You can use plug-ins to connect to a Management Console from your integrated development environment (IDE).
The plug-ins allow developers to access Management Console features from a supported integrated development environment (IDE) on a client machine (a developer's personal machine, rather than the Management Console.
The set of projects that a developer can access through the plug-ins is defined by the access groups that the developer user is a member of. If the steps within a project have different access groups assigned, that can also limit the developer's access. Note that the plug-ins do not allow developer users to change projects or steps, no matter what their access properties, so you can freely place developers in access groups to allow them to launch or view projects.
Each user who wants to use a plug-in needs a license.
This release of the plug-ins supports the Eclipse™, Rational® Application Developer, and Microsoft Visual Studio IDEs.