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# Develop and Deploy Apex in the 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.

### Required Editions

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d17968e75">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17968e75 ">To use the Apex Deployment Tool:</td>

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#### See Also

- [Open the Developer Console](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.code_dev_console_opening.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Using the Developer Console](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.code_system_log.htm&type=5&language=en_US)