Query response generation in a developer tool using semantically related keywords in relevant code chunks

A method implemented by a computing system, the method comprising:

• receiving a user-generated query via a user interface of a developer tool, the user-generated query requesting an indication of a location at which a particular element is located in a codebase of a software development project;
• identifying semantically related keywords, which include a first keyword in the user-generated query and a second keyword that is semantically related to the first keyword;
• selecting a relevant code chunk from code chunks in the codebase as a result of the relevant code chunk satisfying a relevancy criterion with regard to the user-generated query;
• and
• triggering execution of an instruction, which causes a visual representation of a response to the user-generated query to be generated by cross-referencing the semantically related keywords with the relevant code chunk and which further causes the visual representation to be presented via the user interface of the developer tool, the execution of the instruction causing the visual representation to include at least a portion of the relevant code chunk and further causing at least one of the first keyword or the second keyword to be highlighted in the portion of the relevant code chunk.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving a user-generated query via a user interface of a developer tool, the user-generated query requesting an indication of a location at which a particular element is located in a codebase of a software development project;
• identifying semantically related keywords, which include a first keyword in the user-generated query and a second keyword that is semantically related to the first keyword in the user-generated query;
• selecting a relevant code chunk from code chunks in the database as a result of the relevant code chunk satisfying a relevancy criterion with regard to the user-generated query;
• and
• triggering execution of an instruction, which causes a visual representation of a response to the user-generated query to be generated by cross-referencing the semantically related keywords with the relevant code chunk and which further causes the visual representation to be presented via the user interface of the developer tool, the execution of the instruction causing the visual representation to include at least a portion of the relevant code chunk and further causing at least the first keyword or the second keyword to be highlighted in the portion of the relevant code chunk.