Data presentation in integrated development environments

A system comprising:

• a processor:
• a memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive a request to display a first data object stored in a memory of a second computing device, wherein the first object is of a first data type in a process configured to execute on the second computing device;
• identify one or more computer program code instructions based on the first data type, the instructions configured to generate an expression to convert the first data object to a defined data format;
• generate, using instructions specific to the data type, an expression configured to convert the first data object to a defined data format;
• send the expression to the process on the second computing device, wherein the second computing device receives and executes the expression in the process to produce intermediate data that represents the first object in the defined format;
• receive the intermediate data;
• create, using instructions specific to the data type, a second object of a second data type, the second object based upon the intermediate data, wherein the second object is a representation of the first object;
• and
• present the second object on the first device.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for a computer system, the non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions executable by a processor to present data in a development environment, the series of instructions comprising:

• instructions that cause the processor to receive a request to display a value of a variable stored in a memory of a second computer system, the variable having a variable name and a variable type;
• instructions that cause the processor to identify type translation instructions that translate data from the first format to the second format;
• instructions that cause the processor to send the instructions to a second computer system to generate a first representation of the variable in the first format;
• instructions that cause the processor to receive the first representation of the variable in the first format;
• instructions that cause the processor to translate the first representation of the variable from the first format to a second representation of the variable in a second format in accordance with the type translation instructions;
• and
• instructions that cause the processor to display a human-readable representation of the variable based upon the second representation of the variable.