Configuration-driven applications

A method comprising:

• obtaining a platform-agnostic application configuration comprising a data model of a plurality of data objects and a plurality of application components configured to be interpreted by a plurality of system-specific application platforms to dynamically render a plurality of platform-specific applications at runtime, wherein the data model includes relationship data indicative of characteristics of relationships between respective data objects of the plurality of data objects, and further includes actions indicative of interaction rules associated with the respective data objects and external communications;
• rendering, by the computing device, an application generated at runtime and comprising a platform-specific implementation of the platform-agnostic application configuration;
• receiving one or more configuration updates, wherein the one or more configuration updates do not depend on an operating environment of the computing device;
• and
• rendering, by the computing device, an updated application without the computing device installing additional software code for the updated application, wherein rendering the updated application comprises modifying the application generated at runtime according to the one or more configuration updates.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• obtain a platform-agnostic application configuration comprising a data model of a plurality of data objects and a plurality of application components configured to be interpreted by a plurality of system-specific application platforms to dynamically render a plurality of platform-specific applications at runtime, wherein the data model includes relationship data indicative of characteristics of relationships between respective data objects of the plurality of data objects, and further includes actions indicative of interaction rules associated with the respective data objects and external communications;
• render, by the computing device, an application generated at runtime and comprising a platform-specific implementation of the platform-agnostic application configuration;
• receive one or more configuration updates, wherein the one or more configuration updates do not depend on an operating environment of the computing device;
• and
• render, by the computing device, an updated application without the computing device installing additional software code for the updated application, wherein the computing device is configured to render the updated application by modifying the application generated at runtime according to the one or more configuration updates.