DYNAMIC PAGE PREVIEWER FOR A WEB APPLICATION BUILDER

• US 20190065153A1
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Published: 02/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Olsson, Jan Ove Kristian
• Granted Patent: US 10,664,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing a dynamic page previewer for a web application builder. A database system maintains a multi-tenant non-relational database associated with a number of users, web applications, and web application components. The system displays a user interface for a dynamic page previewer, consisting of a preview page for a web application containing a number of web application components and one or more component toggle buttons corresponding to the components. The system then processes a user request to select a component toggle button. One or more component visibility rules associated with the component are determined, as well as a visibility state for the component. The visibility state is modified in relation to the component visibility rules, and the system presents the preview page of the web application in the user interface with the web application component being visible or not visible based on the modified visibility state.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

A database system for displaying a presentation of a dynamic page previewer for a server-hosted web application builder, the database system configurable to cause;

maintaining a multi-tenant database associated with a plurality of users, the multi-tenant database identifying a plurality of web applications and web application components, the web application components configured to be reusable within the web application builder;

causing, for display on a client device, a user interface for the dynamic page previewer, the user interface comprising a preview page of a web application from the plurality of web applications, the web application comprising one or more of the plurality of web application components and one or more component toggle buttons corresponding to the one or more web application components;

processing a user request to select a component toggle button;

determining one or more component visibility rules associated with the web application component corresponding to the selected component toggle button;

determining a visibility state for the web application component;

modifying the visibility state in relation to the one or more component visibility rules; and

presenting, in response to the first user request and in the user interface, the preview page of the web application with the web application component being visible or not visible based on the modified visibility state.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least determining that one or more users have permission to access the web application component.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the visibility state comprises setting the visibility state to not visible, and wherein presenting the web application comprises the web application not being visible.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first user request comprises a user input within the user interface, the user input comprising at least one of a click, touch, or selection gesture directed at the component toggle button.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least one or more pieces of data from a user profile or user preferences section associated with a user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least one or more values of one or more records being equal to or above one or more designated threshold values.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein presenting the preview page in response to the first user request is performed in substantially real-time after processing the first user request.

8. A method comprising:

maintaining a multi-tenant database associated with a plurality of users, the multi-tenant database identifying a plurality of web applications and web application components, the web application components configured to be reusable within a web application builder;

causing, for display on a client device, a user interface for the dynamic page previewer, the user interface comprising a preview page of a web application from the plurality of web applications, the web applications comprising one or more of the plurality of web application components and one or more component toggle buttons corresponding to the one or more web application components;

processing a first user request to select a component toggle button;

determining one or more component visibility rules associated with the web application component corresponding to the selected component toggle button;

determining a visibility state for the web application component based on the one or more component visibility rules;

modifying the visibility state in relation to the one or more component visibility rules; and

presenting, in response to the first user request and in the user interface, the preview page of the web application with the web application component being visible or not visible based on the modified visibility state.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least determining that one or more users have permission to access the web application component.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein modifying the visibility state comprises setting the visibility state to not visible, and wherein presenting the web application comprises the web application not being visible.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first user request comprises a user input within the user interface, the user input comprising at least one of a click, touch, or selection gesture directed at the component toggle button.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least one or more pieces of data from a user profile or user preferences section associated with a user.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least one or more values of one or more records being equal to or above one or more designated threshold values.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein presenting the preview page in response to the first user request is performed in substantially real-time after processing the first user request.

15. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code capable of being executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions configurable to cause:

maintaining a multi-tenant database associated with a plurality of users, the multi-tenant database identifying a plurality of web applications and web application components, the web application components configured to be reusable within a web application builder;

causing, for display on a client device, a user interface for the dynamic page previewer, the user interface comprising a preview page of a web application from the plurality of web applications, the web applications comprising one or more of the plurality of web application components and one or more component toggle buttons corresponding to the one or more web application components;

processing a first user request to select a component toggle button;

determining one or more component visibility rules associated with the web application component corresponding to the selected component toggle button;

determining a visibility state for the web application component based on the one or more component visibility rules;

modifying the visibility state in relation to the one or more component visibility rules; and

presenting, in response to the first user request and in the user interface, the preview page of the web application with the web application component being visible or not visible based on the modified visibility state.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least determining that one or more users have permission to access the web application component.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein modifying the visibility state comprises setting the visibility state to not visible, and wherein presenting the web application comprises the web application not being visible.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first user request comprises a user input within the user interface, the user input comprising at least one of a click, touch, or selection gesture directed at the component toggle button.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least one or more pieces of data from a user profile or user preferences section associated with a user.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more component visibility rules comprise at least one or more values of one or more records being equal to or above one or more designated threshold values.