Software development tool that provides context-based data schema code hinting

A method comprising:

• determining, by a software development tool executed by a processor, at least one region defined for code of a software application under development using tags, wherein each tag includes a definition that indicates one or more data sources referenced by the region;
• anticipating, by the software development tool, from input to the at least one defined region a desire to code a reference to a data schema, wherein the data schema comprises one or more data types defined for the data source;
• determining, by the software development tool, the one or more data sources referenced by the tag of the at least one region;
• determining, by the software development tool, one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources referenced by the at least one defined region;
• and
• in response to anticipating, presenting, by the software development tool, data schema code hints for only the one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources, wherein the code hints indicate data types corresponding to the one or more data sources,
• receiving, by the software development tool, input selecting one of the presented data schema code hints;
• and
• inserting, by the software development tool, the selected data scheme code hint into the code, wherein the selection references the data type indicated by the code hint, and is inserted at a location in the code at which the input indicating an attempt to code a reference to a data scheme was detected.

A method comprising:

• determining, by a software development tool executed by a processor, a plurality of regions defined for code of a software application under development,
• detecting, by the software development tool, a trigger input to one of the plurality of regions, wherein said trigger indicates a desire to code a reference to a data schema, wherein the data schema comprises one or more data types defined for a data source;
• determining, by the software development tool, one or more data sources referenced by the one of the plurality of regions;
• and
• in response to the detecting, presenting, by the software development tool, data schema code hints for only the determined one or more data sources referenced by the one of the plurality of regions in which the trigger was detected.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

• detecting a trigger input to one of a plurality of regions defined for markup language code, wherein said trigger indicates a desire to code a reference to a data schema, wherein the data schema comprises one or more data types defined for a data source;
• determining one or more data sources referenced by the one of the plurality of regions in which the trigger resides;
• determining, by the software development tool, one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources referenced by the one of the plurality of regions in which the trigger is located;
• and
• based on determining the one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources, presenting data schema code hints for only the one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources.

A system comprising:

• a processor configured to execute instructions stored in non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• software development tool comprised in the computer-readable medium and operable to receive input for developing a software application, wherein the software development tool is operable to:
• detect a trigger input to one of a plurality of regions defined for code of the software application under development, wherein said trigger indicates a desire to code a reference to a data schema, wherein the data schema comprises one or more data types defined for a data source,
• determining one or more data schemas corresponding to one or more data sources referenced by the one of the plurality of regions to which the trigger is input, and
• in response to detecting the trigger, output a code hint, wherein said code hint contains data schema code hints for only the one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources.

A method comprising:

• determining, by a software development tool executed by a processor, a plurality of regions defined for code of a software application under development;
• detecting, by the software development tool, a trigger input to one of the plurality of regions, wherein said trigger indicates a desire to code a reference to a data schema, wherein the data schema comprises one or more data types defined for a data source;
• in response to the detecting, determining, by the software development tool, one or more data sources referenced by the one of the plurality of regions by referencing a document object model for the software application;
• determining, by the software development tool, one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources by referencing the document object model;
• and
• presenting, by the software development tool, data schema code hints for the one or more data schemas corresponding to the one or more data sources.