Methods and systems for generating electronic forms

A system for generating an electronic form, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories storing machine readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive programmer input in a first programming language, the programmer input including specification data corresponding to an electronic form to be generated, the specification data including data indicating one or more properties of user input to be elicited by the electronic form to be generated, the one or more properties of user input including at least one data type of user input to be elicited by the electronic form,
• cause the programmer input to be evaluated to generate an electronic form object that includes one or more user-interface mechanisms for receiving the user input, wherein
• evaluating the programmer input to generate the electronic form object includes evaluating the specification data to generate code in the electronic form object in a second programming language that is different from the first programming language, the generated code conforming to the one or more properties of the user input to be elicited by the electronic form to be generated and capable of being processed by an application to render the electronic form on or via a user interface device such that the electronic form serially prompts the user over time for multiple user inputs using different types of user interface mechanisms appropriate for different data types of the multiple user inputs, and
• store the electronic form object in the one or more memories of the system and/or cause the electronic form object to be stored in one or more other memories communicatively coupled to the system, the electronic form object being stored for processing by an application to render the electronic form on or via a user interface device, wherein the electronic form object is configured to generate the electronic form such that electronic form serially prompts the user over time for multiple user inputs.

A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium or media storing instruction thereon that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to:

• receive programmer input in a first programming language, the programmer input including specification data corresponding to an electronic form to be generated, the specification data including data indicating one or more properties of user input to be elicited by the electronic form to be generated, the one or more properties of user input including at least one data type of user input to be elicited by the electronic form,
• cause the programmer input to be evaluated to generate an electronic form object that includes one or more user-interface mechanisms for receiving the user input, wherein
• evaluating the programmer input to generate the electronic form object includes evaluating the specification data to generate code in the electronic form object in a second programming language that is different from the first programming language, the generated code conforming to the one or more properties of the user input to be elicited by the electronic form to be generated and capable of being processed by an application to render the electronic form on or via a user interface device such that the electronic form serially prompts the user over time for multiple user inputs using different types of user interface mechanisms appropriate for different data types of the multiple user inputs, and
• cause the electronic form object to be stored in one or more memories of a computer system, the electronic form object being stored for processing by an application to render the electronic form on or via a user interface device, wherein the electronic form object is configured to generate the electronic form such that electronic form serially prompts the user over time for multiple user inputs.