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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Andrew Layne Arnott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kieran Paul Mockford, Issaquah, WA (US);
Dan James Moseley, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Layne Arnott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kieran Paul Mockford, Issaquah, WA (US);
Dan James Moseley, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method or software program that provides an analysis of a build, which can provide a developer with views of the build processes, is disclosed. Data is collected from the build. The collected data can include information regarding file access patterns from determining which files are accessed for read and which files are accessed for write by one or more software build tools and project interdependencies. The collected data can also include certain project properties, build configurations, intermediate directories such as logs, and other metadata of the build. The collected data is injected into a relational database that can be queried. Reports can be generated from the information stored in the database by tools that depict built projects and interdependencies. For example, the tools can be used to generate visualizations such as graphs.