A method for data-centric networked application development includes: modifying a graphical user interface of a networked application development environment with a selectable component for including a reusable data entity in a project, the reusable data entity being defined and bound to a form component via interaction with the graphical user interface; and configuring a block of a data-centric form of the project with the form component in response to selection of the selectable component at a design surface of the graphical user interface.