Connect Ignition Scripting Environment to PyCharm or other editors?

[raees.khan]

Hello,

Is there a way to connect ignition's scripting environment to PyCharm for a smoother user experience when developing and troubleshooting code?

Thank You

[ryan.white]

Only one I'm aware of is the Flint plugin for VS Code.

What external tools do you use for Ignition development, and why?

What external tools/software do you use for Ignition development, and why? Please link to any relevant product pages. This was inspired by @pturmel's mention of jq which I have no familiarity with. I figure there must be a lot of things I am not familiar with that could be quality of life improvements. For example WHAT: External text editor, specifically I've been using Notepad++. WHY: I will often copy scripts, JSON etc. out of designer to an external text editor modify it then paste i…