Drag and drop creation and editing of a page incorporating scripts
First Claim
1. A user interface for providing a designer with an enhanced programming environment comprising:
- a first display portion representing a page, the first display portion receiving dragged and dropped objects;
a second display portion representing a library of the objects for dragging and dropping the objects into the first display portion, said objects executable on one of a server and a client; and
a third display portion for configuring at least one of a method or property of one of the objects after the one of the objects has been dragged and dropped into the first display portion.
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Abstract
An environment for developing clientside/serverside code is disclosed. The environment supports programming in an event-driven paradigm while the execution of the resultant programs are executed in a serial execution paradigm. Through shielding the developer from complex scripting segments, the environment provides the developer with the suggestion that that resultant execution model is event-driven. By treating scripts as later-definable objects, the designing phase of a page may be lessened, as the appropriate codings needed to implement a page are determined at a later date. In one example, the codings may be preliminary set as server side or client side, with the environment later adding the appropriate scripting language to complete the developed page.
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13 Claims
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1. A user interface for providing a designer with an enhanced programming environment comprising:
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a first display portion representing a page, the first display portion receiving dragged and dropped objects;
a second display portion representing a library of the objects for dragging and dropping the objects into the first display portion, said objects executable on one of a server and a client; and
a third display portion for configuring at least one of a method or property of one of the objects after the one of the objects has been dragged and dropped into the first display portion. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for providing a designer with an enhanced programming environment comprising:
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a library of objects capable of being dragged and dropped onto a page, said objects including script that executes on one of a server and a client;
a first display portion representing a page, the first display portion receiving dragged and dropped objects;
a second display portion displaying said library of objects, said system providing for dragging and dropping the objects from said second display portion into the first display portion; and
a third display portion for configuring at least one of a method or property of one of the objects after the one of the objects has been dragged and dropped into the first display portion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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4. A method of operating a user interface, said interface providing a designer with an enhanced programming environment, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting an object from a library of objects capable of being dragged and dropped onto a page, said objects including script that executes on one of a server and a client;
placing the object on a page;
providing a determination of whether script support said object should execute on said server or said client to said environment;
responding to said determination by retrieving from said library of objects at least one of a first script for instantiating said object on said server and a second script for instantiating said object on said client;
transmitting said page to a server with at least one of said first script and said second script. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. The method according 4, further comprising the step of:
calling said object on said page from a second page. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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13. A method for designing a page in a first language model comprising the steps of:
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dragging and dropping objects from a first display object library onto a page;
setting the properties associated with objects;
designating whether said objects should execute on a server or on a client;
outputting said page containing said represented objects into a second language model for execution.
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