Before you start setting up your development environment, you must download the vSphere Web Client SDK to your working machine and have access to a vCenter Server for Windows or a vCenter Server Appliance instance.
To create a vSphere Web Client extension, your development environment must include the following items.
You can set up the vSphere Web Client SDK on a machine with Windows or Mac OS operating systems. Before you begin the SDK setup, you can set up your Java environment and Apache Ant, install and configure the Eclipse IDE and the Adobe Flex SDK.