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What steps should a partner or customer follow in order to onboard themselves or a colleague as a new Sugar Developer with access to Sugar development resources?

Access to Sugar On-Site software downloads and mobile development tools is controlled using the Download Manager Authorised Contact role. Read below to learn more about how to provide your new developers with this role.

• Prerequisite:
  • You need to work for a current Sugar Customer or Sugar Partner with an active Sugar subscription.
  • Access is only provided to authorized persons who are associated with these organizations
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Set-up

In order to get access to the Sugar code, you need to be either a SugarCRM customer or a partner.  To learn more about our partner program and to apply, please check out our website.

Partners also get access to Sugar cloud instances that they can use to quickly get started. See the Partner Portal for more information about accessing SugarCloud.

• If you need access to a SugarCloud development build in order to support a SugarCloud release, then you can access those in the SugarCloud   group .
•   provides you with your Sugar Cloud Development environment
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  • Create a Demo (Video)
  • Demo Builder Guru Meditation (Video)
• Want to get started developing quickly?
  • Use SugarDockerized.
  • Use our Vagrant setup instructions! (no longer maintained)
• If you are doing code development on Sugar, you can download Sugar Enterprise on-premise edition of the Sugar application using Download Manager via sugarcrm.com.
• If you want to set up a full LAMP or MAMP stack on your own, you can follow our Sugar Enterprise Installation Guide or the OSX development environment setup guide.
• Whenever installing Sugar locally for development or production purposes, you need to be using our Supported Platforms.
• Finally, please take time to review our Developer Policy before you begin coding.

First API Call

Web Services APIs are the fastest way to get started with custom Sugar development. The Sugar API documentation is built into every Sugar instance, including Sugar's REST API.

Check out the Sugar Developer Guide for more details on how to access Sugar REST APIs and to get started using them. You can also check out the The School of REST blog series and the Tutorial: Intro to the Sugar REST v10 API.

Making your first API call to Sugar is as easy as 1, 2, 3:

• Step 1: Authenticate
• Step 2: Manipulate your records
• Step 3: Know your Endpoints
  

Learn

Getting the most out of Sugar means understanding what can be done via the Sugar Administration panel. We highly recommend Sugar Developers learn about Sugar Administration. Both Sugar Developer and Sugar Administrator training programs are available from SugarU. There are self-paced videos as well as options for live developer webinars and in-person training.

• The Sugar Developer Guide and the  are other primary training sources.
• There are a lot of great Sugar resources out there in the community as well, so check out this blog post, , to find many of them.
• You should also get familiar with the   that SugarCRM and the Sugar Developer community provide for you. We have tools that help you build, test, debug, and deploy your Sugar solutions even faster.

• How will you know when you are ready to rock the Sugar Developer universe? When you get certified! You can learn more about our  program and the  exam at .

• Get involved with our  by posting your questions and get answers from a broad audience of experts

Resources & Downloads

Use the additional resources and downloads below to further support your onboarding.

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