Virtual replication of physical things for scale-out in an internet of things integrated developer environment

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program instructions, which when executed on a processor are configured to:

• operate an Internet of Things (IoT) integrated developer environment (IDE);
• access one or more real-world physical devices within a computer network that are configured to participate with the IoT IDE;
• virtually replicate the one or more real-world physical devices within the IoT IDE into a configuration of virtual devices within the IoT IDE;
• simulate, within the IoT IDE, an IoT application that includes one or more graphs of connectivity of real-world physical devices, wherein the simulating a) relays input and/or output (I/O) messages between the IoT IDE and the one or more real-world physical devices, and b) virtually replicates those I/O messages according to the configuration of virtual devices within the IoT IDE;
• and
• scale-out the IoT application by virtually replicating a real-world physical graph of connected real-world physical devices multiple times until forming a larger virtual graph of virtualized devices that represent a larger scale deployment than the real-world physical devices,
• wherein the program instructions when executed to scale-out are further configured to:
• scale-out the IoT application by virtually replicating individual real-world physical devices within a logical graph of the IoT IDE.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor adapted to execute one or more processes;
• and
• a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to:
• operate an Internet of Things (IoT) integrated developer environment (IDE);
• access one or more real-world physical devices within a computer network that are configured to participate with the IoT IDE;
• virtually replicate the one or more real-world physical devices within the IoT IDE into a configuration of virtual devices within the IoT IDE;
• simulate, within the IoT IDE, an IoT application that includes one or more graphs of connectivity of real-world physical devices, wherein the simulating a) relays input and/or output (I/O) messages between the IoT IDE and the one or more real-world physical devices, and b) virtually replicates those I/O messages according to the configuration of virtual devices within the IoT IDE;
• and
• scale-out the IoT application by virtually replicating a real-world physical graph of connected real-world physical devices multiple times until forming a larger virtual graph of virtualized devices that represent a larger scale deployment than the real-world physical devices,
• wherein the process when executed to scale-out is further operable to:
• scale-out the IoT application by virtually replicating individual real-world physical devices within a logical graph of the IoT IDE.