System and method for page flow editor

A method to support page flow editing, comprising:

• allowing an user interface (UI) of a web application to be represented as a page flow in a page flow editor, wherein the page flow comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links among the plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes represents one or more artifacts related to the page flow;
• providing in the page flow editor
• a central section showing details of a focal node in the page flow,
• a left section showing one or more of immediate upstream connections of the focal node in the page flow, and
• a right section showing one or more of immediate downstream connections of the focal node in the page flow;
• allowing a user to select a first node in the page flow as a focal node and focusing on the focal node in a display in the page flow editor;
• allowing a user to drag a second node from the page flow and drop the second node in to the central section to create a new link between the focal node and the second node;
• displaying, in the page flow editor, a plurality of flow paths to provide additional context around the focal node, wherein each said flow path includes one or more links of the plurality of links from a begin node to the focal node in the page flow, wherein at least one said flow path includes the second node and the new link;
• allowing the user to select a flow path from the plurality of flow paths;
• and
• rendering the selected flow path from the plurality of flow paths.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to:

• allow an user interface (UI) of a web application to be represented as a page flow in a page flow editor, wherein the page flow comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links among the plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes represents one or more artifacts related to the page flow;
• provide in the page flow editor
• a central section showing details of a focal node in the page flow,
• a left section showing one or more of immediate upstream connections of the focal node in the page flow, and
• a right section showing one or more of immediate downstream connections of the focal node in the page flow;
• allow a user to select a first node in the page flow as a focal node and focusing on the focal node in a display in the page flow editor;
• allow a user to drag a second node from the page flow and drop the second node in to the central section to create a new link between the focal node and the second node;
• display, in the page flow editor, a plurality of flow paths to provide additional context around the focal node, wherein each said flow path includes one or more links of the plurality of links from a begin node to the focal node in the page flow, wherein at least one said flow path includes the second node and the new link;
• allow the user to select a flow path from the plurality of flow paths;
• and
• render the selected flow path from the plurality of flow paths.