On-demand database service system, method, and computer program product for validating a developed application

• US 10,481,903 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Weissman, Craig
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Kuen S
• Application Number:
  US14/861,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20160011867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• Field of Search: 707755, 707802
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for validating a developed application. These mechanisms and methods for providing such validation can enable embodiments to ensure that new versions of developed applications will operate in the same application environment of a previous version. The ability of embodiments to provide such validation may lead to an improved application migration development/runtime framework, etc.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system, a plurality of developed applications including a first developed application and a definition of the first developed application, wherein the definition specifies one or more dependencies of the first developed application and a version identifier for the first developed application, and wherein the first developed application is received from a user of the system;

validating the first developed application, by;

determining, by the system, that a result of testing the first developed application does not include errors;

determining, by the system, that the first developed application is associated with the version identifier for the first developed application; and

determining, by the system, that the first developed application complies with a limit related to storage resources used by the first developed application;

wherein the validating is based on the one or more dependencies specified in the definition of the first developed application; and

in response to the validation, permitting, by the system, one or more end users to download the first developed application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is a developer of the first developed application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first developed application is received by the user uploading the first developed application to the system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, the validating, and the permitting are performed by the system for each of the plurality of developed applications.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the developed applications are received by the system from a plurality of developers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the validating is performed automatically in response to receipt of the first developed application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after permitting downloading the first developed application, receiving, by the system, an update to the first developed application; and

permitting, by the system, the one or more end users to download the update.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon that are capable of causing a computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of developed applications including a first developed application;

receiving a definition of the first developed application, wherein the definition specifies one or more dependencies of the first developed application, wherein the one or more dependencies include a dependency on another application;

validating the first developed application, by;

determining that testing the first developed application does not produce errors;

determining a version identifier for the first developed application; and

determining that the first developed application complies with a limit related to storage resources used by the first developed application;

wherein the validating is based on the one or more dependencies specified in the definition of the first developed application; and

making the first developed application available for download by one or more end users in response to the validation.

9. A system, comprising:

a processor;

memory having program instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to cause the system to perform;

receiving a plurality of developed applications including a first developed application and a definition of the first developed application, wherein the definition identifies one or more dependences of the first developed application and a version identifier for the first developed application;

validating the first developed application, by;

determining whether testing the first developed application results in an error;

determining whether the first developed application is associated with the version identifier for the first developed application;

determining whether the first developed application complies with a limit related to storage resources used by the first developed application; and

determining the one or more dependencies identified in the definition of the first developed application; and

distributing the first developed application to one or more end users in response to the validation.