EMULATING CLOUD FUNCTIONING OF APPLICATIONS LOCALLY

1 . A computer implemented method to emulate in a local development environment functioning of a computer application in a remote runtime platform, the method comprising:

receiving the application to be executed in the local development environment, wherein the application is configured to access at least one service from a plurality of services of the remote runtime platform;

selecting a software development kit (SDK) as an execution environment of the application, wherein the SDK including a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) of the plurality of services and a plurality of local implementations of the plurality of services;

launching execution of the application over the SDK; and

emulating the remote functioning of the application in the local development environment.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein emulating the functioning of the application in the local development environment further comprises:

emulating remote functioning of the at least one service in the local development environment based on a local implementation from the plurality of local implementations of the at least one service.

3 . The method of claim 2 , emulating the remote functioning of the application in the local development environment further comprises:

accessing an API from the plurality of APIs associated with the at least one service; and

consuming a local implementation of the at least one service by the application, wherein the local implementation of the at least one service emulates a remote implementation of a cloud service.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the SDK as an execution platform of the application further comprises further comprises:

automatically retrieving the SDK from a p2® repository at the local development environment, wherein the SDK is included in the p2® repository.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the SDK as an execution platform of the application further comprises:

requesting the SDK from an update site, wherein the SDK is associated with the update site;

uploading the SDK to a memory of the local host; and

setting the SDK as a target platform, wherein the application to be run on the target platform.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

building the application in the local development environment; and

testing the application in the local development environment based on the SDK.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

deploying the application to the remote runtime platform; and

executing the application in the remote runtime platform.

8 . A computer system to emulate in a local development environment functioning of a computer application in a remote runtime platform, the system including:

at least one processor and memory to execute program code related to:

receive the application to be executed in the local development environment, wherein the application is configured to access at least one service from a plurality of services of the remote runtime platform;

select a software development kit (SDK) as an execution environment of the application, wherein the SDK including a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) of the plurality of services and a plurality of local implementations of the plurality of services;

launch execution of the application over the SDK; and

emulate the remote functioning of the application in the local development environment.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the program code further relates to:

emulate remote functioning of the at least one service in the local development environment based on a local implementation from the plurality of local implementations of the at least one service.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the program code further relates to:

access an API from the plurality of APIs associated with the at least one service; and

consume a local implementation of the at least one service by the application, wherein the local implementation of the at least one service emulates a remote implementation of a cloud service.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the program code further relates to:

retrieve automatically the SDK from a p2® repository at the local development environment, wherein the SDK is included in the p2® repository.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the program code further relates to:

request the SDK from an update site, wherein the SDK is associated with the update site;

upload the SDK to a memory of the local host; and

set the SDK as a target platform, wherein the application to be run on the target platform.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the program code further relates to:

build the application in the local development environment; and

test the application in the local development environment based on the SDK.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon, which when executed by a processor cause a computer system to:

receive an application to be executed in a local development environment, wherein the application is configured to access at least one service from a plurality of services of a remote runtime platform;

select a software development kit (SDK) as an execution environment of the application, wherein the SDK including a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) of the plurality of services and a plurality of local implementations of the plurality of services;

launch execution of the application over the SDK; and

emulate the remote functioning of the application in the local development environment.

15 . The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein emulating the functioning of the application in the local development environment further comprises:

emulating remote functioning of the at least one service in the local development environment based on a local implementation from the plurality of local implementations of the at least one service.

16 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , emulating the remote functioning of the application in the local development environment further comprises:

accessing an API from the plurality of APIs associated with the at least one service; and

consuming a local implementation of the at least one service by the application, wherein the local implementation of the at least one service emulates a remote implementation of a cloud service.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein selecting the SDK as an execution platform of the application further comprises further comprises:

automatically retrieving the SDK from a p2® repository at the local development environment, wherein the SDK is included in the p2® repository.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein selecting the SDK as an execution platform of the application further comprises:

requesting the SDK from an update site, wherein the SDK is associated with the update site;

uploading the SDK to a memory of the local host; and

setting the SDK as a target platform, wherein the application to be run on the target platform.

19 . The computer readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:

building the application in the local development environment; and

testing the application in the local development environment based on the SDK.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising:

deploying the application to the remote runtime platform; and

executing the application in the remote runtime platform.