Projection of build and design-time inputs and outputs between different build environments

• US 9,965,271 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Mihalcea, Bogdan I., Asthana, Ankit, Luparu, Marian, Arkhipova, Olga, Todirel, Ion
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID
• Application Number:
  US14/801,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20160321033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/40 Transformation of program code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/458 Synchronisation, e.g. post-wait, barriers, locks synchronisation among tasks G06F9/52
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/77 Software metrics

Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described that enable local builds to be substantially equivalent with remote builds. In embodiments, local build and design-time inputs and/or outputs of a local build environment hosted on a local computing device are projected to remote build and design-time inputs and/or outputs of a remote build environment hosted on a remote computing device. In further embodiments, remote build and design-time inputs and/or outputs of the remote build environment are projected to local build and design time inputs and/or outputs of the local build environment. In still further embodiments, first build and design-time inputs and/or outputs of a first build environment hosted on a computing device are projected to second build and design-time inputs and/or outputs of a second build environment hosted on the same computing device.

Claims

1. A first computing device, comprising:

at least one processor circuit; and

at least one memory that stores program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor circuit, the program code comprising;

a build synchronizer configured to project a first build or design-time input generated by a first build environment hosted on the first computing device to a second build or design-time input of a second build environment hosted on a second computing device by automatically generating the second build or design-time input, the first build or design-time input having a first form and/or content suitable for the first build environment and not suitable for the second build environment, the second build or design-time input having a second form and/or content suitable for the second build environment, the first build environment being different than the second build environment, the first build or design-time input comprising a local asset referenced by a source code file and encoded in a first file format that renders successfully in the first build environment and does not render successfully in the second build environment,

the second build or design-time input comprising a remote asset that is encoded in a second file format that does render successfully in the second build environment, and

the automatically generating the second build or design-time input comprising selectively modifying one or more portions of the local asset.

2. The first computing device of claim 1, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in at least that the first build environment is executed on a different operating system than the second build environment.

3. The first computing device of claim 1, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in at least that the first build environment and the second build environment are executed on different versions of the same operating system.

4. The first computing device of claim 1, wherein the first build or design-time input further comprises one or more of:

a source code file;

a project file;

or

one or more build environment settings.

5. The first computing device of claim 1, wherein the build synchronizer is further configured to determine that the second build or design-time input has been modified and to update the first build or design-time input based on the modification to the second build or design-time input.

6. The first computing device of claim 1, wherein the build synchronizer is further configured to determine that the first build or design-time input has been modified and to update the second build or design-time input based on the modification to the first build or design-time input.

7. The first computing device of claim 1, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in at least that the first build environment has different file system or file system resource paths than the second build environment.

8. A method for synchronizing a computer-implemented first build environment with a computer-implemented second build environment, the method comprising:

identifying a first build or design-time input of the first build environment hosted by a first computing device; and

projecting the first build or design-time input to a second build or design-time input of the second build environment hosted on a second computing device by automatically generating the second build or design-time input, the first build or design-time input having a first form and/or content suitable for the first build environment and not suitable for the second build environment, the second build or design-time input having a second form and/or content suitable for the second build environment, the first build environment being different than the second build environment, the first build or design-time input comprising an asset referenced by a source code file and encoded in a first file format that renders successfully in the first build environment and does not render successfully in the second build environment,

the second build or design-time input comprising a remote asset that is encoded in a second file format that does render successfully in the second build environment, and

the automatically generating the second build or design-time input comprising selectively modifying one or more portions of the local asset.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in at least that the first build environment is executed on a different operating system than the second build environment.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in that at least the first build environment and the second build environment are executed on different versions of the same operating system.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first build or design-time input further comprises one or more of:

a source code file;

a project file;

or

one or more build environment settings.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the first build or design-time input was modified; and

updating the second build or design-time input based on the modification to the first build or design-time input.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the second build or design-time input was modified; and

updating the first build or design-time input based on the modification to the second-build or design-time input.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage device having computer program logic recorded thereon that when executed by a processor-based computer system causes the processor-based system to perform a method, the method comprising:

identifying a first build or design-time input of the first build environment hosted by a first computing device; and

projecting the first build or design-time input to a second build or design-time input of the second build environment by automatically generating the second build or design-time input, the first build or design-time input having a first form and/or content suitable for the first build environment and not suitable for the second build environment, the second build or design-time input having a second form and/or content suitable for the second build environment, the first build environment being different than the second build environment, the first build or design-time input comprising an asset referenced by a source code file and encoded in a first file format that renders successfully in the first build environment and does not render successfully in the second build environment,

the second build or design-time input comprising a remote asset that is encoded in a second file format that does render successfully in the second build environment, and

the automatically generating the second build or design-time input comprising selectively modifying one or more portions of the local asset.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in at least that the first build environment is executed on a different operating system than the second build environment.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in that at least the first build environment and the second build environment are executed on different versions of the same operating system.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first build environment is different than the second build environment in that at least the first build environment has different file system or file system resource paths than the second build environment.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first build or design-time input further comprises one or more of:

a source code file;

a project file;

or

one or more build configuration settings.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

determining that the first build or design-time input was modified; and

updating the second build or design-time input based on the modification to the first build or design-time input.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

determining that the second build or design-time input was modified; and

updating the first build or design-time input based on the modification to the second-build or design-time input.