Alibaba Cloud Toolkit (Cloud Toolkit) is an IDE plug-in that Alibaba Cloud provides for developers to develop and deploy cloud applications efficiently. Install it in IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse to build, test, and deploy cloud applications directly from your IDE.
Typical workflow
Develop, debug, and test your application locally.
Install and configure Cloud Toolkit in your IDE.
Connect to a cloud environment and deploy your application to the cloud through the plug-in interface.
Features
Deploy applications to EDAS -- Deploy directly from your IDE. Supports fast iterative updates and batch deployment of applications. See Use IntelliJ IDEA to deploy an application to EDAS.
Test and diagnose microservices -- Run tests and diagnose issues in your IDE while monitoring service status in real time.
Connect on-premises and cloud services -- Start a local service registry or join a self-managed registry to enable mutual calls between your services and services of others. See Develop applications in an on-premises environment and connect to cloud applications.
Get started
Install and configure Cloud Toolkit in IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse. For step-by-step instructions, see Install and configure Alibaba Cloud Toolkit in IntelliJ IDEA.