Techniques for generating customized software

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory comprising code stored thereon, that when executed, performs a method of customizing a software product comprising:
• receiving customization information describing customizations to the software product requested by a user at a first point in time;
• submitting a request including the customization information to a web service;
• responsive to receiving the request, performing processing comprising:
• creating, by the web service, a new job to generate a first customized version of the software product in accordance with the customization information of the request for the first point in time;
• automatically generating at least one customized file in accordance with the customization information for the first customized version of the software product;
• generating a template for the first customized version based on the customization information of the request for the first point in time;
• generating the first customized version of the software product including the at least one customized file;
• and
• testing the first customized version of the software product;
• loading, at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, the template that includes the customization information describing customizations made to the software product from the first point in time;
• receiving, at a third point time subsequent to the second point in time, additional customization information specified by the user, wherein the additional customization information describes at least one additional customization to the software product requested by the user at the third point in time;
• and
• creating a new template for a second customized version of the software product, wherein the template includes customizations specified by the template from the first point in time and includes the at least one additional customization described by the additional customization information from the third point in time.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code that, when executed, performs a method of customizing a software product comprising:

• receiving customization information describing customizations to the software product requested by a user at a first point in time;
• submitting a request including the customization information to a web service;
• responsive to receiving the request, performing processing comprising:
• creating, by the web service, a new job to generate a first customized version of the software product in accordance with the customization information of the request for the first point in time;
• automatically generating at least one customized file in accordance with the customization information for the first customized version of the software product;
• generating a template for the first customized version based on the customization information of the request for the first point in time;
• generating the first customized version of the software product including the at least one customized file;
• and
• testing the first customized version of the software product;
• loading, at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, the template that includes the customization information describing customizations made to the software product from the first point in time:
• receiving, at a third point time subsequent to the second point in time, additional customization information specified by the user, wherein the additional customization information describes at least one additional customization to the software product requested by the user at the third point in time;
• and
• creating a new template for a second customized version of the software product, wherein the template includes customizations specified by the template from the first point in time and includes the at least one additional customization described by the additional customization information from the third point in time.