Patent ID: 8719896

Claim:
A computer system comprising: one or more processing devices; and a memory including executable instructions that, when executed collectively by the one or more processing devices, cause the computer system to implement at least: an enterprise application having a graphical user interface component, the graphical user interface component of the enterprise application configurable by an application development tool, the graphical user interface component of the enterprise application enabling a user to access a locally hosted widget to be displayed within the enterprise application; and the application development tool configured to receive selection of the locally hosted widget to be provided within the graphical user interface component of the enterprise application, the application development tool including a widget host container component for configuring the selected locally hosted widget, the application development tool further configured to manage a security privilege for the widget host container component, the widget host container component comprising: a user interface component for accessing and displaying the selected locally hosted widget within the graphical user interface component of the enterprise application; and a rendering component for parsing a widget configuration file of the selected locally hosted widget to be displayed in the user interface component.