Extensible IDE platform with open APIs

A method for creating industrial applications, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on respective client devices associated with respective end user entities;
• permitting, by the system, a client device associated with an end user entity, of the respective end user entities, to access and render an industrial control and monitoring project associated with the end user entity;
• preventing, by the system, the client device from accessing and rendering other industrial control and monitoring projects associated with other end user entities;
• receiving, by the system via interaction with the IDE interfaces, design input that defines aspects of respective industrial control and monitoring projects, wherein functionality of the IDE interfaces is controlled by an IDE editor;
• generating, by the system, the respective industrial control and monitoring projects based on the design input;
• individually customizing, for an IDE interface associated with an industrial enterprise, a programming guardrail template, wherein the programming guardrail template defines internal programming standards for the industrial enterprise to be enforced by the IDE editor;
• executing, by the system, the programming guardrail template against industrial control code imported into an industrial control and monitoring project via the IDE interface;
• and
• displaying, by the system on the IDE interface based on execution of the programming guardrail template against the industrial control code, graphical feedback that identifies portions of the industrial control code that do not comply with the internal programming standards for the industrial enterprise.

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 integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on respective client devices associated with respective end user entities;
• permitting, by the system, a client device associated with an end user entity, of the respective end user entities, to access and render an industrial control and monitoring project associated with the end user entity;
• preventing, by the system, the client device from accessing and rendering other industrial control and monitoring projects associated with other end user entities;
• receiving, via interaction with the IDE interfaces, design input that defines aspects of respective industrial control and monitoring projects, wherein functionality of the IDE interfaces is controlled by an IDE editor;
• generating the respective industrial control and monitoring projects based on the design input;
• individually customizing, for an IDE interface associated with an industrial enterprise, a programming guardrail template, wherein the programming guardrail template defines internal programming standards for the industrial enterprise to be enforced by the IDE editor;
• executing the programming guardrail template against industrial control code imported into an industrial control and monitoring project via the IDE interface;
• and
• displaying, on the IDE interface based on execution of the programming guardrail template against the industrial control code, graphical feedback that identifies portions of the industrial control code that do not comply with the internal programming standards for the industrial enterprise.