Synthesizing user interfaces using functional reactive web abstractions

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a novel approach to synthesizing web user interfaces (UI) from declarative specifications given in a domain-specific language (DSL) that can later be read and written by natural language processing (NLP) techniques via human language interaction. We make use of F#'s metaprogramming capabilities and our reactive forms library developed for WebSharper. Our ultimate goal is to enable end users to describe entire web application UIs and carry on a conversation with our system, describing incremental changes to apply on an ongoing specification.