Common style sheets for compiled and scripting language applications

A system that provides graphical user interfaces for different applications, comprising:

• a display device;
• a first application based upon a scripting computer language, the first application configured to generate a first graphical user interface including a first plurality of objects that appear on the display device;
• a second application based upon a compilable computer language, the second application configured to generate a second graphical user interface that includes a second plurality of objects that appear on the display device, the second plurality of objects being substantially identical in appearance to the first plurality of objects;
• and
• a style sheet common to both the first application and the second application that controls the generation of the first and second pluralities of objects.

A method of creating graphical user interfaces for a scripting language application and a compilable software program, comprising:

• creating a common style sheet;
• providing a scripting language application configured to access the common style sheet;
• providing a compilable software program configured to access the common style sheet;
• executing the scripting language application, including
• accessing the common style sheet;
• generating a first graphical user interface based at least in part on the style sheet and having a first plurality of objects that appear on a display device;
• executing the compilable software program, including
• accessing the common style sheet;
• and
• generating a second graphical user interface based at least in part on the style sheet and having a second plurality of objects that appear on a display device,
• wherein the appearance of the second plurality of objects is substantially identical to the appearance of the first plurality of objects.