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| <h1>Introduction to PDE</h1> | |
| <p>The Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) | |
| is a tool that is designed to help you develop platform plug-ins while working | |
| inside the platform workbench.</p> | |
| <p> PDE provides a set of platform extension contributions (views, editors, | |
| perspectives, etc.) that collectively streamline the process of developing | |
| plug-ins inside the workbench.</p> | |
| <p>In line with the general platform philosophy, PDE is not a separately launched | |
| tool. When you install PDE, your workbench will look the same, but you | |
| will see that new | |
| perspectives, wizards, editors, and views are available. PDE blends with the | |
| platform and offers its capabilities through a new perspective.</p> | |
| <p>PDE is based on the platform and the Java development tooling (JDT). You need | |
| to understand the concepts presented in the Platform ISV Guide and the JDT User | |
| Guide in order to use PDE and understand the remaining concepts in this guide. </p> | |
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