@module-federation/native-federation-typescript - support destination folder, loadRemote typings and other improvements about universe HOT 7 OPEN

Once esbuild is merged i will be moving onto vite/rolldown integration. Esbuild we will include type since and pretty much everything else we can support on weaker bundler tech. But yes i understand the issue now

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About the requested features, atm the plugin is made to be compatible with the "standard" module federation (e.g. the one embedded with Webpack) so I would avoid inserting the support for the manifest because as Zack said it will be available in the near feature officially.
But I can work on make it available without it. I'll wait for Zack's feedback first.

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I still do not understand why not use the built in type system?

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@ScriptedAlchemy how can I use built in type system with vite?

It supports only rspack/webpack, doesn't it?

So I use vite-plugin-federation + @module-federation/native-federation-typescript

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Okay, waiting for esbuild implementation (#2473)

But @module-federation/native-federation-typescript is great, could be cool if we could use it as CLI/programmatically

# CLI
$ npx @module-federation/native-federation-typescript generate-host

or/and

// programmatically
import { generateHost } from '@module-federation/native-federation-typescript'

await generateHost({ /* ... */ })

Now, for programming usage, I use esbuild plugin :D

const esbuild = require('esbuild');
const { NativeFederationTypeScriptHost } = require('@module-federation/native-federation-typescript/esbuild');

const generate = () => esbuild.build({
  plugins: [
    NativeFederationTypeScriptHost({
      /* ... */
    }),
  ],
});

module.exports.generate = generate

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@ScriptedAlchemy I'll wait for your feedback here.
If it's something that is worth to be implemented I can do it, but if it will be thrown away shortly maybe it's just better to wait

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Im unsure on timeline on supporting esbuild but i know this is the intention once others work, to try and make them work with other implementations as well. If we want at least a mid term solution - it might be updating the plugin.

@ilteoood have you looked at our TS impl in DTS manager?
im wondering if we could hook into the internals of it like dts or the broker? I wonder if we are able to use some of the lower parts of the system to share capabilites

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