Engineering

Architecture

Considerations

🎼 Performance Tiers

The following section details Symphony's internal extension management architecture for performance optimization.

🏠 Resident Ensemble: Always-Ready Foundation

The Resident Ensemble comprises baseline extensions that remain loaded throughout the entire user session, providing essential functionality with zero activation delay.

Characteristics:

• Session-persistent caching from startup to shutdown
• Immediate availability for core IDE operations
• Higher resource allocation due to critical importance
• Vetted extensions with elevated system privileges

Resident Ensemble Members:

• Core UI Framework - Layout management and theming system
• File System Integration - File tree operations and basic file management
• Editor Foundation - Text editing primitives and syntax highlighting
• Settings Manager - Configuration persistence and user interface
• Extension Loader - Extension lifecycle and dependency management

🎪 Recruits Ensemble: Dynamic Performance Extension