Developing applications at runtime

A system for developing an application at runtime comprising:

• a runtime environment comprising:
• a runtime application in a runtime state;
• an active editor component configured to:
• receive a modification gesture comprising at least one modification upon the runtime application from a user;
• and
• send the at least one modification to a design time update component;
• a runtime update component configured to:
• receive an update assembly from the design time update component;
• determine whether the update assembly can be applied to the runtime application without a restart;
• and
• instruct at least one component within the runtime application to perform an update based upon the update assembly;
• and
• a design time environment comprising:
• the design time update component configured to:
• receive at least one modification from the active editor;
• request a build pipeline component to create an update assembly based upon the at least one modification;
• and
• send the update assembly to the runtime update component;
• and
• the build pipeline component configured to:
• create an update assembly based upon at least one modification.

A method for developing an application at runtime comprising:

• presenting a runtime application comprising prebuilt components in a runtime state to a user;
• receiving a modification gesture modifying at least one prebuilt component from the user;
• building an update assembly based upon the modification gesture, the update assembly comprising at least one of:
• a set of source code data corresponding to at least one prebuilt component that was modified;
• and
• at least one delta corresponding to at least one prebuilt component that was modified;
• determining whether at least one modified prebuilt component within the runtime application can be updated with the update assembly without a restart;
• and
• upon determining at least one modified prebuilt component within the runtime application can be updated with the update assembly without a restart, updating the at least one modified prebuilt component within the runtime application with the update assembly comprising:
• tearing down at least one modified prebuilt component within the runtime application, while in the runtime state;
• updating the at least one torn down prebuilt component with the update assembly, while in the runtime state;
• and
• reloading at least one updated prebuilt component, while in the runtime state.