Systems and methods for providing an instant communication channel within integrated development environments

A communication system for augmenting a software development environment, the system comprising:

• at least one processor operatively connected to a memory;
• a development engine, executed by the at least one processor, configured to manage access to a code repository and version control application;
• a communication engine, executed by the at least one processor, configured to execute a method comprising:
• generating a communication interface integrated into a code editor and code navigation display, wherein the communication interface is configured to display a message stream of user based communication associated with code displayed in the code editor,
• receiving, via the code navigation display, a request to generate a message associated with code being edited in the code editor, the request identifying a type of the message to generate,
• generating a predefined form for generating the message, wherein the predefined form comprises one or more fields associated with the type of the message, a system posting field indicating a channel of a communication system to transmit to, the message generated by the predefined form, and a field indicating a marker selection for the message,
• displaying the predefined form in the communication interface including displaying, via the predefined form, a portion of the code being edited in the code editor,
• receiving, via the predefined form, data to be included in the message,
• generating the message based on the data received in the predefined form based on a selection received in the predefined form, wherein the message is associated with a codeblock and a reference to the codeblock is embedded into the message, and
• providing the message to the channel of the communication system identified in the system posting field;
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• wherein the communication engine is further configured for:
• receiving a modification of the code in the code editor;
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• storing metadata for preserving communication thread linkage between modified code and the message stream associated with the code in the code editor;
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• a tracking engine, executed by the at least one processor, configured to store user based communications with associations to code line or code file to respective user based communication.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing one or more processors to perform a method for augmenting a software development environment, the method comprising:

• managing access to a code repository and version control application;
• generating a communication interface integrated into a code editor and code navigation display, wherein the communication interface is configured to display a message stream of user based communication associated with code displayed in the code editor;
• receiving, via the code navigation display, a request to generate a message associated with code being edited in the code editor, the request identifying a type of the message to generate;
• generating a predefined form for generating the message, wherein the predefined form comprises one or more fields associated with the type of the message, a system posting field indicating a channel of a communication system to transmit to, the message generated by the predefined form, and a field indicating a marker selection for the message;
• displaying the predefined form in the communication interface including displaying, via the predefined form, a portion of the code being edited in the code editor;
• receiving, via the predefined form, data to be included in the message;
• generating the message based on the data received in the predefined form based on a selection received in the predefined form, wherein the message is associated with a codeblock and a reference to the codeblock is embedded into the message;
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• providing the message to the channel of the communication system identified in the system posting field, wherein the communication system is further configured for:
• dynamically monitoring the message stream for code;
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• determining corresponding code in the code editor based in response to detecting code in the message stream.