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<chapter id='adt-manual-intro'>
<title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
        Welcome to the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide.
        This manual provides information that lets you begin developing applications
        using the Yocto Project.
    </para>

    <para>
        The Yocto Project provides an application development environment based on
        an Application Development Toolkit (ADT) and the availability of stand-alone
        cross-development toolchains and other tools.
        This manual describes the ADT and how you can configure and install it,
        how to access and use the cross-development toolchains, how to
        customize the development packages installation,
        how to use command line development for both Autotools-based and Makefile-based projects,
        and an introduction to the <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE
        Yocto Plug-in.
        <note>
            The ADT is distribution-neutral and does not require the Yocto
            Project reference distribution, which is called Poky.
            This manual, however, uses examples that use the Poky distribution.
        </note>
    </para>
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