System and method of providing real-time updates related to in-use artifacts in a software development environment

摘要

An artifact update system including a server and a client is described. The server stores and updates a preference as to a characteristic of an artifact. The client executes a software development environment using the artifact. The server makes, in view of the preference as to the characteristic of the artifact, an actionable change determination as to whether there is a change in the characteristic of the artifact that reaches a threshold level of significance. The server communicates to the client the actionable change determination. When the actionable change determination is that there is a change in the characteristic of the artifact that reaches the threshold level of significance, the client performs a specific action in the software development environment in response to the actionable change determination.

主权项

1. A method, implemented in a network including a server computer and a client computer, comprising:
storing and updating, by the server computer, a preference as to a characteristic of a software artifact; executing, by the client computer, a software development environment using the software artifact; and performing, by the server computer and the client computer, an update cycle, including
making, by the server computer, in view of the preference as to the characteristic of the software artifact, an actionable change determination as to whether there is a change in the characteristic of the software artifact that reaches a threshold level of significance;communicating, by the server computer to the client computer, the actionable change determination; andwhen the actionable change determination is that there is a change in the characteristic of the software artifact that reaches the threshold level of significance, performing by the client computer a specific action in the software development environment in response to the actionable change determination, wherein iterations of the update cycle are performed corresponding to repeated polling at regular time intervals from the client computer of the server computer for the actionable change determination.