In this chapter, we discussed the most important pieces of Siebel Tools functionality that developers typically use in their daily work.
Initializing and populating the developer's database is a mandatory step to establishing the local development environment.
We followed a typical development process to identify tasks such as checking out, modifying, and creating new object definitions as well as validating, compiling, and testing the changes using the Mobile or Developer Web Client.
In addition, Siebel Tools supports development teams with archiving and search features as well as integration with external source control systems.
In order to achieve a professional and upgradeable implementation of the customer's requirements we have to follow basic principles that have been laid out in the section Keeping the upgrade in mind.
In the next chapter, we will introduce the case study scenario, which provides real-life examples for the remainder of the book.
