Patent ID: 8850383

Claim:
A method for accessing elements of an integrated development environment (IDE) using uniform resource locators (URLs) comprising: at least one computer receiving a user-entered search string; the at least one computer querying meta data containing key words associated with a set of URL-accessible IDE elements of an IDE for matches to the user-entered search string, wherein each URL-accessible IDE element of the set of URL-accessible IDE elements includes a URL that provides a navigation-independent access mechanism; the at least one computer, when the querying step finds at least one match, generating a search results list of matching URL-accessible IDE elements; the at least one computer presenting the search results list, wherein the search results list includes at least one of a name, a description, and the URL of each matching URL-accessible IDE element in the search results list, and wherein a user-selection of one of the matching URL-accessible IDE elements from the search results list results in an operation within the IDE occurring that uses the selected one of the matching URL-accessible IDE elements from the search results list; and the at least one computer logging an access of the selected one of the matching URL-accessible IDE elements from the search results list in a user history document.