Error on routes array on angular2 routing

Question

this is my app.module.ts file

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';
import { RouterModule, Routes} from '@angular/router';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { CronoComponent } from './crono/crono.component';
import { ClockFactory } from './classes/clockFactory';
import { PruebaComponent } from './prueba/prueba.component';

const routes: Routes = [
  { path:'', redirectTo:'home'},
  { path:'crono', component:'CronoComponent' },
  { path:'prueba', component:'PruebaComponent' }
];

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent,
    CronoComponent,
    PruebaComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    FormsModule,
    HttpModule,
    RouterModule.forRoot(routes)
  ],
  providers: [ClockFactory],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

I have an error on the routes array declaration ,says that the content of routes is not assignable to a Routes array.This is the complete error message that it shows

Type '({ path: string; redirectTo: string; } | { path: string; component: string; })[]' is not assignable to type 'Route[]'.
  Type '{ path: string; redirectTo: string; } | { path: string; component: string; }' is not assignable to type 'Route'.
    Type '{ path: string; component: string; }' is not assignable to type 'Route'.
      Types of property 'component' are incompatible.
        Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'Type<any>'

Answer 1

1. To use redirectTo , you have to use pathMatch .
2. The component s shouldn't be strings but the component itself.

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