JPH04111021A - Software development supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need of an operation for selecting in detail a necessary tool from all tools, whenever development of plural modules is advanced, respectively by storing each development environment information in a storage means in advance in accordance with plural modules. CONSTITUTION:Plural modules obtained by dividing a software, and the respective development environment information related to each module are allowed to correspond to each other and stored in a storage means 6 in advance. In such a state, a setting means 51 calls the module together with the development environment information from the storage means 6, and sets the module and the development environment information under the development environment of the software. Also, a leading-in means 52 returns the module set under the development environment of the software into the storage means 6 together with the corresponding development environment information. In such a way, such a complicated operation as a necessary tool is selected in detail from all tools, whenever development of plural modules is advanced, respectively becomes unnecessary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a software development support device for supporting the development of software when the software is developed by dividing it into a plurality of modules.

[Background Art] In recent years, when developing large-scale software, the software is divided into a plurality of modules, and each of these is developed on a module-by-module basis. In addition, in software development using rapid prototyping,
- It is not uncommon for one developer to be in charge of several modules and develop these modules in parallel.

By the way, in the conventional software development environment, there are many tools (
Editor, browser, etc.) and multiple modules were managed separately, and all tools could be used at any time when developing a single module. However, since the necessary tools had to be selected one by one from all the tools, as mentioned earlier, when developing several modules in parallel, each time one module is developed, The necessary tools for development had to be selected, which necessitated complicated operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] As described above, under the conventional software development environment,
Each time you proceed with the development of multiple modules, you have to select the necessary tools one by one from all the tools.
There was a problem that the operations for selecting tools were complicated.

In other words, development environment information called tools was not organized for each module and provided to developers.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a software development support device that can organize development environment information for each module and supply it to developers.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the present invention, a plurality of modules into which software is divided and development environment information for each module are stored in a storage means in correspondence with each other, and a setting means is stored in a storage means. , the module and the development environment information are set in the software development environment by calling the module along with the corresponding development environment information, and the pulling means calls the module set in the software development environment in a corresponding manner. The development environment information is returned to the storage means together with the development environment information.

[Operation] According to the present invention, the modules in the storage means are called together with the corresponding development environment information, these are set under the software development environment, and the modules set under this development environment are stored together with the development environment information. It can be returned within the means.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a software development support device according to the present invention.

In the figure, keyboard 1 and mouse 2 are used for data,
This is for inputting commands, etc., and the data, commands, etc. input from here are transmitted to the arithmetic and control unit 5 via the interface 3 and bus 4. The main memory device 6 is composed of a semiconductor memory and stores various data, programs, etc. The external storage device 7 consists of a magnetic disk, and similarly to the main storage device 6, stores various data, programs, etc.

The arithmetic and control unit 5 accesses the main storage device 6 via the bus 4 to read and write data, and accesses the external storage device 7 via the bus 4 and the interface 8 to read and write data therein. Further, the arithmetic and control device 5 executes various programs, transmits various display data to the display device 10 via the bus 4 and the interface 9, and displays various images on the screen of the display device 10.

Furthermore, the arithmetic and control unit 5 includes a module setting section 51 that selects a predetermined module from a plurality of modules into which the software is divided and sets this module in the software development environment, and a module that saves the module from the software development environment. A retracting portion 52 is provided.

Further, a development environment information storage section 61 is provided in the main storage device 6, and as shown in FIG. B, . . . are stored, and their module names A.

Each development environment information is stored in each area corresponding to B, . . . . This development environment information is data about the tool used to create the module with the corresponding module name. For example, corresponding to module name A, "Editor" used to edit the program
It stores data about a tool called "Browser" and a tool called "Browser" used for quoting programs.
The data regarding the tool includes the type of window used to display the tool on the screen of the display device 10, the size and display position of the window, and the like. Similarly, data regarding a tool called "Browser" includes the type of window displayed on the display screen, the size of the window, and the display position.

Now, the process for selecting one of the multiple modules in such a configuration, placing the selected module in the development environment, and saving the module from there will be described according to the flowchart in Figure 3. .

- Now assume that the display screen of the display device 10 is a screen 11 as shown in FIG. This screen 11 includes a window 12 displaying that the current development module target is module name A, a tool called "Editor" used in the development of this module, and a window called "Brow".
There are arranged windows 13, 14 each displaying a tool called ser.

In addition, on such a screen 11, by operating the keyboard 1 and mouse 2, it is possible to create the contents of the development module with the module name A displayed in the window 12, that is, a part of the software.
In this creation, each vine in each window 13, 14 can be used.

