Patent ID: 8200711

Claim:
A computing apparatus comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processing device, coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is configured by the instructions to: create a map associating a project directory structure of a project pertaining to an application or service with a package directory structure of a package for the project, wherein the project directory structure is for a software development environment and the package directory structure is for an additional environment of an application server; build the package for the project, wherein the package includes an assembled application or service executable by the application server, and wherein building the package includes copying files from the project directory structure to the package directory structure in accordance with the mapping, renaming or modifying one or more of the files and combining the files into a single unit that is deployable to the application server; deploy the project to the application server; detect a resource change in the project directory structure; and apply the resource change to the deployed project.