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	<title>Tooling</title>
	<para>Virgo Tools support the Virgo runtime with tools for managing servers, server runtimes, and bundles. The IDE
		tools build on top of the Eclipse Web Tools Project (WTP) and collaborate with other Eclipse technologies such as the
		Eclipse Libra project.
	</para>
	<para>Among other things, the Virgo Tools support the creation of new OSGi bundle and PAR projects within Eclipse, and
		the conversion of existing projects into OSGi bundle projects. Projects can then be deployed and debugged on a running
		@umbrella.product.name.short@ from within Eclipse.
	</para>
	<para>Besides its OSGi bundle projects, starting from version 1.5 Virgo Tools support usage of Plug-in Development
		Environment (Eclipse PDE) for developing projects that can be deployed and debugged on a running @umbrella.product.name.short@ from within Eclipse.
	</para>	
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