For up-to-date product documentation, see the IBM MobileFirst Foundation Developer Center.

Set up the development environment

Install MobileFirst Development Server and MobileFirst Platform CLI before you develop the client-side or the server-side of your MobileFirst application.

We need MobileFirst Development Server and MobileFirst Platform CLI for many development tasks. You install these tools with IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation Developer Kit. The IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Developer Kit can also be used to get the MobileFirst SDKs or to download starter code.

• Getting started with MobileFirst development
  To develop an application for any of the supported platforms, you follow the same general pattern. You go through several basic steps to develop your application: start the MobileFirst Development Server, open the MobileFirst Operations Console, customize sample code, and create an adapter. Tutorials help you get started.
• The IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Developer Kit
  
• Set up the MobileFirst Development Server
  Learn how to install and use MobileFirst Development Server, a pre-configured MobileFirst Server that we can use for test and development.
• The MobileFirst command-line interface (CLI)
  We can use the IBM MobileFirst Platform Command Line Interface (CLI) to develop and manage applications, in addition to using the IBM MobileFirst Platform Operations Console. Some aspects of the MobileFirst development process must be done with the CLI.
• Set up an internal Maven repository for offline development
  If you do not have online access to The Central Repository, we can share MobileFirst Maven artifacts in the internal repository of your organization.

Parent topic: Develop applications