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Tools

This document covers the following topics:


Development Workplace versus Eclipse Plug-in

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Important Tools

The most important tools that are used for the development tasks are briefly described below.

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Java Development Environment

You can use a standard Java development environment to develop the adapter classes for your layouts. The Ajax Developer plug-in provides extended support for Eclipse (open source), which is one of the most popular Java IDEs. For detailed information, see the Ajax Developer documentation.

Alternatively, you can also use different Java development environments such NetBeans (open source) and JBuilder. However, Application Designer does not provide any enhanced support for these environments as it does for Eclipse.

Depending on the functional capabilities, you can also use the development environment for remote debugging. If your development environment does not provide a remote debugger, you can use other debugging tools such as the JSwat debugger. See Appendix F - Using JSwat for Debugging.

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