Developer experience for live applications in a cloud collaboration platform

• US 10,606,576 B1
• Filed: 01/31/2019
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Tung, Julie, Nayak, Rajeev, Gibbs, Kevin, Taylor, Bret, Su, Yang, Botwick, Nate, Berlin, Diana, Razavi, Pedram, Goodfriend, Scott, Mahdi, Nikrad, Chung, Andy, Hamlin, Drew, Linehan, Patrick, Westwood, Sophia, Simon, Lindsey, Banga, Shrey, Engelberg, Dave, Willhite, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Morshed, Hossain M
• Application Number:
  US16/264,051
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0871 Allocation or management of cache space
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1734 Details of monitoring file system events, e.g. by the use of hooks, filter drivers, logs
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/563 by source code analysis
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 : for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 : for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 : Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 : above the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 : for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 : where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a developer console to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The developer console may support the software development lifecycle for third-party live applications deployed in the cloud collaboration platform in a myriad of fashions. The developer console may vet live applications prior to deployment, provide release and version control mechanisms, and offer a range of configuration options to control third-party live applications. The developer console may provide an initial bundle to developers that include supporting functions and modules enabling the developer to run a development environment on a local server as a local platform. A developer console may allow developers to configure access to third-party data sources that may be harnessed by a live application.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying, by a cloud collaboration platform, a developer console comprising deployed live applications for an account in the cloud collaboration platform,

wherein the developer console is available via a web browser;

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, a request to create a live application via the developer console;

creating, by the cloud collaboration platform, the live application and an application identifier associated with the live application;

building, by the cloud collaboration platform, an initial bundle comprising a template application and tools for running a development environment on a local server based on the application identifier,

wherein the template application comprises a default code base for running the live application in the development environment, and

wherein the development environment comprises components to run a local platform on the local server; and

providing, by the cloud collaboration platform, the initial bundle for deployment on the local server,

wherein the displaying, receiving, creating, building, and providing are performed by one or more computers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, a request to deploy the live application in the developer console;

adding, by the cloud collaboration platform, the live application to the deployed live applications; and

redisplaying, by the cloud collaboration platform, the deployed live applications for the account in the developer console.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, an updated bundle from a developer via the developer console; and

deploying, by the cloud collaboration platform, the updated bundle as the live application in the cloud collaboration platform.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, an authorization configuration in the developer console, wherein the authorization configuration specifies token-based authentication parameters;

building, by the cloud collaboration platform, an exception for an external resource for the live application; and

adding, by the cloud collaboration platform, the exception to a content-security policy applied to the live application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, an authorization configuration in the developer console, wherein the authorization configuration specifies a login URL;

building, by the cloud collaboration platform, an exception for an external resource for the live application; and

adding, by the cloud collaboration platform, the exception to a content-security policy applied to the live application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tracking, by the cloud collaboration platform, releases for the live application, wherein a release in the releases comprises a version number and a code base; and

displaying, by the cloud collaboration platform, the releases in the developer console.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

performing, by the cloud collaboration platform, an automated security evaluation of the updated bundle to ensure compliance with security standards.

8. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

display a developer console comprising deployed live applications for an account in a cloud collaboration platform, wherein the developer console is available via a web browser;

receive a request to create a live application via the developer console;

create the live application and an application identifier associated with the live application;

build an initial bundle comprising a template application and tools for running a development environment on a local server based on the application identifier, wherein the template application comprises a default code base for running the live application in the development environment, and wherein the development environment comprises components to run a local platform on the local server; and

provide the initial bundle for deployment on the local server.

9. The system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive a request to deploy the live application in the developer console;

add the live application to the deployed live applications; and

redisplay the deployed live applications for the account in the developer console.

10. The system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive an updated bundle from a developer via the developer console; and

deploy the updated bundle as the live application in the cloud collaboration platform.

11. The system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive an authorization configuration in the developer console, wherein the authorization configuration specifies token-based authentication parameters;

build an exception for an external resource for the live application; and

add the exception to a content-security policy applied to the live application.

12. The system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive an authorization configuration in the developer console, wherein the authorization configuration specifies a login URL;

build an exception for an external resource for the live application; and

add the exception to a content-security policy applied to the live application.

13. The system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured to:

track releases for the live application, wherein a release in the releases comprises a version number and a code base; and

display the releases in the developer console.

14. The system of claim 10, the at least one processor further configured to:

performing an automated security evaluation of the updated bundle to ensure compliance with security standards.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

displaying a developer console comprising deployed live applications for an account in a cloud collaboration platform, wherein the developer console is available via a web browser;

receiving a request to create a live application via the developer console;

creating the live application and an application identifier associated with the live application;

building an initial bundle comprising a template application and tools for running a development environment on a local server based on the application identifier, wherein the template application comprises a default code base for running the live application in the development environment, and wherein the development environment comprises components to run a local platform on the local server; and

providing the initial bundle for deployment on the local server.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving a request to deploy the live application in the developer console;

adding the live application to the deployed live applications; and

redisplaying the deployed live applications for the account in the developer console.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving an updated bundle from a developer via the developer console; and

deploying the updated bundle as the live application in the cloud collaboration platform.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving an authorization configuration in the developer console, wherein the authorization configuration specifies token-based authentication parameters;

building an exception for an external resource for the live application; and

adding the exception to a content-security policy applied to the live application.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving an authorization configuration in the developer console, wherein the authorization configuration specifies a login URL;

building an exception for an external resource for the live application; and

adding the exception to a content-security policy applied to the live application.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

tracking releases for the live application, wherein a release in the releases comprises a version number and a code base; and

displaying the releases in the developer console.