Patent ID: 8418139
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the following operations comprising: starting an application software deployed on an application server communicatively connected to a developer computer system; subsequent to starting said application software, determining if said application software is executing in a test mode or in a production mode, said test mode comprising a mode intended to be used by authorized persons of an entity for testing operations of application software, and said production mode comprising a mode intended to be used by persons of a general public for accessing and using application software provided by said entity; when in production mode, exclusively causing a default configuration file including at least one default initialization parameter to be communicated from said developer computer system to said application server; when executing in a test mode, determining if a change has occurred with respect to at least one test initialization parameter in a test configuration file of said application software; when results of said determining indicate that a change has occurred with respect to said at least one test initialization parameter, exclusively causing said test configuration file including said at least one test initialization parameter which has been changed to be communicated from said developer computer system to said application server; and initializing said application software using said default configuration file or said test configuration file; wherein only said application software is caused to be restarted each time a change is made to said test configuration file so as to bring test initialization parameter updates into service.