Application extension

A method for providing software services, the method comprising:

• transmitting to a client device an application customization interface for presentation to a user;
• receiving one or more configuration commands from the client device, where the one or more configuration commands have been generated by the user using the application customization interface;
• based on the one or more configuration commands, generating a child application based on a parent application, where a configuration of the child application includes objects derived from the parent application via application extension;
• and
• invoking the child application using a platform instance to access customer data stored by the platform instance.

A system operable to provide software services, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
• receive one or more configuration commands from a client device to extend a parent application included in an instance of platform software, wherein the parent application includes a parent configuration that defines operation of the parent application when invoked using the platform software;
• based on the one or more configuration commands, generate a child application extending the parent application, wherein the child application includes a child configuration and wherein the child application uses both the parent configuration and the child configuration;
• generate a user interface to transmit to the client device using at least some of the parent configuration and at least some of the child configuration;
• and
• receive data from the client device generated using the user interface.