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         This manual provides information that lets you use both the standard
         Yocto Project SDK and an extensible SDK to develop applications and
         images using the Yocto Project.
+        Additionally, the manual also provides information on how to use
+        the popular <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE as part
+        of your application development workflow.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -64,6 +67,61 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
+        You just need to follow these general steps:
+        <orderedlist>
+            <listitem><para><emphasis>Install the SDK for your target hardware:</emphasis>
+                For information on how to install the SDK, see the
+                "<link url='sdk-installing-the-sdk'>Installing the SDK</link>"
+                section.</para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para><emphasis>Download the Target Image:</emphasis>
+                The Yocto Project supports several target architectures
+                and has many pre-built kernel images and root filesystem
+                images.</para>
+                <para>If you are going to develop your application on
+                hardware, go to the
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_MACHINES_DL_URL;'><filename>machines</filename></ulink>
+                download area and choose a target machine area
+                from which to download the kernel image and root filesystem.
+                This download area could have several files in it that
+                support development using actual hardware.
+                For example, the area might contain
+                <filename>.hddimg</filename> files that combine the
+                kernel image with the filesystem, boot loaders, and
+                so forth.
+                Be sure to get the files you need for your particular
+                development process.</para>
+                <para>If you are going to develop your application and
+                then run and test it using the QEMU emulator, go to the
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_QEMU_DL_URL;'><filename>machines/qemu</filename></ulink>
+                download area.
+                From this area, go down into the directory for your
+                target architecture (e.g. <filename>qemux86_64</filename>
+                for an <trademark class='registered'>Intel</trademark>-based
+                64-bit architecture).
+                Download kernel, root filesystem, and any other files you
+                need for your process.
+                <note>In order to use the root filesystem in QEMU, you
+                need to extract it.
+                See the
+                "<link url='sdk-extracting-the-root-filesystem'>Extracting the Root Filesystem</link>"
+                section for information on how to extract the root
+                filesystem.</note></para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para><emphasis>Develop and Test your
+                Application:</emphasis>  At this point, you have the tools
+                to develop your application.
+                If you need to separately install and use the QEMU
+                emulator, you can go to
+                <ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page'>QEMU Home Page</ulink>
+                to download and learn about the emulator.
+                You can see the
+                "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#dev-manual-qemu'>Using the Quick EMUlator (QEMU)</ulink>"
+                chapter in the Yocto Project Development Manual
+                for information on using QEMU within the Yocto
+                Project.</para></listitem>
+        </orderedlist>
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
         The remainder of this manual describes how to use both the standard
         SDK and the extensible SDK.
         Information also exists in appendix form that describes how you can