Abstract: An approach is provided for a messaging interface between applications and a user. A plurality of messages associated respectively with a plurality of programs is stored in a common message database according to timing information corresponding to the messages. A subset of the messages is retrieved based on the timing information. The subset of messages is filtered based on message type. The filtered messages are output to a non-visual communication program for presentation of the filtered messages.

Abstract: A system includes a source database storing a targeted source code having references to hard-coded configuration information. A converter is in communication with the source database and is configured to replace the hard-coded configuration information in the targeted source code with soft-coded configuration information. A method includes searching the targeted source code for references related to hard-coded configuration information, receiving new reference names for the references, each of the new reference names corresponding to at least one of the references and being related to soft-coded configuration information, and replacing the references related to hard-coded configuration information with the corresponding new reference name to generate a targetless source code with the soft-coded configuration information.

Abstract: A system comprises a processing device, a data store selectively connected to the processing device and configured to store a plurality of segments of a software application, and a code refactoring application included on the processing device. The code refactoring application may include instructions that when executed cause the processing device to receive at least a subset of the segments of the software application from the data store, determine a design structure for the segments based at least in part on the received segments, and refactor the segments into a refactored segment according to the determined design structure.