examples: https://webpack.github.io/docs/plugins.html https://learn.jquery.com/plugins/basic-plugin-creation/ https://github.com/babel/babel#plugins https://hapijs.com/plugins https://github.com/absoluteminimum/fourtytwo/tree/master/packages/xtpoint <- similar to extension points

yo dawg I heard you liked plugins, so I put plugins in your plugins: https://atom.io/packages/atom-ternjs#third-party-plugins

articles: https://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/plugin.html <- none better than the master himself http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/03/handling-plugins-in-php.html

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/465099/best-way-to-build-a-plugin-system-with-java http://codebetter.com/jeremymiller/2005/09/13/inversion-of-control-with-the-plugin-pattern/