Method and system to determine component deprecation

A computer-implemented system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory;
• the memory comprising:
• a deprecation interface module to receive, from a server, deprecation data related to a component associated with a computing application, the computing application being an integrated development environment, the deprecation data comprising at least one of a deprecation status that the component is unsupported in the integrated development environment and a sunset policy for the component;
• a component configuration module to configure the component with the deprecation data and to identify a deprecated component in a visual representation in response to receiving a selection request of the component in the computing application;
• a storage module to store the component in a format suitable for generating a the visual representation of the component utilizing the deprecation data;
• a process canvas module for displaying a process template;
• and
• an activity picker module:
• to receive a request to choose an activity component to be placed in a displayed process template, the activity component comprising the component configured with the deprecation data,
• to display a visual representation of a plurality of activity components for selection to be placed in the displayed process template, and
• to display the deprecation data of the component configured with the deprecation data in response to the request to choose an activity component.

A machine-readable memory, disk, or combination thereof with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a microprocessor to:

• create a sunset policy associated with a deprecated component within a computing application, the sunset policy defining a date on which the deprecated component will no longer be supported by the computing application, the computing application being an integrated development environment;
• display a visual representation of the deprecated component for selection to be placed in a process template, the visual representation containing a warning of the sunset policy, the warning changing in severity depending on a time until the deprecated component is removed from the computing application;
• provide a notification in the computing application responsive to a request associated with the deprecated component for the deprecated component to be placed in the process template, the notification including information, from a server, identifying a replacement component and the date the deprecated component will no longer be supported;
• receive replacement configuration data associated with the replacement component;
• configure the replacement component with the replacement configuration data;
• update the process template by replacing the component with the replacement component;
• and
• remove the deprecated component from the computing application on the date.