1. A method conducts by a computing apparatus to connect an application to an application service, the method comprising: accessing code corresponding to an application to determine a reference to an application service; determining a service connection driver corresponding to the application service; invoking the service connection driver; and receiving connection information in response to the service connection driver establishing a service connection between the application and the application service; providing the connection information to the application to enable the application to use the application service; determining that usage of the application service is no longer required by the application; and closing the service connection between the application and the application service.