getting-started: Added "Development Methods" section

This section introduces the ways a developer can use the Yocto
Project.  They can use BitBake from a Linux shell, they can
got through CROPS, they can use Toaster, and they can use the
Eclipse IDE.  The section overviews these possibilities.

(From yocto-docs rev: 95af6303364f94f91c94fd0bd1890b4e6351048e)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

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         </section>
     </section>
 
-    <section id='the-development-environment'>
-        <title>The Development Environment</title>
+    <section id='gs-development-methods'>
+        <title>Development Methods</title>
 
+        <para>
+            The Yocto Project development environment usually involves a
+            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#hardware-build-system-term'>Build Host</ulink>
+            and target hardware.
+            You use the Build Host to build images and develop applications,
+            while you use the target hardware to test deployed software.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            This section provides an introduction to the choices or
+            development methods you have when setting up your Build Host.
+            Depending on the your particular workflow preference and the
+            type of operating system your Build Host runs, several choices
+            exist that allow you to use the Yocto Project.
+            <note>
+                For additional detail about the Yocto Project development
+                environment, see the
+                "<link linkend='overview-development-environment'>The Yocto Project Development Environment</link>"
+                chapter.
+            </note>
+            <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Native Linux Host:</emphasis>
+                    By far the best option for a Build Host.
+                    A system running Linux as its native operating system
+                    allows you to develop software by directly using the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink>
+                    tool.
+                    You can accomplish all aspects of development from a
+                    familiar shell of a supported Linux distribution.</para>
+
+                    <para>For information on how to set up a Build Host on
+                    a system running Linux as its native operating system, see
+                    TBD.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>CROss PlatformS (CROPS):</emphasis>
+                    Typically, you use
+                    <ulink url='https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/crops/about/'>CROPS</ulink>,
+                    which leverages
+                    <ulink url='https://www.docker.com/'>Docker Containers</ulink>,
+                    to set up a Build Host that is not running Linux (e.g.
+                    <trademark class='registered'>Microsoft</trademark>
+                    <trademark class='trademark'>Windows</trademark>
+                    or
+                    <trademark class='registered'>macOS</trademark>).
+                    <note>
+                        You can, however, use CROPS on a Linux-based system.
+                    </note>
+                    CROPS is an open source, cross-platform development
+                    framework that provides an easily managed, extensible
+                    environment for building binaries targeted for a variety
+                    of architectures on Windows, macOS, or Linux hosts.
+                    Once the Build Host is set up using CROPS, you can prepare
+                    a shell environment to mimic that of a shell being used
+                    on a system natively running Linux.</para>
+
+                    <para>For information on how to set up a Build Host with
+                    CROPS, see TBD.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Toaster:</emphasis>
+                    Regardless of what your Build Host is running, you can
+                    use Toaster to develop software using the Yocto Project.
+                    Toaster is a web interface to the Yocto Project's
+                    OpenEmbedded build system.
+                    The interface enables you to configure and run your
+                    builds.
+                    Information about builds is collected and stored in a
+                    database.
+                    You can use Toaster to configure and start builds on
+                    multiple remote build servers.</para>
+
+                    <para>For information about and how to use Toaster,
+                    see the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_TOAST_URL;'>Toaster User Manual</ulink>.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE:</emphasis>
+                    If your Build Host supports and runs the popular
+                    Eclipse IDE, you can install the Yocto Project Eclipse
+                    plug-in and use the Yocto Project to develop software.
+                    The plug-in integrates the Yocto Project functionality
+                    into Eclipse development practices.</para>
+
+                    <para>For information about how to install and use the
+                    Yocto Project Eclipse plug-in, see the
+                    "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_SDK_URL;#sdk-eclipse-project'>Developing Applications Using Eclipse</ulink>"
+                    section in the Yocto Project Application Development and
+                    the Extensible Software Development Kit (eSDK) Manual.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
     </section>
 
     <section id='reference-embedded-distribution'>