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# Developer Console

The Developer Console is an integrated development environment with a collection of tools you can use to create, debug, and test applications in your Salesforce org.

![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_code-264-0-0-production-enus/789bc523-706b-4ae4-8fe9-be6322e38b6b/images/icon_important.png)

Important Developer Console is in maintenance mode and no new features are being added. Only security bugs of high severity are addressed.

- **[Open the Developer Console](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.code_dev_console_opening.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    It takes only a couple of clicks to open the Developer Console from Salesforce Classic or Lightning Experience. The Developer Console is an integrated development environment with a collection of tools you can use to create, debug, and test applications in your Salesforce org.
- **[Developer Console Functionality](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.code_system_log.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Developer Console can help with many of your development tasks.
- **[Developer Console Query Editor](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.code_dev_console_tab_query_editor.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    You can use the **Query Editor** in the Developer Console to execute a SOQL query or SOSL search on the data in your organization. A SOQL query retrieves data from a single object or multiple related objects in the database. You can execute a SOQL query immediately after data is added to the database. A SOSL query is a free-form text search that retrieves multiple related or unrelated objects and fields. Using SOSL, you can retrieve data for a specific term that exists within a field. And, SOSL can tokenize multiple terms to find relevant records. It can take several minutes for data to be indexed before you can execute a query and get results.
- **[The Developer Console User Interface](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.code_dev_console_navigating.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Developer Console includes a collection of useful tools for coding, debugging, and testing applications.