VR Integrated Development Environment for Code Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Integration testing in software development is challenging due to the difficulty in visualizing and understanding how integration testing is performed, especially when multiple applications are involved, making it hard to identify and correct issues within the developed code.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates a visualization of developed code in a Virtual Reality (VR) integrated development environment (IDE) using AI-enabled tools, allowing for simulation of test cases, identification of problematic areas, and dynamic application of fixes within the VR environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional integration testing methods are used, then testing can be performed, but visualization and understanding of integration testing processes become difficult when multiple applications are involved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional two-dimensional code view into a three-dimensional virtual reality environment. Developers can navigate through code structures spatially, with different dimensions representing different applications, modules, and data flows. This dimensional transformation enables comprehensive visualization of multi-application integration testing without increasing perceived complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an AI-enabled IDE as an intermediary between the complex integration testing system and the developer. This intermediary automatically generates test cases, executes testing across multiple applications, and presents results in an simplified VR format, shielding developers from underlying system complexity while maintaining comprehensive testing capabilities.
2Reliability
If comprehensive integration testing is performed across multiple applications, then defect detection capability is improved, but difficulty in identifying and correcting problematic areas increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coded visual indicators in the VR environment to represent different defect types, severity levels, and application states. Problematic areas are highlighted with distinct colors and visual markers, enabling developers to quickly identify and locate issues across multiple applications without manually analyzing complex test results.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the integrated application landscape into distinct visual modules within the VR environment. Each application and its problematic areas are separated into identifiable spatial segments, allowing developers to focus on specific defect locations while understanding their context within the overall system architecture.
3Productivity
If AI-enabled IDE is used for automated test case generation and execution, then testing efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The AI-enabled IDE performs self-service by automatically generating test cases from code analysis, executing tests across the application landscape, and generating visual reports without requiring manual configuration. The system autonomously manages the complex testing workflow, reducing the burden on developers while maintaining high testing efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The AI-enabled IDE serves multiple functions within a single integrated platform: code analysis, automatic test case generation, test execution across multiple applications, defect detection, and VR visualization. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate tools and processes into one unified system.
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AI summary
In an approach to improve virtual Reality (VR) integrated development environment (IDE) embodiments create an integrated view of a developed code during integration testing based on received artificial intelligent enabled IDE, and execute a test case simulation during the integrated visualization of the developed code in a virtual reality environment. Further, embodiments create a visualization of the developed code based on one or more test results from the test case simulation in the VR environment and a selected code from the developed code with respect to an entire application landscape, and identify one or more problematic areas based on one or more types of defect and criticality of the defect in the developed code. Additionally, embodiments, display the visualization of the selected code, and apply one or more identified solutions to the one or more identified problematic areas in the developed code.