A method includes providing, via a computing device, a graphical development environment depicting, via a user interface, a representation of one or more pages and widgets, each of the widgets including characteristics. The method also includes receiving, via the computing device, a selection in the user interface of at least two of the widgets to include in a compound widget. The method also includes, responsive to receiving a first instruction to create the compound widget, creating, by the computing device, the compound widget using the selected at least two of the widget. The compound widget includes the characteristics of each of the selected at least two of the widgets. The method also includes, responsive to receiving a second instruction to instantiate the compound widget at least once in the representation of the one or more pages, instantiating the compound widget in the representation of the one or more pages.