Collaborative development of software programs based on service invocations

A computer program product for assisting a user in developing a software program, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
• monitoring a program code of the software program being under development to identify a code portion of the program code matching a code pattern of a plurality of code patterns;
• submitting a search request for searching, among a plurality of available services provided by corresponding service providers for the plurality of code patterns, each eligible service for the matched code pattern;
• receiving an indication of at least one eligible service being found when a result of the search is positive;
• prompting the user to select a replacement service among the at least one eligible service in response to the positive result of the search;
• and
• replacing the code portion with an invocation of the replacement service on the corresponding service provider.

A computer system for assisting a user in developing a software program, the computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising:
• monitoring a program code of the software program being under development to identify a code portion of the program code matching a code pattern of a plurality of code patterns;
• submitting a search request for searching, among a plurality of available services provided by corresponding service providers for the plurality of code patterns, each eligible service for the matched code pattern;
• receiving an indication of at least one eligible service being found when a result of the search is positive;
• prompting the user to select a replacement service among the at least one eligible service in response to the positive result of the search;
• and
• replacing the code portion with an invocation of the replacement service on the corresponding service provider.