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

I-Corps：弥合数字营销机构中代码编辑器和视觉编辑器之间差距的软件平台

• 批准号: 2011353
• 负责人: Ravi Chugh
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2021-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2011353&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Software; platform; bridge; gap

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.

这个I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发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，网站建设者）之间差距的技术。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。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，该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。这种技术可以灵活地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，具有鲁棒性保证。 该解决方案的元素包括用于协作文档中的实时可编辑公式的附加组件、可逆构建引擎和可逆HTTPS服务器。该奖项反映了NSF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。