Automatic component update and integration

A computer implemented method comprising:

• receiving, from a user, input selecting an application for editing in an application development environment, the application development environment comprising a plurality of component tools for use while editing, the component tools generated for use in editing applications by using a set of local components;
• providing an interface for editing the application selected for editing;
• identifying, by the application development environment, a subset of the set of local components including components associated with the application selected for editing;
• searching for a component archive comprising corresponding versions of components of the identified subset;
• comparing corresponding versions of the components located in said component archive found in response to searching with components of the identified subset;
• updating said components of the identified subset with said corresponding versions of the components from said component archive responsive to said comparing;
• and
• revising the component tools using said updated components of the identified subset.

A computer program product having a computer readable storage medium with computer program logic recorded thereon, the computer program product comprising:

• code for receiving input from a user, the input identifying an application selected for editing in an application development environment;
• code for determining, in response to the received input, a server to be searched by the application development environment to locate component archives, wherein the server to be searched is determined based upon the application selected for editing;
• code for searching said server for one or more component archives comprising a component of said application selected for editing;
• code for comparing said one or more component archives with one or more local components associated with said application selected for editing;
• code for revising said one or more local components with said one or more component archives responsive to results of executing said code for comparing;
• and
• code for updating at least one component interface of the application development environment using said revised one or more local components.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying, by an application development environment provided using a computing system, a set of locally-accessible components stored in a computer-readable medium;
• generating a plurality of component tools, the component tools comprising interface elements for use in manipulating application components via the application development environment;
• receiving input from a user, the input selecting an application for editing using the application development environment;
• in response to the input selecting the application for editing, determining a second location, the second location known to store a component of the application selected for editing;
• in response to the input selecting the application for editing, searching the second location for at least one stored component of the application selected for editing;
• comparing the at least one stored component to the set of locally-accessible components;
• updating the set of locally-accessible components based on comparing;
• and
• updating the component tools based on the updated set of locally-accessible components.