1. A method performed by a computing system having a processor and memory for connecting with an instance of an integrated development environment, comprising: starting an integrated development environment component; providing an identifier to the integrated development environment component so that the integrated development environment component can indicate the identifier when registering, wherein the providing includes identifying an application that starts the integrated development environment so that the integrated development environment can customize itself; locating, using the processor, the provided identifier in a registry, the locating identifying a process associated with the started integrated development environment component so that the identified process can be connected to; and sending a command to the identified process.