Method and system for software application optimization using natural language-based queries

A system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing code executable by the computer processor to:
• obtain, by an application development engine executing on a computing device, a user-provided query input via a user interface, the user-provided query relating to an optimization constraint and an optimization action;
• derive a formalized query from the user-provided query by translating the user-provided query into a syntactic construct of segmented sentence elements;
• obtain, by the application development engine, an application element that matches the optimization action, comprising:
• deriving a pattern representation of the user-provided query from the formalized query;
• and
• identifying a first application element that matches the pattern representation of the user-provided query from a plurality of application elements, including identifying the first application element as a candidate for the optimization action;
• and
• performing, by the application development engine, the optimization action, including revising the identified application element.

A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing code, the code comprising functionality for:

• obtaining a user-provided query input via a user interface, the user-provided query relating to an optimization constraint and an optimization action;
• deriving a formalized query from the user-provided query by translating the user-provided query into a syntactic construct of segmented sentence elements;
• obtaining an application element that matches the optimization action from an application repository, comprising:
• deriving a pattern representation of the user-provided query from the formalized query;
• and
• identifying the application element that matches the pattern representation of the user-provided query from a plurality of application elements, including identifying the application element as a candidate for the optimization action;
• and
• performing, by the application development engine, a revision on the identified application element.