Direct rendering of a web application from a database to a web browser
A method includes selecting a database on a system and selecting a style format on the system. The database contains data information for the web application, and the style format is applied to the web application. The method also includes selecting a validation rule for the web application, selecting a business rule for the web application, dynamically rendering the web application from a database to a web browser, and dynamically editing the web application. The web application incorporates the selected database and the selected style format instantaneously upon dynamic rendering.
1. A method comprising:
providing a first interface to facilitate user design of a web application for rendering a database absent user-supplied code, wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to select the database and specify a style format from a plurality of previously stored style formats or a newly registered style format, and using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to specify a validation rule previously stored or newly registered by the user; and
providing a second interface to facilitate user access to data, wherein the second interface uses the web application to render a dynamic webpage that displays data from the database.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to select the database and specify a style format from a plurality of previously stored style formats or a newly registered style format produced from user-prompted information.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising editing data in the database using the dynamic webpage.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to specify a business rule.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising editing data in the database using the dynamic webpage and applying the business rule to edit associated records in a related database.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising editing data in the database using the dynamic webpage and applying the validation rule to generate warning or error messages.
7. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a machine readable storage device, the computer program product being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:
provide a first interface to allow a user to design a web application for rendering a database absent user-supplied code, wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to select the database and specify a style format from a plurality of previously stored style formats or a newly registered style format, and using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to specify a validation rule previously stored or newly registered by the user; and
provide a second interface to facilitate user access to data, wherein the second interface uses the web application to render a dynamic webpage that displays data from the database.
8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to select the database and specify a style format from a plurality of previously stored style formats or a newly registered style format produced from user-prompted information.
9. The computer program product of claim 7 , further operable to allow the user to edit data in the database using the dynamic webpage.
10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to specify a business rule.
11. The computer program product of claim 10 , further operable to:
allow the user to edit data in the database using the dynamic webpage; and
apply the business rule to edit associated records in a related database.
12. The computer program product of claim 7 , further operable to allow the user to edit data in the database using the dynamic webpage and apply the validation rule to generate warning or error messages.
13. A system comprising:
a display device;
a computer driving the display device and configured to execute a web browser; and
one or more processors in the computer or communicating with the computer via a communication network, the one or more processors configured to:
provide a first interface to allow a user to design a web application for rendering a database absent user-supplied code, wherein designing the web application comprises using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to select the database and specify a style format from a plurality of previously stored style formats or a newly registered style format, and using a graphical user interface included in the first interface to specify a validation rule previously stored or newly registered by the user, and
provide a second interface to facilitate user access to data, wherein the second interface uses the web application to render a dynamic webpage that displays data from the database.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first interface includes a graphical user interface for selecting the database and specifying a style format from a plurality of previously stored style formats or a newly registered style format produced from user-prompted information.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to allow the user to edit data in the database using the dynamic webpage.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first interface includes a graphical user interface for specifying a business rule.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
allow the user to edit data in the database using the dynamic webpage; and
apply the business rule to edit associated records in a related database.