System, method and program product for guiding correction of semantic errors in code using collaboration records

A computer system for guiding correction of semantic errors in code in an integrated development environment, said computer system comprising:

• a central processing unit;
• first program instructions to input code being developed by a developer in an integrated development environment, said first program instructions including instructions to construct, using a code parser, a syntax tree representation of said code inputted;
• second program instructions to identify, using one or more matching collaboration records located for a node in a syntax tree constructed for said code inputted, any semantic errors pertaining to use of a third-party library in said code inputted, wherein said one or more matching collaboration records contain suggestions offered by peer developers for correcting semantic errors related to a specific third-party library class;
• third program instructions to display said code on a user interface;
• fourth program instructions to display an error warning icon adjacent to any lines of said code that contain one or more of said semantic errors;
• fifth program instructions to, in response to receiving a signal indicating that a user has clicked a specific error warning icon, display one or more suggestions associated with said one or more collaboration records located to correct said any semantic errors identified for said node, wherein said developer can choose a suggestion of said one or more suggestions displayed to guide correction of said any semantic errors;
• sixth program instructions to inquire whether or not said developer wishes to add a new suggestion for handling a semantic error in a particular node in the syntax tree representation of said code inputted;
• seventh program instructions to, in response to determining that said developer does not wish to add said new suggestion for handling said semantic error in said particular node in the syntax tree representation of said code inputted, inquire whether or not said developer wishes to contribute feedback with respect to said one or more suggestions displayed for said node;
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• eighth program instructions to, if said developer wishes to contribute said feedback pertaining to said one or more suggestions displayed, receive said feedback for updating said one or more suggestions displayed,
• and wherein said first, second third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth program instructions are stored in said computer system for execution by said central processing unit.

A computer program product for guiding correction of semantic errors in code in an integrated development environment, said computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• first program instructions to input code being developed by a developer in an integrated development environment, said first program instructions including instructions to construct, using a code parser, a syntax tree representation of said code inputted;
• second program instructions to identify, using one or more matching collaboration records located for a node in a syntax tree constructed for said code inputted, any semantic errors pertaining to use of a third-party library in said code inputted, wherein said one or more matching collaboration records contain suggestions offered by peer developers for correcting said any semantic errors;
• third program instructions to display said code on a user interface;
• fourth program instructions to display an error warning icon adjacent to any lines of said code that contain one or more of said semantic errors;
• fifth program instructions to, in response to receiving a signal indicating that a user has clicked a specific error warning icon, display one or more suggestions associated with said one or more collaboration records located to correct said any semantic errors identified for said node, wherein said developer can choose a suggestion of said one or more suggestions displayed to guide correction of said any semantic errors;
• sixth program instructions to, in response to determining that no suggestions have been made by the peer developers regarding a semantic error in a particular node in the syntax tree representation of said code inputted, inquire whether or not said developer wishes to add a new suggestion to a respective invocation within a collaboration record of said one or more collaboration records located;
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• seventh program instructions to, if said developer wishes to add said new suggestion to said respective invocation within said collaboration record of said one or more collaboration records located, receive said new suggestion for updating said respective invocation associated with said collaboration record of said one or more collaboration records located;
• and wherein
• said first, second third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh program instructions are recorded on said computer readable medium.

A process for deploying computing infrastructure comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computing system, wherein said code in combination with said computing system is capable of performing a process of guiding correction of semantic errors in code in an integrated development environment, said process comprising:

• inputting, using a code editor, code being developed by a developer in an integrated development environment;
• constructing, using a code parser, a syntax tree representation of said code inputted;
• identifying, using one or more collaboration records located for a node in said syntax tree constructed for said code inputted, any semantic errors pertaining to use of a third-party library in said code inputted by said developer, wherein said one or more collaboration records contain suggestions offered by peer developers for correcting semantic errors related to a specific third-party library class;
• displaying said code on a user interface;
• displaying an error warning icon adjacent to any lines of said code that contain one or more of said semantic errors;
• in response to receiving a signal indicating that a user has clicked a specific error warning icon, displaying one or more suggestions associated with said one or more collaboration records located to correct said any semantic errors identified for said node, wherein said developer can choose a suggestion of said one or more suggestions displayed to guide correction of said any semantic errors;
• inquiring whether or not said developer wishes to add a new suggestion for handling a semantic error in a particular node in the syntax tree representation of said code inputted;
• in response to determining that said developer does not wish to add said new suggestion for handling said semantic error in said particular node in the syntax tree representation of said code inputted, inquiring whether or not said developer wishes to contribute feedback with respect to said one or more suggestions displayed for said node;
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• if said developer wishes to contribute said feedback pertaining to said one or more suggestions displayed, receiving said feedback for updating said one or more suggestions displayed.