The Past, Present and Future of Extension Management

Application extensions allow developers to import common SDKs and frameworks into projects so they can build increasingly interesting apps without developing a lot of code for reusable bits that vendors expose. Companies like Apple get far cooler apps in their App Store and developers can go further than ever before. This journey began back in the days of classic extensions like the Switcher and MultiFinder. Conflicts appeared almost immediately and by 7.5, Apple developed the Extensions Manager. But modern extensions are far different. In this session Charles Edge looks at what extensions are, how they’re enabled by developers, and how administrators can track their use and troubleshoot issues that arise, in a world without Conflict Catcher!