Nesting installations of software products

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed cause a computer system to:

• generate a definition of a new software product;
• include a new functionality specific to the new software product in the definition of the new software product;
• create a reference to a base software product providing base functionality prerequisite for executing the new functionality of the new software product;
• generate an installable package for the new software product based on the definition of the new software product, where the installable package includes software code for the new functionality and a reference to an installable package of the base software product;
• and
• publish the installable package for the new software product on a public network location.

A computer implemented method for nesting installations of a plurality of software products, the method comprising:

• receiving a definition of a new computer application built upon a base software product;
• creating in a memory a description of an extended software product including the new computer application;
• creating a reference to the base software product;
• and
• generating by a processor an installable package based on the description of the extended software product, wherein the installable package includes software code corresponding to the new computer application, and where the installable package further includes a reference to at least one installable package corresponding to the base software product.