Method and computer program product for creating content management systems

A method of using a computer program product for creating a content management system, the computer program product comprising a user interface to provide interaction with the computer program product, a content management system creator to create the content management system from a set of core files that include data table classes selectable by the content management system creator, the method comprising:

• prompting a user for input of data source information to locate an existing content repository and a desired location for saving the content management system via the user interface, wherein content in the existing content repository includes at least one of data tables and data;
• receiving the data source information;
• copying core files that are selected by the content management system creator from the set of core files to a destination directory structure located at the desired location;
• establishing a database connection between the data source information and the destination directory structure;
• incorporating information relating to the database connection into the data tables;
• retrieving and analyzing a list of the data tables to identify the data tables that have not been processed from the list of the data tables;
• processing the data tables that have not been processed;
• and
• creating the content management system, which further includes the steps of:
• creating a data logic tier that includes the data table classes that direct movement of the data between the data tables, the data logic tier controlling an exchange of the data with the data tables and being in communication with a data storage tier that includes the data tables, and
• creating a user interface tier in communication with the data storage tier and the data logic tier that includes user interface definitions which include at least one of a viewing user interface, record adding user interface, and record editing user interface.

A method of using a computer program product comprising:

• receiving data source information via a user interface to locate an existing content repository and a desired location for saving a content management system to be created from a set of core files that include data table classes;
• copying core files that are selected by a content management system creator from the set of core files to a destination directory structure located at the desired location;
• establishing a database connection between the data source information and the destination directory structure;
• incorporating information relating to the database connection into data tables;
• retrieving and analyzing a list of the data tables to identify the data tables that have not been processed from the list of the data tables;
• processing the data tables that have not been processed;
• and
• creating the content management system.