Enable TS strict mode in all templates and generally clean up TS references

templates/AngularSpa/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es5",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true, // Workaround for https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/17863. Remove this if you upgrade to a fixed version of Angular.
+    "strict": true,
     "lib": [ "es6", "dom" ],
     "types": [ "webpack-env" ]
   },

templates/AureliaSpa/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es5",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": true,
     "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ],
     "types": [ "webpack-env" ]
   },

templates/KnockoutSpa/ClientApp/boot.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import './css/site.css';
 import 'bootstrap';
 import * as ko from 'knockout';
+import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
 import './webpack-component-loader';
 import AppRootComponent from './components/app-root/app-root';
-import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
 const baseUrl = document.getElementsByTagName('base')[0].getAttribute('href')!;
 const basename = baseUrl.substring(0, baseUrl.length - 1); // History component needs no trailing slash
 

templates/KnockoutSpa/ClientApp/router.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as ko from 'knockout';
 import * as $ from 'jquery';
 import * as History from 'history';
-import crossroads = require('crossroads');
+import * as crossroads from 'crossroads';
 
 // This module configures crossroads.js, a routing library. If you prefer, you
 // can use any other routing library (or none at all) as Knockout is designed to
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class Router {
         // Reset and configure Crossroads so it matches routes and updates this.currentRoute
         crossroads.removeAllRoutes();
         crossroads.resetState();
-        crossroads.normalizeFn = crossroads.NORM_AS_OBJECT;
+        (crossroads as any).normalizeFn = crossroads.NORM_AS_OBJECT;
         routes.forEach(route => {
             crossroads.addRoute(route.url, (requestParams: any) => {
                 this.currentRoute(ko.utils.extend(requestParams, route.params));

templates/KnockoutSpa/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/history": {
-      "version": "2.0.48",
-      "from": "@types/history@>=2.0.38 <3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/history/-/history-2.0.48.tgz",
+      "version": "4.6.0",
+      "from": "@types/history@4.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/history/-/history-4.6.0.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/jquery": {
@@ -38,18 +38,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/knockout/-/knockout-3.4.41.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "@types/react": {
-      "version": "15.0.31",
-      "from": "@types/react@*",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react/-/react-15.0.31.tgz",
-      "dev": true
-    },
-    "@types/react-router": {
-      "version": "2.0.50",
-      "from": "@types/react-router@>=2.0.37 <3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react-router/-/react-router-2.0.50.tgz",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "@types/signals": {
       "version": "0.0.16",
       "from": "@types/signals@0.0.16",

templates/KnockoutSpa/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "@types/history": "^4.6.0",
     "@types/jquery": "^2.0.32",
     "@types/knockout": "^3.4.41",
-    "@types/react-router": "^2.0.37",
     "@types/signals": "0.0.16",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.13.0",
     "aspnet-webpack": "^2.0.1",

templates/KnockoutSpa/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es5",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": true,
     "types": ["es6-promise", "webpack-env"]
   },
   "exclude": [

templates/ReactReduxSpa/ClientApp/store/WeatherForecasts.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const actionCreators = {
 // ----------------
 // REDUCER - For a given state and action, returns the new state. To support time travel, this must not mutate the old state.
 
-const unloadedState: WeatherForecastsState = { startDateIndex: undefined, forecasts: [], isLoading: false };
+const unloadedState: WeatherForecastsState = { forecasts: [], isLoading: false };
 
 export const reducer: Reducer<WeatherForecastsState> = (state: WeatherForecastsState, incomingAction: Action) => {
     const action = incomingAction as KnownAction;

templates/ReactReduxSpa/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": ".",
+    "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es5",
     "jsx": "react",
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": true,
     "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
-    "types": [ "webpack-env" ],
-    "paths": {
-      // Fix "Duplicate identifier" errors caused by multiple dependencies fetching their own copies of type definitions.
-      // We tell TypeScript which type definitions module to treat as the canonical one (instead of combining all of them).
-      "history": ["./node_modules/@types/history/index"],
-      "redux": ["./node_modules/@types/redux/index"],
-      "react": ["./node_modules/@types/react/index"]
-    }
+    "types": ["webpack-env"]
   },
   "exclude": [
       "bin",

templates/ReactSpa/ClientApp/components/Counter.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';
 
 interface CounterState {
     currentCount: number;
 }
 
-export class Counter extends React.Component<{}, CounterState> {
+export class Counter extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps<{}>, CounterState> {
     constructor() {
         super();
         this.state = { currentCount: 0 };

templates/ReactSpa/ClientApp/components/FetchData.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';
 import 'isomorphic-fetch';
 
 interface FetchDataExampleState {
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ interface FetchDataExampleState {
     loading: boolean;
 }
 
-export class FetchData extends React.Component<{}, FetchDataExampleState> {
+export class FetchData extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps<{}>, FetchDataExampleState> {
     constructor() {
         super();
         this.state = { forecasts: [], loading: true };

templates/ReactSpa/ClientApp/components/Home.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';
 
-export class Home extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
+export class Home extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps<{}>, {}> {
     public render() {
         return <div>
             <h1>Hello, world!</h1>

templates/ReactSpa/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": ".",
+    "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es5",
     "jsx": "react",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
-    "types": [ "webpack-env" ],
-    "paths": {
-      // Fix "Duplicate identifier" errors caused by multiple dependencies fetching their own copies of type definitions.
-      // We tell TypeScript which type definitions module to treat as the canonical one (instead of combining all of them).
-      "history": ["./node_modules/@types/history/index"],
-      "react": ["./node_modules/@types/react/index"]
-    }
+    "strict": true,
+    "types": ["webpack-env"]
   },
   "exclude": [
       "bin",

templates/VueSpa/tsconfig.json

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "target": "es5",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": true,
     "types": ["webpack-env"]
   },
   "exclude": [