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Installing an IDE
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.. note::

    An IDE (integrated development environment) is recommended for developing plugins with the Sponge API. An IDE auto-completes names and notifies you of errors, such as mismatched braces, in your code. We recommend using IntelliJ IDEA, though the choice is yours.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
    :titlesonly:

    idea
    eclipse
    netbeans