This is quite accurately describing what we're trying to do on the front-end side. :) In addition to just creating RESTful APIs and backend and persistence code, we allow you to design your UI in a GUI (or using code). Views are data-driven, so you can essentially bind data from your models using drag&drop (or in code). However, instead of just using XY positioning, we focus on relative positioning of subviews (representing lower level parts of your application) to create working, well-designed interfaces (again, based on your design settings/parameters).