Application Development Interface Automating Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Cloud-based application development is complex, requiring developers to understand multiple application and service layers, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors, limiting the number of capable developers and decreasing system performance.

Innovation Solution

An application development interface is generated by processing logic on an application server, allowing users to select components and automatically configure dependencies and supporting components, streamlining the development process and reducing manual coding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If developers manually program individual components and generate configurations to link interfaces, then application functionality is achieved, but development complexity and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of application developmentVSAvoiddevelopment process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by allowing the application development system to automatically generate configurations and link interfaces between components without requiring manual programming. The processing logic autonomously identifies component dependencies, generates appropriate configuration data, and establishes interface linkages, thereby eliminating the need for developers to manually understand and configure multiple application and service layers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring component interfaces and dependencies before the developer needs to use them. The processing logic analyzes component requirements in advance, prepares configuration data structures, and establishes interface linkages proactively, so that when components are integrated into an application, the configuration work has already been completed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If developers manually configure component interfaces and dependencies, then application deployment is achieved, but errors increase and reliability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication deployment reliabilityVSAvoidprogramming errors

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by having the processing logic continuously monitor and verify configuration data as it is generated and applied. The system checks whether configuration parameters are correctly set, whether interface linkages are properly established, and whether component dependencies are satisfied, providing automatic correction mechanisms that prevent errors from propagating through the deployment process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The processing logic acts as an intermediary between components and their configurations, mediating the complex interactions between multiple application and service layers. It translates high-level component definitions into detailed configuration data, manages interface compatibility between different components, and coordinates dependency resolution, thereby reducing the likelihood of programming errors.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If developers need to understand multiple application and service layers, then comprehensive application control is achieved, but the number of capable developers decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeveloper capability flexibilityVSAvoidnumber of capable developers

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically generating configurations and linking interfaces between components without requiring manual programming. The processing logic autonomously identifies component dependencies, generates appropriate configuration data, and establishes interface linkages, thereby eliminating the need for developers to manually understand and configure multiple application and service layers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11372628B2Application development interface

Publication Date: 2022.06.28 RED HAT INC

AI summary

The display of a user interface including components associated with an application may be caused. A first selection of a component from the plurality of components associated with the application may be received via the user interface. In response to receiving the first selection of the component, properties associated with the component may be identified. A second selection of one or more properties associated with the component may be received via the user interface. In response to receiving the second selection of the one or more properties, the application may be generated in view of the component and the one or more properties associated with the component.