `<templates>
@@ -1818,7 +1808,7 @@ const SFC = `// This example illustrates how Owl enables single file components,
 // Note that this example has no external xml or css file, everything is
 // contained in a single js file.
 
-const { Component, useState, tags } = owl;
+const { Component, useState, tags, mount } = owl;
 const { xml, css } = tags;
 
 // Counter component
@@ -1850,8 +1840,7 @@ App.template = APP_TEMPLATE;
 App.components = { Counter };
 
 // Application setup
-const app = new App();
-app.mount(document.body);
+mount(App, { target: document.body });
 `;
 
 export const SAMPLES = [