# Views

PDE provides four views that help plug-in developers inspect different aspects of their development environment. These views can be opened via Window > Show View > Other... > Plug-in Development .

For detailed information on individual PDE views, refer to the following documents:

- Error Log
- Plug-in Registry
- Plug-ins
- Plug-in Dependencies
- Target Platform State

## Plug-in Development Perspective

The Plug-in Development perspective is designed to support efficient development and integration of plug-in projects. Its also adds the Plug-ins and Error Log views which are particularly useful.

The perspective can be opened via Window > Open Perspective > Other... > Plug-in Development .