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. An online software development platform providing an integrated resource for design and development of customer-desired software applications, comprising:
one or more computers configured using computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory computer memory to provide the online software development platform, wherein the online software development platform is configured to implement a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the online software development platform, the domains comprising:
a database configured to store the online software development platform-defined graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in accordance with one or more data models, wherein the online software development platform-defined graph data structures comprise a plurality of different types of nodes representing entities, the node types comprising template, project, and feature, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and a plurality of different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities;
the online software development platform configured to collect data from activity in a project scope process, pricing process, and project development process in accordance with the online software development platform-defined graph data structures, wherein as part of the project scope process a plurality of features are selected by a current user to be included in the customer-desired software application;
the online 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 the online 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 online software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data; and
the online software development platform configured to, in response to a query of the nodes and edges and graph traversal using the query, control an action performed by the project scope process.
2. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the project scope process is configured to provide a user with the ability through interacting with display screens to specify and accept a scope for the software project.
3. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured, in response to the query, to control a user interaction in the project scoping process comprising displaying an option that suggests a feature to include based on the structure of the graph database.
4. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured to implement time as one of the attributes of the types of nodes and as part of the project scope process to use the attributes of nodes in the graph database to generate an output for the current user to use in the project scope process of the current software project.
5. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured to generate an output comprising timing in response to the query.
6. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the online software development platform is configured to provide one or more feature recommendation in real time using the graph database in response to a query for a recommendation comprising features selected by the current user.
7. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the online software development 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; and
control the embedding generation with the hyper parameters and generate different and store different embeddings corresponding to different software tools.
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more software applications that causes a computer system to execute a method that implements an online 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 online software development platform, the domains comprising:
a database configured to store the online software development platform-defined graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in accordance with one or more data models, wherein the online software development platform-defined graph data structures comprise a plurality of different types of nodes representing entities, the node types comprising template, project, and feature, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and a plurality of different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities;
collecting data from activity in a project scope process, pricing process, and project development process in accordance with the online software development platform-defined graph data structures, wherein as part of the project scope process a plurality of features are selected by a current user to be included in the customer-desired software application;
generating and storing a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of the online software development platform and reusing 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 online 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 and graph traversal using the query, control an action performed by the project scope process.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the method comprising implementing the project scope process to provide a user with the ability through interacting with display screens to specify and accept a scope for the software project.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the method comprising, in response to the query, controlling a user interaction in the project scoping process comprising displaying an option that suggests a feature to include based on the structure of the graph database.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein method comprising implementing time as one of the attributes of the types of nodes and as part of the project scope process, using the attributes of nodes in the graph database to generate an output for the current user to use in the project scope process of the current software project.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the method comprising generating an output comprising timing in response to the query.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the method comprising one or more feature recommendation in real time using the graph database in response to a query for a recommendation comprising features selected by the current user.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the method comprising:
including 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; and
controlling the embedding generation with the hyper parameters and generate different and store different embeddings corresponding to different software tools.
15. A computer implemented method for an online 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 online software development platform, the domains comprising:
a database configured to store the online software development platform-defined graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in accordance with one or more data models, wherein the online software development platform-defined graph data structures comprise a plurality of different types of nodes representing entities, the node types comprising template, project, and feature, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and a
plurality of different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities;
collecting data from activity in a project scope process, pricing process, and project development process in accordance with the online software development platform-defined graph data structures, wherein as part of the project scope process a plurality of features are selected by a current user to be included in the customer-desired software application;
generating and storing a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of the online software development platform and reusing 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 online 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 and graph traversal using the query, control an action performed by the project scope process.
16. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein the method comprising implementing the project scope process to provide a user with the ability through interacting with display screens to specify and accept a scope for the software project.
17. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein the method comprising, in response to the query, controlling a user interaction in the project scoping process comprising displaying an option that suggests a feature to include based on the structure of the graph database.
18. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein method comprising implementing time as one of the attributes of the types of nodes and as part of the project scope process, using the attributes of nodes in the graph database to generate an output for the current user to use in the project scope process of the current software project.
19. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein the method comprising generating an output comprising timing in response to the query.
20. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein the method comprising one or more feature recommendation in real time using the graph database in response to a query for a recommendation comprising features selected by the current user.