Systems and methods for modernizing legacy applications

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving source code for a platform-dependent application comprising a plurality of application components developed using a platform-dependent programming construct;

selecting one or more application components for conversion from the platform-dependent programming construct to a platform agnostic programming construct;

parsing the platform-dependent source code into functional components for each selected application component;

deriving pseudocode and metadata for each functional component parsed from the platform-dependent source code;

deriving platform-agnostic programming instructions for each selected application component based at least in part on the derived pseudocode and metadata;

generating processing logic correlating to a data flow and process flow for the platform-dependent application and attributing the generated programming instructions to steps in the data flow and process flow;

generating user interface objects corresponding to user actions that, when instantiated, execute one or more of the platform-agnostic programming instructions;

generating database objects which, when executed, process data queries from the platform-agnostic programming instructions in conjunction with a database; and

combining the platform-agnostic programming instructions, user interface objects, database objects, and processing logic into a plurality of platform-agnostic applications, each of the plurality of platform-agnostic applications being deployable on a specific form factor.

2. A system for generating device-specific artificial neural network (ANN) models for distribution across user devices, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled with the one or more processors on which a plurality of modules stored in the memory, that when executed:

receive source code for a platform-dependent application comprising a plurality of application components developed using a platform-dependent programming construct;

select one or more application components for conversion from the platform-dependent programming construct to a platform-agnostic programming construct;

parse the platform-dependent source code into functional components for each selected application component;

derive pseudocode and metadata for each functional component parsed from the platform-dependent source code;

derive platform-agnostic programming instructions for each selected application component based at least in part on the derived pseudocode and metadata;

generate processing logic correlating to a data flow and process flow for the platform-dependent application and attributing the generated programming instructions to steps in the data flow and process flow;

generate user interface objects corresponding to user actions that, when instantiated, execute one or more of the platform-agnostic programming instructions;

generate database objects which, when executed, process data queries from the platform-agnostic programming instructions in conjunction with a database; and

combine the platform-agnostic programming instructions, user interface objects, database objects, and processing logic into a plurality of platform-agnostic applications, each of the plurality of platform-agnostic applications being deployable on a specific form factor.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversion includes converting the one or more application components to a common language format.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the platform-agnostic programming instructions are programming instructions that are platform-independent.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the platform-dependent programming construct is a platform-specific legacy programming construct.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the derivation of the pseudocode and metadata includes reading source code of the one or more selected application components.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising reading the pseudocode and metadata into the platform-agnostic programming construct automatically if the access to the platform-dependent programming construct is granted.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising reading the pseudocode and metadata into the platform-agnostic programing construct manually if the access to the platform-dependent programming construct is not granted.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising interpreting application logic of the source code, the application logic expressed as the pseudocode and metadata.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the expression of the application logic as the pseudocode and metadata is common language for modernization (CLM), the CLM being a common metadata of the application logic written in the pseudocode.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the CLM documents the application logic without relying on language-specific syntax.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the CLM removes language-specific syntax.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the processing logic includes application logic and business logic.

14. The system of claim 2 , wherein the conversion includes converting the one or more application components to a common language format.

15. The system of claim 2 , wherein the platform-agnostic programming instructions are programming instructions that are platform-independent.

16. The system of claim 2 , wherein the platform-dependent programming construct is a platform-specific legacy programming construct.

17. The system of claim 2 , wherein the derivation of the pseudocode and metadata includes reading source code of the one or more selected application components.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein application logic of the source code is expressed as the pseudocode and metadata.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the expression of the application logic as the pseudocode and metadata is common language for modernization (CLM), the CLM being a common metadata of the application logic written in the pseudocode.

20. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processing logic includes application logic and business logic.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of platform-agnostic applications continue to execute in conjunction with application components that are not selected for conversion.