tools.html.md.erb

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title: Tile development tools reference
owner: Services
---
Here are the tile development tools:

* [Development environments](/docs-tiledev/environments.html) including simple standalone
tools to a full <%= vars.platform_name %> development environment.

* [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 Tanzu Operations 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.vmware.com/en/On-Demand-Services-SDK-for-VMware-Tanzu/0.43/on-demand-services-sdk/GUID-about.html),
  [Service metrics SDK](https://docs.vmware.com/en/Service-Metrics-SDK-for-VMware-Tanzu/index.html), and
  [Service backups SDK](https://docs.vmware.com/en/Service-Backups-SDK/18-4/service-backups-sdk-18-4.pdf).