Simulation Layer for User Interface Development

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program for performing a method, said method comprising:

• receiving a simulation request;
• in response to the simulation request, generating a simulation layer of an original user interface (UI) by,
• extracting information regarding a plurality of user elements of the original UI,
• creating a mesh including a plurality of positions, and
• copying the plurality of user elements to respective positions in the mesh;
• storing the simulation layer in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• displaying the mesh overlying the original UI;
• receiving an event;
• determining that a type of the event is a simulated change to the UI;
• changing the simulation layer in a synchronous manner responsive to the event;
• and
• deriving from the simulation layer, a change of a development object in the original UI.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a software program, executable on said computer system, the software program configured to cause a processor to:
• receive a simulation request;
• in response to the simulation request, generate a simulation layer of an original user interface (UI) by,
• extracting information regarding a plurality of user elements of the original UI,
• creating a mesh including a plurality of positions, and
• copying the plurality of user elements to respective positions in the mesh;
• store the simulation layer in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• display the mesh overlying the original UI;
• receive an event;
• determine a type of the event is a simulated change to the UI;
• and
• change the simulation layer in a synchronous manner responsive to the event.