Employing partial evaluation to provide a page

A server for providing a page for display over a network at a request time, comprising:

• a network interface for communicating with a remote device that requests access to a page design interface for specifying a design of the page;
• a processor in communication with the network interface;
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• a memory in communication with the processor and for use in storing data and instructions that enable the processor to perform actions, including:
• providing the page design interface enabling a page designer, during a design time, to customize the page, wherein the page is generated by executing a page specification program;
• determining, during the design time, a first part of the page specification program capable of being evaluated to a static form based on the customization and a second part of the page specification program to be evaluated at the request time;
• generating, during the design time, a modified version of the page specification program by converting the second part of the page specification program to a form that, when executed, outputs a source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
• generating, during the design time, a partially evaluated page specification program by executing the modified version of the page specification program, wherein executing the modified version of the page specification program executes the first part of the page specification program and outputs the source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
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• enabling, at the request time, a display of the page to a plurality of different users by executing the partially evaluated page specification program.

A client for enabling a page to be provided for display over a network at a request time, comprising:

• a memory for use in storing data and instructions;
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• a processor in communication with the memory and for enabling actions based on the stored instructions, including:
• requesting access to an interface for specifying, during a design time, a customization to the page, wherein the page is generated by executing a page specification program;
• enabling, during the design time, a determination of a first part of the page specification program capable of being evaluated to a static form based on the customization and a second part of the page specification program to be evaluated at the request time;
• enabling, during the design time, a generation of a modified version of the page specification program by converting the second part of the page specification program to a form that, when executed, outputs a source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
• enabling, during the design time, a generation of a partially evaluated page specification program by executing the modified version of the page specification program, wherein executing the modified version of the page specification program executes the first part of the page specification program and outputs the source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
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• enabling, at the request time, a display of the page to a plurality of different users by executing the partially evaluated page specification.

A system for providing a page for display over a network at a request time, comprising:

• a first device for specifying, during a design time, a customization of the page by way of an interface provided by a second device, wherein the page is generated by executing a page specification program;
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• the second device, wherein the second device is coupled to the first device, and wherein the second device is configured to perform actions, including:
• determining, during the design time, a first part of the page specification program capable of being evaluated to a static form based on the customization and a second part of the page specification program to be evaluated at the request time;
• generating, during the design time, a modified version of the page specification program by converting the second part of the page specification program to a form that, when executed, outputs a source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
• generating, during the design time, a partially evaluated page specification program by executing the modified version of the page specification program, wherein executing the modified version of the page specification program executes the first part of the page specification program and outputs the source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
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• enabling, at the request time, a display of the page to a plurality of different users by executing the partially evaluated page specification program.

A storage device having processor-executable code thereon that if executed by a processor performs actions to provide a page for display over a network at a request time, comprising:

• providing an interface enabling a page designer, during a design time, to customize the page, wherein the page is generated by executing a page specification program;
• determining, during the design time, a first part of the page specification program capable of being evaluated to a static form based on the customization and a second part of the page specification program to be evaluated at the request time;
• generating during the design time, a modified version of the page specification program by converting the second part of the page specification program to a form that, when executed, outputs a source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
• generating, during the design time, a partially evaluated page specification program by executing the modified version of the page specification program, wherein executing the modified version of the page specification program executes the first part of the page specification program and outputs the source code representation of the second part of the page specification program;
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• enabling, at the request time, a display of the page to a plurality of different users by executing the partially evaluated page specification program.