Dynamic Data-Bound Forms for In-Page Container Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
The inefficiency in the designer-developer paradigm for creating front-end features in applications, where developers repeatedly recreate similar features from scratch, and the burden of context switching due to data transfer between applications, leading to reduced productivity and increased errors.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system using a no-code form generator that allows users to create dynamic data-bound container hosted views and editable forms, enabling forms to be rendered in-page and automatically update underlying data sources without manual coding, using a form manager that translates and updates data across applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If developers write computer code from scratch to recreate front-end features, then each feature can be customized, but the development time increases significantly and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses prepopulated coding templates that contain pre-written, tested code for common front-end features. Instead of writing code from scratch, developers copy these pre-existing templates and customize them as needed, dramatically reducing development time while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-writing and pre-testing the code for common features before they are needed in applications. This allows developers to simply instantiate these pre-prepared solutions rather than creating them during development.
2Adaptability or versatility
If developers recreate similar features from scratch for each application, then each application gets tailored functionality, but the same code is rewritten repeatedly wasting time
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides a library of prepopulated coding templates that can be copied and reused across different applications. Developers select the appropriate template and customize it for their specific needs, avoiding the time-consuming task of rewriting similar code for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The prepopulated coding templates are designed to be universal and can be applied to multiple different applications and scenarios. A single template can serve multiple purposes across different applications, reducing the need to recreate similar features repeatedly.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data is transferred between applications manually, then data can be accessed from different sources, but context switching increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a form manager as an intermediary component that handles data transfer between applications automatically. The form manager acts as a mediator that connects different applications through standardized data binding, eliminating the need for manual data transfer and reducing context switching.
Solution Approach 2:
The form manager enables applications to access and update data automatically without manual intervention. The system self-manages data binding and synchronization between applications, allowing seamless data access while maintaining workflow efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for using a user-fillable form in a host container includes receiving, at a host container, a user-fillable form bound to dynamic data from an underlying data source where the user-fillable form has a data structure generated by prepopulated coding. The method further includes translating the user-fillable form into a hostable format for the host container. The method also includes rendering, using the hostable format for the host container, the user-fillable form in a user interface. The method further includes receiving, at the user interface of the host container, from a user of the host container, a data entry for input to the user-fillable form and updating, by the host container, the dynamic data from the underlying data source by persisting data from the data entry in a data store associated with the underlying data source.