Development Environment Deployment Framework with Interactive Logging

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Solution Overview

Problem

The process of creating and managing development environments for software applications is tedious and error-prone, often requiring manual intervention and being bottlenecked by limited resources, which hinders rapid development and deployment.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for deploying development environments using templates stored on a development environment deployment system, where user requests are evaluated to select appropriate templates, and instruction sequences are generated and executed by virtual machine hosts to create environments that emulate production systems, with automated error handling and self-healing capabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual processes are used for creating and managing development environments, then flexibility and control are maintained, but the process becomes tedious and error-prone with limited resources

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of deploymentVSAvoiddeployment speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service deployment through automated template selection and instruction sequence generation. The deployment manager automatically evaluates user requests, selects appropriate templates, generates execution instructions, and manages the entire development environment creation process without manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and deployment speed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Templates are prepared in advance with pre-defined instructions and configurations. By pre-configuring deployment templates with all necessary steps and parameters, the system eliminates the need for manual setup during actual deployment, thereby improving both ease of operation and deployment speed simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If automated deployment processes are implemented, then deployment speed increases, but complexity of the deployment system increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment speedVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The deployment system is segmented into distinct modular components: template storage, request evaluation module, instruction generation engine, and virtual machine host. Each component performs a specific function independently, which manages system complexity while enabling high-speed automated deployment through parallel processing and clear separation of concerns

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The deployment manager serves multiple functions within a single system: it evaluates user requests, selects appropriate templates, generates execution instructions, and coordinates with virtual machine hosts. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate systems needed, managing overall complexity while maintaining high deployment speed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If more administrative resources are allocated to manage development environments, then environment availability improves, but resource bottlenecks persist due to limited personnel

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenvironment availabilityVSAvoiddeployment throughput

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual mechanical administration with an automated software-based deployment manager. This substitution eliminates human resource bottlenecks while ensuring high environment availability through consistent, error-free automated execution of deployment templates, thereby improving both reliability and deployment throughput

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Productivity

If development environments are created quickly to support rapid development, then developer productivity improves, but errors occur frequently and require remediation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevelopment speedVSAvoidenvironment stability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The deployment system incorporates feedback mechanisms where deployment templates include validation rules and error handling logic. The deployment manager monitors execution status and can retry failed instructions or alert administrators, providing feedback that ensures environment stability even as deployment speed increases through rapid automated processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10394534B2Framework for flexible logging of development environment deployment

Publication Date: 2019.08.27 PAYPAL INC

AI summary

Systems and methods for logging events in the deployment of a development environment are disclosed. An interactive graphical depiction of executable instructions for creating a development environment is generated for display on a display device coupled to a development environment deployment system. An updated status of an executable instruction is received from a virtual machine host coupled to the development environment deployment system. The interactive graphical depiction of the executable instructions is modified in response to the receipt of the updated status. A selection of an executable instruction displayed within the interactive graphical depiction is received from the user. Responsive to the selection, log entry associated with the selected executable instruction is presented for display.