# Connect Ignition Scripting Environment to PyCharm or other editors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective, scripting\ **Created:** [May 22, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-ignition-scripting-environment-to-pycharm-or-other-editors/106600 "2025-05-22T21:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-ignition-scripting-environment-to-pycharm-or-other-editors/106600/2 "2025-05-22T21:33:18Z")
Only one I'm aware of is the [Flint](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Keith-gamble.ignition-flint) plugin for VS Code. > [@What external tools do you use for Ignition development, and why?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-external-tools-do-you-use-for-ignition-development-and-why/93759): > > 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](https://jqlang.github.io/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++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/). WHY: I will often copy scripts, JSON etc. out of designer to an external text editor modify it then paste i… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-ignition-scripting-environment-to-pycharm-or-other-editors/106600)._