US Patent 10460026 Methods and systems for generating electronic forms

Programmer input in a programming language is received, the programmer input including i) specification data corresponding to an electronic form to be generated, and ii) a parameter that indicates a function to be applied to user input. The programmer input is evaluated to generate an electronic form object that includes one or more user-interface mechanisms for receiving the user input, wherein evaluating the programmer input includes evaluating the specification data and/or the parameter that indicates the function to generate code in the electronic form object which is capable of being processed by an application to render the electronic form. The electronic form object is generated such that the electronic form object is configured to apply, upon being processed by the application, the function to the user input received via the one or more user-interface mechanisms.