# Best practices and guidelines for development in Perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [December 28, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572 "2023-12-28T15:04:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ajay\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Ajay\_Gupta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ajay_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/1 "2023-12-28T15:04:53Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
What are the best practices and guidelines for development in Ignition and Perspective module?  
I want to understand what practices does the community follow.  
Your inputs will greatly help me.

Thanks,  
Ajay

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/2 "2023-12-28T15:11:58Z")

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Hmmm. Pretty broad topic, and not necessarily a consensus. Consider reading every Perspective post on this forum for the past month (or year, or since Perspective announced) to get a feel for what people do, and why.

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**Author:** ![Ajay\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Ajay\_Gupta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ajay_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/3 "2023-12-28T15:17:25Z")

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Does IA recommend any design principles?

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/4 "2023-12-28T15:21:21Z")

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Not really. It's limited mostly by your imagination.

Here's something:  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+Built-In+Themes](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+Built-In+Themes)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/5 "2023-12-28T15:27:50Z")

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Yes, actually:

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/High+Performance+HMI+Techniques](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/High+Performance+HMI+Techniques)

This isn't just applicable to Perspective, though.

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**Author:** ![Ajay\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Ajay\_Gupta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ajay_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/6 "2023-12-28T15:32:04Z")

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Does Perspective support Material Design for UI development?

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-and-guidelines-for-development-in-perspective/83572/7 "2023-12-28T15:42:52Z")

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