Patent ID: 8627308

Claim:
A method for exchanging console data in a messaging system, the method comprising: receiving a message in a messaging client executing in memory by at least one processor of a computer; selecting in the received message in the messaging client a portion of console data for a version of source code, the portion of console data including data displayed in connection with source code in a console of an integrated development environment (IDE); and, responsive to the selection of the portion of console data, extracting corresponding meta-data for the received message, determining a version of source code for the console data from the meta-data, determining a line number for the portion of console data from the meta-data, loading the determined version of source code determined from the extracted meta-data in the IDE executing in the memory by the at least one processor of the computer, and bringing into view in the IDE a line of the loaded version of source code corresponding to the determined line number.