Before You Begin
Consider the following points before working with Windchill+.
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If you are not using the PTC-provided development environment, you must set the Organization Internet Domain (OID) to ptcmscloud.com to avoid CCD package deployment failures. For more information, see Development Environment and Windchill+ System Landscape.
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Qualifications Required for a Developer to Work on Windchill+ Systems
A developer must have the following qualifications to work on Windchill+ systems:
• Basic proficiency with Java development, modular programming, and coding best practices
• Awareness of Windchill+ specific guidelines and supported scope of customization.
For more information, see the following topics:
• Awareness of your Windchill+ system landscape. For more information, see Windchill+ System Landscape.
• Optional access to an offline Windchill development system.
• Optional access to a source code management system (SCM).
• A basic development environment (IDE). For more information, see Set Up Your Development Environment.
• Access to an Azure BLOB storage account associated with the target Quality Assurance (QA) environment.
• The AzCopy utility from Microsoft. This utility is used to copy data to and from the containers. It is also used for file shares in your Windchill+ associated Azure Storage account.
For more information, visit the following links:
What does PTC provide?
PTC provides the following entities:
• The Code and Configuration Deployment (CCD) utility for the build and deploy task automation. For more information, see Deploying Code and Configuration Package.
• Access to an integration environment for integration development purposes and to push builds created in development.
• Access to a QA environment for advance development purposes. The access is available per your entitlement.
• Access to an Azure BLOB storage account for CCD package submission.
• A prescribed set of supported customization practices and patterns. For more information, see Customization.
• Windchill+ supports only single organization contexts. For more information, see Working With the Initial Organization Context.