ng2-fundamentals (github.com/jmcooper/ng2-fundamentals)

routes.ts

import { Routes } from '@angular/router'
import { EventsListComponent } from './events/event-details/event-details.component'


export const appRoutes:Routes = [
  { path  : 'events', component: EventsListComponent },
  { path  : '',       redirectTo: '/events',  pathMatch : 'full' }
]

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "removeComments": false,
    "noImplicitAny": false,
    "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true,
    "typeRoots": [
      "./node_modules/@types/"
    ]
  },
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules/*",
    "**/*-aot.ts"
  ]
}