Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring or controlling a device is provided. In addition, a computer program product, and a device are provided. The method comprises detecting, by the device, an event, generating serialized event data in response to the event, receiving the event data from the device, identifying, via an expression, at least one element of the event data, wherein the element indicates a state of the device, performing at least one operation on the element of event data, wherein the operation includes determining the state of the device, displaying a result of the operation, determining whether an indication of an error in the result is received, and when a determination is made that there is no error and the result indicates that the state of the device is a specified state, performing, by the device, a task.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring or controlling a device is provided. In addition, a computer program product, and a device are provided. The method comprises detecting, by the device, an event, generating serialized event data in response to the event, receiving the event data from the device, identifying, via an expression, at least one element of the event data, wherein the element indicates a state of the device, performing at least one operation on the element of event data, wherein the operation includes determining the state of the device, displaying a result of the operation, determining whether an indication of an error in the result is received, and when a determination is made that there is no error and the result indicates that the state of the device is a specified state, performing, by the device, a task.

Abstract: A device controllable via tabular data and a computer-implemented method for interactively performing operations on tabular data. The method comprises providing an input array, an operations array, and an output array, wherein each array includes at least one cell, receiving, in the operations array, a first reference to a cell of the input array, receiving tabular data from an input source, and performing operations on multiple rows of the tabular data. The operations comprise inserting one of the rows of the tabular data into the input array, determining a value of a second cell of the operations array based on the referenced cell of the input array, and storing one of the following in a cell of the output array: the determined value of the operations array and a value of the referenced cell of the input array.