Spatial layout of hierarchical shared resources

A system comprising:

• computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processing unit,
• wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to:
• produce a user interface comprising:
• display areas identifying folders contained in a shared code base,
• individual line items in the display areas that represent files contained in corresponding folders of the shared code base, wherein the individual line items are displayed within the corresponding folders in which the individual line items are contained, and
• activity information displayed with the display areas and the individual line items, wherein the activity information represents activity of a group of developers in connection with the shared code base and indicates that a first developer from the group currently has an individual file in the shared code base open in a software development platform while the software development platform is in a debug mode;
• and
• provide the user interface to a second developer from the group other than the first developer that currently has the individual file open in the software development platform.

A method performed by at least one computing device, the method comprising:

• producing a user interface having a spatial layout of a set of hierarchical shared resources having a plurality of hierarchy levels, the user interface comprising:
• a first set of display areas listing first names of a first level of shared resources in the set of hierarchical shared resources,
• a second set of display areas listing second names of a second level of shared resources in the set of hierarchical shared resources, wherein the second level is relatively lower in the plurality of hierarchy levels than the first level, and
• activity information that is displayed on the user interface with the first set of display areas and the second set of display areas, the activity information relating to activity of a group of users using the set of hierarchical shared resources,
• wherein the set of hierarchical shared resources are associated with a repository and the activity information displayed on the user interface identifies a first developer from the group of users that currently has an individual shared resource open;
• and
• providing the user interface to a second developer from the group of users other than the first developer that currently has the individual shared resource open.