Systems and methods for generating applications that are automatically optimized for network performance
View Patent ↗Systems, methods and tools are provided for generating applications that are automatically optimized for efficient deployment in a computing environment based on parameterized criteria. In particular, systems, methods and tools for generating network applications are provided, which automatically partition a functional description of a network application into a set of application modules (e.g., pages) according to parameterized criteria that optimizes the network application for efficient network performance by minimizing application latency.
1. A method for generating a software application, comprising the steps of:
receiving a functional description of the software application;
automatically partitioning the functional description of the software application into a plurality of modules based on parameterized criteria; and
automatically generating software application code for each module.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the functional description of the software application comprises a flowchart description.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the functional description of the software application comprises a markup description.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a measure of software application latency.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein automatically partitioning comprises:
partitioning the functional description of the software application into a plurality of different partitions; and
using the parameterized criteria to determine which partition, among the plurality of different partitions, provides a minimal software application latency.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a cost function, which is based on transmission and compilation time for different size modules, as the measure of software application latency.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a probability measure for determining a probability of a given path in a partition being traversed.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically generating a controller that can navigate between the modules of the software application.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving comprises:
automatically fetching the functional description of the software application from a persistent storage location; and
performing on-line dynamic remodularization of the software application.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein performing on-line dynamic remodularization comprises:
adapting the parameterized criteria according to changes in an environment in which the software application is deployed; and
automatically partitioning the functional description of the software application into a plurality of modules based on the adapted parameterized criteria.
11. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for generating a software application, the method steps comprising:
receiving a functional description of the software application;
automatically partitioning the functional description of the software application into a plurality of modules based on parameterized criteria; and
automatically generating software application code for each module.
12. The program storage device of claim 11 , wherein the functional description of the software application comprises a flowchart description.
13. The program storage device of claim 11 , wherein the functional description of the software application comprises a markup description.
14. The program storage device of claim 11 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a measure of software application latency.
15. The program storage device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions for automatically partitioning comprise instructions for:
partitioning the functional description of the software application into a plurality of different partitions; and
using the parameterized criteria to determine which partition, among the plurality of different partitions, provides a minimal software application latency.
16. The program storage device of claim 15 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a cost function, which is based on transmission and compilation time for different size modules, as the measure of software application latency.
17. The program storage device of claim 11 , further comprising instructions for automatically generating a controller that can navigate between the modules of the software application.
18. The program storage device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for receiving the functional description of the software application comprise instructions for:
automatically fetching the functional description of the software application from a persistent storage location; and
performing on-line dynamic remodularization of the software application.
19. The program storage device of claim 18 , wherein the instructions for performing on-line dynamic remodularization of the software application comprise instructions for:
adapting the parameterized criteria according to changes in an environment in which the software application is deployed; and
automatically partitioning the functional description of the software application into a plurality of modules based on the adapted parameterized criteria.
20. A computer-based system for generating a software application, comprising:
a memory device for storing an application partition module;
a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the application partition module to automatically partition a functional description of the software application into a plurality of modules based on parameterized criteria; and
a code generator that automatically generates software application code for each module.
21. The computer-based system of claim 20 , further comprising a user interface for enabling a user to generate the functional description of the software application.
22. The computer-based system of claim 20 , wherein the functional description comprises a flowchart description.
23. The computer-based system of claim 20 , wherein the functional description comprises a markup description.
24. The computer-based system of claim 20 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a cost function for resource utilization in a computing environment in which the software application is employed.
25. The computer-based system of claim 24 , wherein the computing environment comprises a network environment.
26. The computer-based system of claim 20 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a measure of software application latency.
27. The computer-based system of claim 26 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a cost function, which is based on transmission and compilation time for different size software application modules, as the measure of software application latency in a network environment.
28. The toot computer-based system of claim 20 , wherein the code generator automatically generates a controller that can navigate between the modules of the software application.
29. A method for generating a network software application, comprising the steps of:
receiving a functional description of the network software application;
automatically partitioning the functional description of the network software application into a plurality of modules based on parameterized criteria of network latency; and
automatically generating network software application code.
30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the functional description of the network software application comprises a flowchart description or a markup description.
31. The method of claim 29 , wherein the network software application comprises a client-server application.
32. The method of claim 29 , wherein the network software application comprises a Web application.
33. The method of claim 29 , wherein automatically partitioning comprises:
partitioning the functional description of the network software application into a plurality of different partitions; and
using the parameterized criteria to determine which partition, among the plurality of different partitions, provides a minimal network latency.
34. The method of claim 29 , wherein the parameterized criteria comprises a cost function, which is based on transmission and compilation time for different size modules, as a measure of network latency.
35. The method of claim 29 , wherein each module comprises a network software application view page, and wherein automatically generating network software application code comprises generating markup for each view page and generating server-side code for dispatching the view pages.
36. The method of claim 35 , further comprising automatically generating a controller that can navigate between the view pages of the network software application.