1. A development system comprising: a processor; memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the development system to: receive an indication of a user development input to develop a computer system, the computer system comprising elements of a plurality of different element types modeled in the computer system; generate a representation of a user interface display with a search user input mechanism; receive an indication of a user search query from the search user input mechanism, the user search query identifying a search criterion for searching the elements of the computer system; and identify a type-based search parameter that is based on the user search query and identifies a particular one of the different element types modeled in the computer system; and obtain a search result by performing an element search based on the search criterion and the type-based search parameter.
1. A development system comprising: a processor; memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the development system to: receive an indication of a user development input to develop a computer system, the computer system comprising elements of a plurality of different element types modeled in the computer system; generate a representation of a user interface display with a search user input mechanism; receive an indication of a user search query from the search user input mechanism, the user search query identifying a search criterion for searching the elements of the computer system; and identify a type-based search parameter that is based on the user search query and identifies a particular one of the different element types modeled in the computer system; and obtain a search result by performing an element search based on the search criterion and the type-based search parameter. 11. The development system of claim 1 , and further comprising: a model store that stores a serialized representation of each of the elements, the serialized representation comprising code and metadata of the element; and wherein the element search is performed by accessing the serialized representations in the model store.