= The AspectJ^TM^ Development Environment Guide
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_by the AspectJ Team_

_Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Xerox Corporation, 2002 Palo Alto Research Center, Incorporated, 2003-2005 Contributors.
All rights reserved._

This guide describes how to build and deploy AspectJ programs using the AspectJ tools and facilities. See also the
xref:../progguide/index.adoc[AspectJ Programming Guide], the documentation available with the AspectJ support
available for various integrated development environments (e.g. https://www.eclipse.org/ajdt/[Eclipse AJDT]), and the
most-recent documentation available from the https://eclipse.org/aspectj[AspectJ project page].

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include::tools-intro.adoc[Introduction to the AspectJ tools]

include::ajc.adoc[`ajc`, the AspectJ compiler/weaver]

include::ajdoc.adoc[`ajdoc`, the AspectJ API documentation generator]

include::aj.adoc[`aj`, the AspectJ load-time weaving launcher]

include::antsupport.adoc[AspectJ Ant Tasks]

include::ltw.adoc[Load-Time Weaving]

include::compatibility.adoc[AspectJ version compatibility]