Patent ID: 8612963

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to facilitate error resolution in application deployment, the method comprising: packaging an application by a packaging tool for deployment onto an application server, to generate a packaged application; retrieving one or more problem definitions by the packaging tool; determining that an error exists in the packaged application by operation of one or more computer processors and based on the one or more problem definitions, wherein the error prevents the packaged application from deploying correctly onto the application server; and upon determining that the error exists in the packaged application and that the packaging tool is not configured to resolve the error unless the packaging tool is first updated, issuing, based on the one or more problem definitions, user instructions for a first user to resolve the error without requiring intervention from any other user, the instructions specifying how to: update the packaging tool; and using the updated packaging tool, repackage the application for deployment onto the application server, in order to generate a repackaged application, wherein the error is resolved in the repackaged application.