Controlling a running application for live scene graph editing

A system comprising:

• a content server located in a first computing system, the content server comprising:
• a processor;
• an application content file;
• and
• a memory configured to store instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the content server to:
• receive a first request from a client for the application content file, wherein the application content file is associated with a first Java network launch protocol (JNLP) file,
• wherein the client is located in a second computing system, and
• wherein the first computing system is a separate device from the second computing system;
• provide, in response to the first request, the application content file, wherein the application content file is used to instantiate an application instance operating in a runtime environment on the client;
• receive, from the client, via the application instance, a second request to edit the application content file;
• send, to the client and in response to the second request, an application designer tool file,
• wherein the application designer tool file is used to edit the application content file contemporaneously with the execution of the application instance to generate an altered application content file, and
• wherein the application instance is changed within the runtime environment to incorporate alterations made in the altered application content file;
• receive, from the client, the altered application content file generated using the application designer tool file;
• generate a second JNLP file associated with the altered application content file;
• and
• provide the second JNLP file.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising software instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

• sending, by a client, a first request for an application content file, wherein the application content file is associated with a Java network launch protocol (JNLP) file;
• receiving, in response to the first request, the JNLP file;
• sending a second request to a content server,
• wherein the second request comprises at least a portion of the JNLP file
• wherein the content server is executing on a first computing system,
• wherein the client is executing on a second computing system, and
• wherein the first computing system is a separate device from the second computing system;
• receiving, from the content server in response to the second request, the application content file;
• instantiating, within a runtime environment, an application instance using the application content file;
• sending, to the content server via the application instance, a third request to edit the application content file;
• receiving, from the content server in response to the third request, an application designer tool file;
• editing, while the application instance is executing on the client, the application content file using the application designer tool file to generate an altered application content file,
• wherein the application designer tool file is used to edit the application content file contemporaneously with the execution of the application instance;
• changing, within the runtime environment, the application instance to incorporate alterations made in the altered application content file;
• sending, to the content server, a fourth request comprising the altered application content file.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a content server, a first request from a client for an application content file, wherein the application content file is associated with a first Java network launch protocol (JNLP) file,
• wherein the content server is executing on a first computing system,
• wherein the client is executing on a second computing system, and
• wherein the first computing system is a separate device from the second computing system;
• providing, in response to the first request, the application content file, wherein the application content file is used to instantiate an application instance operating in a runtime environment on the client;
• receiving, from the client, via the application instance, a second request to edit the application content file;
• sending, to the client and in response to the second request, an application designer tool file,
• wherein the application designer tool file is used to edit the application content file contemporaneously with the execution of the application instance to generate an altered application content file, and
• wherein the application instance is changed within the runtime environment to incorporate alterations made in the altered application content file;
• receiving, from the client, the altered application content file generated using the application designer tool file;
• generating a second JNLP file associated with the altered application content file;
• and
• providing the second JNLP file.