Benefits of Development Accounts
Development accounts provide ideal places for:
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Creating new applications and customizations.
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Testing customization elements before deployment.
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Fixing issues with existing customizations.
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Trying out third-party integration features.
Actions you take in development accounts, such as transaction entries, record deletions, and form customizations, have no effect on your NetSuite production account. However, development accounts are not guarded from external touch points in the same way as sandbox and Release Preview accounts can be. For example, in sandbox and Release Preview, you can specify how you want email to be handled in these accounts. You cannot configure email delivery from a development account in a similar manner. Email messages sent from development accounts are delivered to the logged-in user.
Development accounts are never refreshed, unlike sandbox accounts, so you never have to worry about your work in progress being accidentally overwritten by a refresh. Administrators can also change the name of each development account at Setup > Company > Company Information to help distinguish between accounts.
You cannot access SuiteAnswers from your development account. Instead, refer to the NetSuite Help Center by selecting the Help icon from within your development account.