Graphical and text based co-design editor for industrial automation projects

A method, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, an integrated development environment (IDE) interface on a client device, the IDE interface comprising a text editor window that renders an industrial control program in a text-based representation and a graphical editor window that renders the industrial control program in a graphical representation;
• receiving, by the system via an interaction with either of the text editor window or the graphical editor window, a programming input that defines the industrial control program;
• in response to receiving, as a portion of the programming input, an edit to the industrial control program in either a text-based format via interaction with the text editor window or a graphical format via the interaction with the graphical editor window, updating, by the system, the text-based representation of the industrial control program in the text editor window and the graphical representation of the industrial control program in the graphical editor window in accordance with the edit;
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• generating, by the system based on the programming input, an executable control program file that, in response to execution on an industrial controller, causes the industrial controller to monitor and control an industrial machine in accordance with the industrial control program.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• rendering an integrated development environment (IDE) interface on a client device, wherein the rendering comprises rendering a text editor window that displays an industrial control program in a text-based representation and a graphical editor window that displays the industrial control program in a graphical representation;
• receiving, via an interaction with either of the text editor window or the graphical editor window, programming input that defines the industrial control program;
• in response to receiving, as a portion of the programming input, an edit to the industrial control program in either a text-based format via interaction with the text editor window or a graphical format via the interaction with the graphical editor window, updating the text-based representation of the industrial control program in the text editor window and the graphical representation of the industrial control program in the graphical editor window in accordance with the edit;
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• generating, based on the programming input, an executable control program file that, in response to an execution on an industrial controller, causes the industrial controller to monitor and control an industrial machine in accordance with the industrial control program.