i'd love to read more about how Bloomberg Launchpad was implemented [0]. that seemed like a HUGE departure from the clunky old bloomberg interface. it had all the visualizations you want, excellent snap to grid, and was live updating everything. just amazing for its time.
It's implemented in the same manner as the traditional "panels" (how we refer to the non-Launchpad windows). It's the same code, same implementation, same development environment. Everything's integrated. When it started out (~17 years ago) it was different and new, but the work there was taken back into the main panels to replace what you think of as old 80x25 screens. All of it is now rendered using Chromium (Blink).
thats fascinating. it looks and feels so different from the main panels. once i had launch pad i was like "i never wanna go back to the main panels again" lol. (of course, i couldnt, cos some functionality was missing plus it just felt good punching weird keywords i already memorized)
[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/launchpad/