On the same note, why do we keep writing the same client-side code over and over again, Isn't there some sort of system that can take arbitrary data from the se

On the same note, why do we keep writing the same client-side code over and over again, Isn't there some sort of system that can take arbitrary data from the server, and display it for user input/modification? Perhaps some layout/templating and simple data interaction rules. Also, I'm not really being sarcastic or the like. But overall, data presentation has always been pretty trivial IMO. For the bsaic set of data-munging apps that so many tend to build, I can't imagine a 90% solution can't exist as a simple set of basic data definitions and rules. In fact, aren't we both just talking about something like Filemaker on steroids?