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# Using the Developer Console

The Developer Console provides tools for developing your Aura components and applications.

You can use the Developer Console in the same supported browsers as [Lightning Experience](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.getstart_browsers_sfx.htm&type=5) and [Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.getstart_browser_aloha.htm&type=5).

![Create Aura applications with the Developer Console](https://developer.salesforce.com/media/aura-platform/aura_devconsole.png)

The Developer Console enables you to perform these functions.

-   Use the menu bar (1) to create or open these Lightning resources.

    -   Application
    -   Component
    -   Interface
    -   Event
    -   Tokens
-   Use the workspace (2) to work on your Lightning resources.
-   Use the sidebar (3) to create or open client-side resources that are part of a specific component bundle.

    -   Controller
    -   Helper
    -   Style
    -   Documentation
    -   Renderer
    -   Design
    -   SVG

While the Developer Console provides an easy way to work with Aura components, it doesn’t include many developer tools and features. To enable source-drive development with editor features like code completion and linting, consider these alternatives:

-   [Code Builder](https://developer.salesforce.com/tools/vscode/en/codebuilder/about)—A web-based IDE that has all the power and flexibility of VS Code, Salesforce Extensions for VS Code, and Salesforce CLI in your web browser. You can install Code Builder as a managed package in a supported Salesforce org edition.
-   [Salesforce DX Tools](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_dev.meta/sfdx_dev/sfdx_setup_dx_tools.htm)—Use the Salesforce CLI and VS Code with the Salesforce Extension Pack to deploy code to an org.

**See Also**  


-   [*Salesforce Help*: Open the Developer Console](https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=code_dev_console_opening.htm)
-   [Create Aura Components in the Developer Console](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/aura-platform/components/components-create-devconsole.md)
-   [Component Bundles](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/aura-platform/components/components-bundle.md)