# The Software Development Kit Client

The Software Development Kit client is installed in `SDK/<version>`.

The SDK folder has the following scripts at the top level:

Additionally, a copy of Eclipse is installed later into the `eclipse` directory.

Note: Updates are unique versions of the Software Development Kit and therefore have their own directories.
Note: A separate copy of Eclipse is installed per version of the Software Development Kit client because each version may have its own set of plug-ins and the plug-ins must be in the plugins directory of Eclipse.

These files are not meant to be executed directly by the developer and are intended to be executed through scripts in the shortcuts folder.

The `setsdkenv.bat` script specifies the OUAF SDK version and installation folder.

The `setplenv.bat` scriptsets up the environment variables needed to correctly run a development environment for the application server.

Note: A copy of Eclipse is installed later into the `eclipse` directory. This folder is created when the user first runs the startEclipse shortcut script. A separate copy of Eclipse is installed per version of the Software Development Kit client because each version may have its own set of plug-ins, and the plug-ins must be in the `plugins` directory of Eclipse.
Parent topic: Client Directory