Implementing a plugin architecture / plugin system / pluggable framework in Angular 2, 4, 5, 6

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Update 5/24/2018: We are now +3 versions of Angular from my original post and still don\'t have a final workable solution. Lars Meijdam (@LarsMeijdam) has c

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Example application with a working plugin system (thanks to Gijs for founding the github repo!) https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-Angular-2-Components/tree/master/angular-2-components-chapter-10 based on the eBook Mastering Angular 2 Components

• plugin architecture to extend core app components
• file plugin system (for simply adding plugin directories/files without editing any core config files or the need to recompile your application!)
• load and dynamically use plugins
• building a rudimentary plugin manager to activate/deactive plugins on-the-fly

Cheers, Niklas