Development Environment for Real-Time Application Development

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code for developing applications for mobile computing devices, the program code comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• executing a design environment comprising a user interface, the user interface displaying a view representing a feature of an application under development;
• communicating with a plurality of mobile computing devices, each mobile computing device executing a viewing application, wherein each respective viewing application corresponds to the application under development and includes a respective localized feature corresponding to the view;
• receiving a user input indicating a modification of the feature, the modification comprising at least one of:
• a modification to an appearance of the feature, or a modification to a behavior of the feature;
• modifying based on the indicated modification to the feature, the view representing the feature;
• converting the indicated modification to a dynamically executable instruction, the dynamically executable instruction describing the indicated modification of the feature, wherein the dynamically executable instruction is capable of modifying the viewing application while the viewing application is operating;
• and
• providing, to each respective viewing application, the dynamically executable instruction, wherein the respective localized feature of each respective viewing application is modified during operation of the respective viewing application based on the provided dynamically executable instruction.

A system for developing applications for mobile computing devices, the system comprising:

• a means for executing, by a computing system, a design environment comprising a user interface, the user interface displaying a view representing a feature of an application under development;
• a means for communicating, by the computing system, with a plurality of mobile computing devices, each mobile computing device executing a viewing application, wherein each respective viewing application corresponds to the application under development and includes a respective localized feature corresponding to the view;
• a means for receiving, by the computing system, a user input indicating a modification of the feature, the modification comprising at least one of:
• a modification to an appearance of the feature, or a modification to a behavior of the feature;
• a means for modifying, by the computing system, based on the indicated modification to the feature, the view representing the feature;
• a means for converting, by the computing system, the indicated modification to a dynamically executable instruction, the dynamically executable instruction describing the indicated modification of the feature, wherein the dynamically executable instruction is capable of modifying the viewing application while the viewing application is operating;
• and
• a means for providing, to each respective viewing application, the dynamically executable instruction, wherein the respective localized feature of each respective viewing application is modified during operation of the respective viewing application based on the provided dynamically executable instruction.