System and method for developing, deploying, managing and monitoring a web application in a single environment

• US 8,291,079 B1
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appcelerator Incorporated (Axway Software SA)
• Original Assignee: Appcelerator Incorporated (Axway Software SA)
• Inventors: Colton, Paul, Sarid, Uri
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, WEN TAI
• Application Number:
  US12/477,842
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources

Abstract

A system and method for developing, deploying, managing and monitoring a web application in a single environment is disclosed herein. The single environment is preferably an integrated development environment (“IDE”). The system and method preferably allows for deployment to a cloud provider, and preferably allows for use of Web resources from multiple cloud providers. One preferred IDE is the APTANA® STUDIO IDE.

Claims

1. A method for developing, deploying, managing and monitoring a web site in a single environment, the method comprising:

developing a web site in an integrated development environment;

deploying the web site from the integrated development environment to a primary cloud provider;

designating predetermined limits for the plurality of web resources for the web site;

monitoring and managing the web site from the integrated development environment to determine whether a current level of a plurality of allocated web resources is appropriate for the web site to perform within a predetermined performance range;

allocating web resources to the web site within the predetermined limits to improve performance if it is determined that the current level of allocated web resources is appropriate for the web site to perform within the predetermined performance range;

allocating a first portion of the plurality of allocated web resources to the web site from the primary cloud provider and concurrently allocating a second portion of the plurality of allocated web resources to the web site from a secondary cloud provider if it is determined that the current level of web resources is not appropriate for the web site to perform within the predetermined performance range; and

reporting through the integrated development environment to a user a timeline of resources required as a result of a load on the web site and an acknowledgment that the predetermined limits were met.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising automatically wiring the integrated development environment to the deployed web site.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined limits are based on financial costs of the plurality of web resources.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising defining financial returns of a web site activity.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the financial returns comprise the monetary return for activity on a web page of the web site, the load levels on the web page, the price for additional web resources for higher load levels on the web page and any possible monetary returns from the higher load levels.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising providing an application programming interface (“

API”

) by which the plurality of web resources may be managed.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of allocating a plurality of web resources to the web site is accomplished via the API.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising providing a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) that provides access to the integrated development environment.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of web resources is provided from a the primary cloud provider and a secondary cloud provider.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of web resources comprise a plurality of servers available for use by the web site.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of servers is provided by the primary cloud provider and a secondary cloud provider.

12. The method according to claim 6, wherein the web site communicates with the plurality of web resources via the API.

13. The method according to claim 6, wherein the web site communicates with the primary cloud provider via the API.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising changing the web site from a live state to a staging state.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of web resources allocated to the web site varies according to a predetermined daily time schedule.

16. The method according to claim 1 further comprising temporarily allocating additional web resources to the web site during a time period of high demand for the web site, wherein the additional web resources are provided by a secondary cloud provider.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of developing a web site in an integrated development environment comprises using client-technology languages and server-side languages.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the client-technology languages include at least one from the group comprising hypertext markup language, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript and the server-side languages include at least one from the group comprising a PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, and JavaScript.