Patent ID: 7512903
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing presentation of resources to a user via an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) User Interface (UI), the computer-implemented method comprising: initially blocking all data resources from view in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) User Interface (UI); subsequently displaying only resources that are of interest to a user on the IDE UI, wherein displayed resources include only resources that meet criteria that describe the displayed resources as being resources that: a) the user has already modified and needs to commit to a shared environment, b) have compile errors in them that were caused by changes to other resources the user has modified, wherein the displayed resources are in a first sub-folder and the other resources are in a second sub-folder; c) have an uncommitted outgoing change to a shared team repository of resources, d) are actively being worked on in the IDE by the user, e) have a “ToDo” resource marker directed at the user, wherein the “ToDo” resource marker indicates that a particular resource needs to be exported to another developer, f) have been modified by the user and committed to a team environment, g) are identified as a being from a shared team version that is more recent than a latest version created by the user, and h) are waiting for a compiler to finish running in order to be updated, wherein the displayed resources are previously blocked data files that are subsequently displayed on the IDE UI using a reverse-filtering process, wherein the reverse-filtering process utilizes a single filter that incorporates resource parameters that have been selected by the user from a drop-down menu displayed on the IDE UI, wherein the resource parameters match said criteria for the displayed resources, and wherein matching resources are displayed on the IDE UI; displaying the second sub-folder on the IDE UI, wherein displaying the second sub-folder identifies a sub-folder location of an error-producing resource that caused a compile error to the displayed resources; and automatically expanding the first sub-folder while leaving the second sub-folder in an unexpanded format on the IDE UI, wherein expanding the first sub-folder reveals only resources that match said criteria while the error-producing resource from the second sub-folder remains concealed in the IDE UI.