Here, when a change command is input from the module with module name A to the module with module name B by operating keyboard 1 and mouse 2 (step 101
), the arithmetic and control unit 5 activates the module retracting section 52 in order to evacuate the module with module name A. In response, the module pull-in unit 52 determines whether an area for storing development environment information corresponding to module name A has already been formed in the development environment information storage unit 61 of the main storage device 6 (step 102 ). Here, if an area for storing development environment information corresponding to module name A has not yet been created, the module pulling unit 52 creates an area for storing development environment information corresponding to this module name A. If a new file is created in the development environment information storage section 61 (step 103), the process moves to the next step 104.

Furthermore, if it is determined in step [02] that an area for storing development environment information corresponding to module name A has already been created, there is no need to create the area.
The process proceeds to the next step 104 without passing through step 103.

In this step 104, the module retracting section 52
is information on each window that is the development environment corresponding to module name A displayed on the screen 11 of the display device 10 shown in FIG. 2, that is, data about a tool called "Editor" and data about a tool called "Browser" data is stored in the area corresponding to the module name A in the development environment information storage section 61 of the main storage device 6. Furthermore, the module retracting portion 52 is connected to the screen 11.
The windows 12, 13, and 14 displayed on the screen are deleted from the display screen (step 105).

In this way, the development environment information used to develop the module with module name A is stored in the area corresponding to module name A in the development environment information storage section 61, and each window 1
2, 13, and 14, thereby saving the development environment information from the software development environment.

Next, since the instruction to change the module with module name A to the module with module name B has been input in step 101 to the arithmetic and control unit 5, the module setting section 51 is used to set the module with module name B. to start. In response to this, the module setting section 51 displays the module name B on the window air on the screen 16 (shown in FIG. 2) of the display device 10 (step 106).

Then, the module setting unit 51 determines whether the development environment information corresponding to module 2 is stored in the development environment information storage unit 61 (step 107). Here, if the development environment information is stored in the area corresponding to module name B in the development environment information storage section 61 as shown in FIG. The module setting unit 51 reads the data 1 about the tool called "Editor" and the data about the tool called "Browser" (step 108). Then, the module setting unit 51 sets the window 18 used for editing based on the data about the tool called "Editor". It is displayed in a predetermined size at a predetermined position on the screen 16 of the display device 1o, and
A window 19 used for citation is displayed in a predetermined size at a predetermined position on the screen 16 based on data about a tool called r (step 109).

In this way, the development environment information used to develop the development module target with module name B is displayed in each window 18 and 19 on the screen 16, thereby setting the development environment information under the software development environment.

Further, if it is determined in step 107 that the development environment information corresponding to module name B is not stored in the development environment information storage section 61, processing is performed without the development environment information being set by the module setting section 51. (Step 110). Therefore, in this case, the module name B will be displayed in the window air on the screen 16, or the window displaying the development environment information used to develop the module will not be placed on the screen 6.

However, when only the window displaying the module name is arranged on the screen of the display device 10 in this way, by operating the keyboard 1 and mouse 2,
A desired tool may be selected from among all the tools preset on this system, and the window of the selected tool may be displayed on the screen. When storing the module in the main storage device 6, the module name of the module is stored in the development environment information storage section 61 and corresponds to this module name. An area may be created in the development environment information storage section 61, and the data of the tool may be stored in the area.

Further, when a module name window and a tool window are respectively arranged on the screen of the display device 10, the tool window can be deleted or a new tool window can be set. In this case, when storing the module in the main storage device 6,
Since tool data on the screen is stored in the area corresponding to the module name of the module in the development environment information storage section 61, the development environment information in the area can be changed.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a module is placed in the development environment, the development environment information for developing the module is called from the development environment information storage section 61, and when the module is pulled back from the development environment, Since the development environment information is saved in the development environment information storage unit 61 in correspondence with the module name of the module, it is not necessary to select and set necessary tools each time the development of the module is progressed.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the software development support device according to the present invention, development environment information corresponding to a plurality of modules is stored in the storage means, so that the information about the module is stored together with the desired module. The development environment information can be set under the software development environment, which eliminates the need for the complicated operation of selecting the necessary tools one by one from all the tools each time the development of a plurality of modules progresses.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the software development support device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the display mode on the screen of the display device and the storage of the development environment information storage unit in the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart used to explain the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. 1...keyboard, 2...mouse, 3,8.9...
・Interface, 4... Bus, 5... Arithmetic control unit, 6... Main storage device, 7... External storage device, 10
...Display device, 51...Module setting section, 52.
...Module pull-in section, 61...Development environment information storage section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a software development support device for supporting the development of software when software is divided into a plurality of modules and developed, each of the modules and development environment information for each module are provided. a storage means for storing the module and the development environment information corresponding to the module from the storage means, and a setting means for setting the module and the development environment information in a software development environment; A software development support device comprising: a pull-in means for returning the module set in a software development environment and the development environment information corresponding to the module into the storage means.