tools.html.md.erb

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title: Development Tools
owner: Services
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The topics in this section describe tools that <%= vars.company_name %> uses and recommends for tile development.

* [Tile Generator](./tile-generator.html) takes a service software, a service broker, optional other components, and a simple configuration file and creates a tile and everything else required to deploy your software into <%= vars.platform_name %>.

* The [pcf Command Line Utility](./pcf-command.html) provides a command line interface for deploying and testing <%= vars.platform_name %> tiles, to avoid the longer process of going through the Ops Manager GUI.

* [Concourse](./concourse.html) is a continuous integration (CI) platform where you can create build pipelines that automate and streamline your tile development and integration with <%= vars.platform_name %>.

* The [Services SDK](./sdk.html) is a suite of tools designed to help you build enterprise-ready service offerings for the Marketplace.
  The SDK includes the [On Demand Service Broker](https://docs.pivotal.io/on-demand-service-broker),
  [Service Metrics SDK](https://docs.pivotal.io/service-metrics), and [Service Backups SDK](https://docs.pivotal.io/service-backup/).