What happens to outdated plugins/libraries on an already hosted application

Question

Hello Forum, Please may I ask what happens if I had already hosted an application and later on, the libraries used in the application gets outdated, will it affect the application? Secondly, in order to keep updated libraries and plugins I will have to constantly check for updates for my libraries used, is that right? But what if the newly updated libraries or plugins don't get support in the application? I'm stating this because I've had instances where I updated bootstrap plugins to the current version and the look or the appearance of my application in my local machine was different from when I used the previous version of bootstrap - changes were made to positions of labels etc.. and they did not look good.

Answer 1

Hi @Donald Symmons,

Please may I ask what happens if I had already hosted an application and later on, the libraries used in the application gets outdated, will it affect the application?

In this case, it may have security, compatibility and performance related issues. From my point of view, compatibility problems are more likely, because it may involve the operating systems (devices), or browsers, or development language or other possible influences. Of course, you also need to consider the other two points.

Secondly, in order to keep updated libraries and plugins I will have to constantly check for updates for my libraries used, is that right?

Generally yes, plugin/library updates tend to be more likely to avoid the problems mentioned above. But it does not rule out that new problems may arise. You can try to find the latest updated news on the relevant support platform of the corresponding plugin/libraries, and decide whether to update it according to the current situation.

But what if the newly updated libraries or plugins don't get support in the application?

In this case, you may need to find their alternatives to replace outdated plugins/libraries.

Best regards,

Xudong Peng

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