Peripheral device communication

A computer-implemented method for providing a software container element associated with peripheral device connection data that enables the software container element to have access to and communicate with each peripheral device of a plurality of predetermined peripheral devices, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, from a module comprising first executable software that is executable on one or more processors of a computing device, first data indicative of at least one class of peripheral device connectable to the computing device, whereby each class is associated with a plurality of predetermined peripheral devices;
• and
• providing a software container element that contains second executable software that is executable on said one or more processors of the computing device, whereby the software container element is associated with peripheral device connection data that enables the software container element to have access to and communicate with each peripheral device of the plurality of predetermined peripheral devices associated with each class.