Plugins are a fundamental and fairly obvious software-engineering idea (going way back), which though formerly ‘just’ a utilitarian tool, have become a popular-computing & Internet sensation. They’re all the rage now.
A plugin is a relatively small & limited-scope piece of special-purpose software that can be optionally added to another more general-purpose & full-featured software platform, to do something that the larger stand-alone platform doesn’t. The Firefox browser, and the WordPress site-platform are enjoying high-profile plugin manias. Continue reading “Plugin a software extension technique“