The integrated development environment (IDE) is the tool that you use to develop/manage application code and metadata in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has improved upon the tools it first provided to developers to help them with better development experience. With Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations joining the .NET family, it has expanded the number of tools available to developers so that they can do their job more efficiently. In this section, we will learn about the IDE tool provided by Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.