In this chapter, you were presented with information about the functionalities of the ADE offered by the Yocto Project, and the numerous Eclipse Plug-ins available for application development not only as an alternative, but also as a solution for developers who are connected to their IDEs. Although the chapter started with an introduction to the application development options for the command-line enthusiast, it shortly became more about IDE interaction than anything else. This happened because alternative solutions need to be available so that developers could choose what fits their needs best.

In the next chapter, a number of Yocto Project components will be presented. This time, they are not related to application development, but involve metadata interaction, quality assurance, and continuous integration services. I will try to present yet another face of the Yocto Project that I believe will help readers get a better picture of the Yocto Project, and eventually, interact with...