1. A method of integrating social networks with integrated development environment (IDE), the method comprising: downloading social information; filtering and displaying the downloaded social information; performing software development using the displayed social information, wherein the performing software development comprises creating a topic related to a source file, wherein the topic comprises an identifier that identifies the source file, a location reference of the source file, one or more user comments and a source file snapshot that includes a read-only copy of the source file; and storing updated social information in a database, wherein the updated social information comprises the created topic.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downloading is implemented through a collaboration support component of a software-based Web Application Toolkit (WATT), wherein the social information is downloaded from a social network.