Systems and methods for creating software
An online software development platform providing an integrated resource for design, development, and purchase of customer-desired software applications for software projects created by customers. The platform comprising one or more computers configured using computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory computer memory to provide the software development platform, wherein the software development platform is configured to implement a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the software development platform. The domains comprising a project scope process, a pricing process, and a project development process. The platform is configured to use a configuration involving knowledge graph to recommend features.
1. A software development platform providing an integrated resource for design, development, and purchase of customer-desired software applications for software projects created by customers, comprising:
One or more computers configured using computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory computer memory to provide the software development platform, wherein the software development platform is configured to implement a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the software development platform;
the software development platform configured to collect data from activity in the software development platform in accordance with platform-defined graph data schema, wherein the graph data schema defines a set of node types representing entities, the node types defined to be feature, project, template, problem group, and creator, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities; wherein a feature node represents an independent unit of predefined functionality that comprises a basic building block of the platform, a project node represents a collection of features, template node represents a structured collection of features that represent a software application, problem group node represents a set of features that solve a problem, and a creator node represent a developer;
the software development platform is configured to generate and store a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of software development platform and configured to reuse existing nodes and edges, add new nodes and edges, and adjust individual attributes of existing nodes and edges, wherein the graph database represents via nodes and edges an aggregation of the software projects conducted on the software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data; and
the software development platform configured to, in response to a query of the nodes and edges, control one or more parts of the operation of the platform.
2. The software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured to traverse nodes and edges and stop travel to identify one or paths comprising connected node and edge paths in the graph database in accordance with a graph traversal algorithm, wherein the platform stops traversal when a criterion of the algorithm is not found.
3. The software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured, in response to the query, to provide a service comprising feature recommendation, timeline, or pricing.
4. The software development platform of claim 1 wherein the graph schema includes defined node attributes comprising attributes for the feature node comprising complexity and price and for the project node comprising timelines, status, and developer squad.
5. The software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured to include embedding generation that generates an embedding comprising a plurality of n-dimensional vectors that in accordance with an embedding algorithm represent the graph database, each n-dimensional vector corresponding to a node in the graph database and comprising vector values based on relationship to other nodes in the graph database.
6. The software development platform of claim 5 wherein the platform is configured to store a plurality of different hyper parameters corresponding to different software tools on the platform.
7. The software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured define the graph schema to include edge definitions comprising feature-feature, project-feature, template-feature, project-template, template-problem, and creator-project.
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more software applications that causes a computer system to execute a method that implements a software development platform providing an integrated resource for design and development of customer-desired software applications, the method comprising:
implementing a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the software development platform;
collecting data from activity in the software development platform in accordance with platform-defined graph data schema, wherein the graph data schema defines a set of node types representing entities, the node types defined to be feature, project, template, problem group, and creator, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities; wherein a feature node represents an independent unit of predefined functionality that comprises a basic building block of the platform, a project node represents a collection of features, template node represents a structured collection of features that represent a software application, problem group node represents a set of features that solve a problem, and a creator node represent a developer;
configuring the platform to generate and store a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of software development platform and to reuse existing nodes and edges, add new nodes and edges, and adjusting individual attributes of existing nodes and edges, wherein the graph database represents via nodes and edges an aggregation of the software projects conducted on the software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data; and
in response to a query of the nodes and edges, controlling one or more parts of the operation of the platform.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein method comprising configuring the platform to traverse nodes and edges and stop travel to identify one or paths comprising connected node and edge paths in the graph database in accordance with a graph traversal algorithm, wherein the platform stops traversal when a criterion of the algorithm is not found.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein method comprising in response to the query, providing a service comprising feature recommendation, timeline, or pricing.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the graph schema includes defined node attributes comprising attributes for the feature node comprising complexity and price and for the project node comprising timelines, status, and developer squad.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein method comprising embedding generation that generates an embedding comprising a plurality of n-dimensional vectors that in accordance with an embedding algorithm represent the graph database, each n-dimensional vector corresponding to a node in the graph database and comprising vector values based on relationship to other nodes in the graph database.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein method comprising storing a plurality of different hyper parameters corresponding to different software tools on the platform.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the method comprising configuring define the graph schema to include edge definitions comprising feature-feature, project-feature, template-feature, project-template, template-problem, and creator-project.
15. A computer implemented method for a software development platform providing an integrated resource for design and development of customer-desired software applications, the method comprising:
implementing a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the software development platform;
collecting data from activity in the software development platform in accordance with platform-defined graph data schema, wherein the graph data schema defines a set of node types representing entities, the node types defined to be feature, project, template, problem group, and creator, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities; wherein a feature node represents an independent unit of predefined functionality that comprises a basic building block of the platform, a project node represents a collection of features, template node represents a structured collection of features that represent a software application, problem group node represents a set of features that solve a problem, and a creator node represent a developer;
configuring the platform to generate and store a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of software development platform and to reuse existing nodes and edges, add new nodes and edges, and adjusting individual attributes of existing nodes and edges, wherein the graph database represents via nodes and edges an aggregation of the software projects conducted on the software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data; and
in response to a query of the nodes and edges, controlling one or more parts of the operation of the platform.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein method comprising configuring the platform to traverse nodes and edges and stop travel to identify one or paths comprising connected node and edge paths in the graph database in accordance with a graph traversal algorithm, wherein the platform stops traversal when a criterion of the algorithm is not found.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein method comprising in response to the query, providing a service comprising feature recommendation, timeline, or pricing.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein the graph schema includes defined node attributes comprising attributes for the feature node comprising complexity and price and for the project node comprising timelines, status, and developer squad.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein method comprising embedding generation that generates an embedding comprising a plurality of n-dimensional vectors that in accordance with an embedding algorithm represent the graph database, each n-dimensional vector corresponding to a node in the graph database and comprising vector values based on relationship to other nodes in the graph database.
20. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein method comprising storing a plurality of different hyper parameters corresponding to different software tools on the platform.