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 schemas, 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;
wherein the online software development platform is 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;
wherein 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 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 previous software projects conducted on the online software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data; and
wherein the online software development platform is configured to, in response to a query of the nodes and edges, determine, using graph traversal of associations of one or more of the selected features, one or more other features to include in the customer-desired software application.
2. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured to store the graph database in a first location, periodically perform a script that copies the graph database, loads the copied graph database to a second location, and interacts with the copied knowledge graph as part of the operation of the online software development platform to provide software tools based on the knowledge graph.
3. 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.
4. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the platform is configured to store a plurality of different hyper parameters corresponding to different software tools on the platform.
5. The online software development platform of claim 1 wherein the online software development platform recommends to the current user the determined one or more features to add to a current software project of the current user.
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. The online software development platform of claim 7 wherein the query is applied to the embedding to generate an output for the control of an operation, display, or recommendation; and the online software development platform is configured to suggest a feature to add to the online software project based on the embedding.
9. 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 online software development platform-defined graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in accordance with one or more data schemas, 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 software development platform, wherein the generating comprising reusing existing nodes and edges, adding 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 previous 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, determining, using graph traversal of associations of one or more of the selected features, one or more other features to include in the customer-desired software application.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the platform is configured to store the graph database in a first location, periodically perform a script that copies the graph database, loads the copied graph database to a second location, and interacts with the copied knowledge graph as part of the operation of the online software development platform to provide software tools based on the knowledge graph.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 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.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the method comprising storing a plurality of different hyperparameters corresponding to different software tools on the platform.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the method comprising recommending to the current user the determined one or more features to add to a current software project of the current user.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the method comprising providing 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.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium 9 wherein the method comprising:
implementing 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.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the method comprising applying the query to the embedding to generate an output for the control of an operation, display, or recommendation; and suggesting a feature to add to the online software project based on the embedding.
17. A computer implemented method for providing an online software development platform that provides 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 schemas, 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 software development platform, wherein the generating comprising reusing existing nodes and edges, adding 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 previous 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, determining, using graph traversal of associations of one or more of the selected features, one or more other features to include in the customer-desired software application.
18. The computer implemented method of claim 17 wherein the method comprising storing the graph database in a first location, periodically perform a script that copies the graph database, loads the copied graph database to a second location, and interacts with the copied knowledge graph as part of the operation of the online software development platform to provide software tools based on the knowledge graph.
19. The computer implemented method of claim 17 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.
20. The computer implemented method of claim 17 wherein the method comprising storing a plurality of different hyperparameters corresponding to different software tools on the platform.