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app/src/app.module.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export async function getRootModule(): Promise<any> {
         ...(plugins.filter(x => x.bootstrap).map(x => x.bootstrap)),
     ]
 
+    if (bootstrap.length == 0) {
+        throw new Error('Did not find any bootstrap components. Are there any plugins installed?')
+    }
+
     @NgModule({
         imports,
         bootstrap,

app/src/plugins.ts

@@ -1,26 +1,36 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs-promise'
 import * as path from 'path'
+const nodeModule = (<any>global).require('module')
+
+function normalizePath (path: string): string {
+    const cygwinPrefix = '/cygdrive/'
+    if (path.startsWith(cygwinPrefix)) {
+        path = path.substring(cygwinPrefix.length).replace('/', '\\')
+        path = path[0] + ':' + path.substring(1)
+    }
+    return path
+};
+
+(<any>global).require.main.paths.map(x => nodeModule.globalPaths.push(normalizePath(x)))
 
-let nodeRequire = (<any>global).require
-let module = nodeRequire('module')
-nodeRequire.main.paths.map(x => module.globalPaths.push(x))
 if (process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS) {
-    process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS.split(':').map(x => module.globalPaths.unshift(x))
+    process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS.split(':').map(x => nodeModule.globalPaths.unshift(normalizePath(x)))
 }
 
 export async function loadPlugins (): Promise<any[]> {
-    let paths = module.globalPaths
+    let paths = nodeModule.globalPaths
     let plugins: any[] = []
     for (let pluginDir of paths) {
+        pluginDir = normalizePath(pluginDir)
         if (!await fs.exists(pluginDir)) {
             continue
         }
         for (let pluginName of await fs.readdir(pluginDir)) {
             if (/^terminus-/.exec(pluginName)) {
                 let pluginPath = path.join(pluginDir, pluginName)
-                console.info(`Loading ${pluginName}: ${nodeRequire.resolve(pluginPath)}`)
+                console.info(`Loading ${pluginName}: ${(<any>global).require.resolve(pluginPath)}`)
                 try {
-                    let pluginModule = nodeRequire(pluginPath)
+                    let pluginModule = (<any>global).require(pluginPath)
                     plugins.push(pluginModule)
                 } catch (error) {
                     console.error(`Could not load ${pluginName}:`, error)

app/tsconfig.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "baseUrl": "./src",
         "module": "commonjs",
-        "target": "es5",
+        "target": "es2015",
         "declaration": false,
         "noImplicitAny": false,
         "removeComments": false,