Charles Lyding 966d25b55e fix(@angular-devkit/build-angular): remove unneeded JIT reflect metadata polyfill
Since Angular 8, the CLI has transformed decorator metadata to a form that can be used by the Angular dependency injector without the TDZ limitations of Typescript's decorator metadata emit feature.
As a result, a JIT application compiled with the CLI no longer requires the reflect metadata polyfill that was provided by `core-js`.
This polyfill was also the last remaining usage of the `core-js` package within `@angular-devkit/build-angular` which allows the `core-js` package to also be removed.

Refs: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/14473 & https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/37382

BREAKING CHANGE: Reflect metadata polyfill is no longer automatically provided in JIT mode
Reflect metadata support is not required by Angular in JIT applications compiled by the CLI.
Applications built in AOT mode did not and will continue to not provide the polyfill.
For the majority of applications, the reflect metadata polyfill removal should have no effect.
However, if an application uses JIT mode and also uses the previously polyfilled reflect metadata JavaScript APIs, the polyfill will need to be manually added to the application after updating.
To replicate the previous behavior, the `core-js` package should be manually installed and the `import 'core-js/proposals/reflect-metadata';` statement should be added to the application's `polyfills.ts` file.
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@angular-devkit/build-angular

This package contains Architect builders used to build and test Angular applications and libraries.

Builders

Name Description
app-shell Build an Angular App shell.
browser Build an Angular application targeting a browser environment.
dev-server A development server that provides live reloading.
extract-i18n Extract i18n messages from an Angular application.
karma Execute unit tests using Karma test runner.
ng-packagr Build and package an Angular library in Angular Package Format (APF) format using ng-packagr.
server Build an Angular application targeting a Node.js environment.
protractor Deprecated - Run end-to-end tests using Protractor framework.

Disclaimer

While the builders when executed via the Angular CLI and their associated options are considered stable, the programmatic APIs are not considered officially supported and are not subject to the breaking change guarantees of SemVer.