Integration of context-sensitive run-time metrics into integrated development environments

A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising a set of instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• determine an application component to be monitored in the IDE, the application component having associated information in a component repository of the IDE runtime environment, wherein the component repository is configured to provide a list of components that are available to be invoked by the IDE runtime environment;
• monitor the application component in the IDE runtime environment to determine a plurality of metrics associated with the application component;
• transmit the plurality of metrics to a data collector of the IDE user interface;
• and
• display the metrics to a user of the IDE.

A computer system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program executable by the processor, the computer program comprising:

• a component repository configured to maintain a list of available application components that can be invoked by an integrated development environment (“IDE”) runtime environment;
• an IDE runtime environment configured to open an application component and monitor operation of the application component to determine a plurality of metrics associated with the application component;
• and
• an IDE user interface configured to allow a user to perform software development tasks, the IDE user interface comprising:
• an instrumentor in communication with the IDE runtime environment, the instrumentor being configured to allow a user to control operation of the IDE runtime environment;
• and
• a data collector in configuration with the IDE runtime environment, the data collector being configured to display at least some of the plurality of metrics associated with the application component.