Patent ID: 8434068

Claim:
A system comprising: a server; a computer terminal, coupled remotely to the server via a network, and installed with a web browser for displaying web pages and communicating with said server via the network; an external test platform, connected externally to said computer terminal, the test platform comprising a programmable target device and interface circuitry operable to communicate between the computer terminal and the target device; wherein the server hosts a development tool available for download to the web browser via said network, the development tool comprising: one or more applets to be run by the web browser, and one or more web pages for display by the web browser to provide a user-interface for the development tool including to provide access to said one or more applets; and wherein the one or more applets at least comprise code-analysis applet software programmed so as when run by the web browser to operate said interface circuitry to load code to be tested from the computer terminal onto the target device for test operation, and to operate said interface circuitry to control the target device to perform the test operation using said code.