I-Corps: Software platform to bridge the gap between code editors and visuals editors in digital marketing agencies

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是技术的发展，可以弥合代码编辑器（编程语言，如Excel公式，LaTeX， HTML， PHP, c#, Python）和视觉编辑器（Excel, PowerPoint, Word，网站构建器）之间的差距。该软件平台使新手用户更容易从可视化编辑器过渡到代码编辑器。更具体地说，这种软件技术可以为企业提供可视化编辑网站的能力，即使它是由自定义代码或基于复杂的内容管理系统组成的。它可能节省的时间将意味着为美国经济节省数十亿美元。这个I-Corps项目探索了一种技术的翻译，这种技术为可视化编辑器提供了理解代码编程语言的能力，就像代码编辑器/开发人员一样。该技术支持以灵活的方式将更改从输出传播回源文件本身。已经证明，相关算法可以应用于现实世界的编程语言，并具有鲁棒性保证。该解决方案的元素包括一个用于协作文档中实时编辑公式的附加组件、一个可逆构建引擎和一个可逆HTTPS服务器。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of technologies that can bridge the gap between code editors (Programming languages such as Excel formulas, LaTeX, HTML, PHP, C#, Python) and visuals editors (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Website builders). The software platform makes it much easier for novice users to transition from visual editors to code editors. More specifically, this software technology may provide the ability for businesses to edit a website visually, even if it is made of custom code or based on complex content management systems. The time savings it may make would mean billions of dollars saved for the U.S. economy.This I-Corps project explores translation of a technology providing the ability for visual editors to understand code programming languages like a code editor/developer. This technology enables propagation of changes back from the output to the source file itself, in a flexible way. It has been proven that related algorithms can be applied to real-world programming languages, with robustness guarantees. Elements of the solution include an add-on for live-editable formulas in collaborative docs, a reversible build engine, and a reversible HTTPS server.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.