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Christian Denkel

Martin Kolb

Rudolf Niessen

Christian Cohrs

Markus Dinkel

Jörg Bischof

Andreas Schlosser

A method, a system, and a computer program product for debugging of software applications. A first identifier is assigned to a debugging request received from a software application for debugging a transaction executed by the software application. Based on the assigned first identifier, a connection request to a debugger is executed. The debugger generates an interface to a backend computing system that stores a resolution of the debugging request. A second identifier is associated with the generated interface. Based on the received second identifier, a connection between the software application and the generated interface is established. Using the first identifier, the resolution of the debugging request is obtained from the backend system. The resolution is transmitted to the debugging request for display by the software application.

Application debugging

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for building a stateless connector to a stateful backend system. The stateless connector allows developers to deploy mobile applications that interact with the stateful backend system without refurbishing the backend system to accommodate stateless design methodologies and access functions. The stateless connector thus provides a bridge between a stateless application and a stateful backend system without requiring any risky and potentially disruptive updates the backend system. The stateless connector may be generated and deployed automatically based on a recording of user interactions with stateful application server. This saves an enormous amount of time and effort in the application development process and allows application developers to focus their time and efforts on the presentation components and business logic of the mobile application.

Building mobile applications on stateful backend systems

Systems and methods for display of hierarchy tree movement using multiple display areas are presented. In an example method, nodes in one or more levels of a first hierarchy tree are displayed in a first area on a display. User input is received of a selected node of the nodes in the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree to display a level below the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree. In response to receiving the user input, a parent node of the selected node is displayed in a second area on the display. Nodes in a level of the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree above the level that includes the selected node are removed from the first area, and nodes in the level below the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree are displayed in the first area.

Hierarchy tree movement using multiple display areas

Computer-implemented methods, systems, computer programs and data files implement and use techniques for recording and recreating user interactions with an application program. User actions performed in interacting with an application program in a first user interface environment are detected, and an abstract representation of the user actions is recorded. The user actions access one or more components of the first user interface environment, which implement user interface elements of the application program. The abstract representation describes the user actions in a format independent of the components of the first user interface environment. The abstract representation is usable in a second user interface environment to recreate results of the user actions in the application program. The abstract representations can be used to test application programs in different user interface environments.

Non-client-specific testing of applications

In some example embodiments, a machine-readable medium provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations. The operations include displaying nodes in N number of levels of a first hierarchy tree on a display. The operations also include receiving input of a selected node of the nodes to open a level below the N number of levels of the first hierarchy tree. The operations include fading out a number of nodes at a highest level of the N number of levels from the first hierarchy tree. The operations include fading in at least one node of the number of nodes at the highest level of the N number of levels into the second hierarchy tree. Also, the operations include fading in at least one node at a level below the selected node into the first hierarchy tree on the display.

Hierarchy tree movement using multi-tree animation

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for recording user actions includes receiving information representing a sequence of individual software application input actions taken by a user with respect to a software application, and recording the sequence as a higher level entry.

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Christian Denkel