Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing software application development and releases

A computer implemented method for implementing software development and releases, comprising:

• one or more server computers connected to a plurality of client computing devices via one or more computer networks and comprising at least a branch management module and a release management module that are stored at least partially in memory of the one or more server computers, the one or more server performing a process, and the processing comprising:
• initiating a software application release for a software application at least by creating a branch, at the branch management module, for the software application release;
• automatically identifying a plurality of artifacts for the software application release based in part or in whole upon a plurality of packaging types associated with the plurality of artifacts;
• automatically packaging the plurality of artifacts into one or more box sets for deployment into one or more corresponding environments for the software application release;
• and
• deploying the one or more box sets into the one or more corresponding environments to complete the software application release.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereupon at least a branch management module and a release management module which, when executed by a mobile communication device, causes one or more servers to perform a set of acts for implementing software development and releases, the set of acts comprising:

• one or more server computers initiating a software application release for a software application at least by creating a branch, at the branch management module, for the software application release, the one or more server computers that are connected to a plurality of client computing devices via one or more computer networks and comprise at least a branch management module and a release management module;
• the one or more computer servers automatically identifying a plurality of artifacts for the software application release based in part or in whole upon a plurality of packaging types associated with the plurality of artifacts;
• the one or more computer servers automatically packaging the plurality of artifacts into one or more box sets for deployment into one or more corresponding environments for the software application release;
• and
• the one or more computer servers deploying the one or more box sets into the one or more corresponding environments to complete the software application release.