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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: Extend
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parent_url: /wcp_docs/
title: >- 
  Steps: Build and Deploy Apps Using the Workday Extend Plugin for IntelliJ
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### Prerequisites

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-   Account on a Workday Cloud Platform Development tenant.
-   Security: <i>Manage: App Manager</i> domain in the System functional area.


### Context

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Use the Workday Extend Plugin for IntelliJ to build apps and deploy them to the Development tenant.

### Steps

1.  <a id="step_N1002B_N10028_N1001E_N10001"></a>[Set Up the Workday Extend Plugin for IntelliJ](/wcp_docs/vmr1559596405819.html).
2.  <a id="step_N10037_N10028_N1001E_N10001"></a>Create an app.

    See [Create Apps Using the Workday Extend Plugin for IntelliJ](/wcp_docs/nwo1559623697010.html).

3.  <a id="step_N10091_N1005F_N10035_N10001"></a>Deploy the app to the Development tenant.

    See [Deploy Apps to Development Tenants](/wcp_docs/ubb1579298396924.html).



### Result

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The custom task runs your app on the Development tenant.

### Next Steps

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-   Continue building your app with more widgets and pages.
-   Test and debug your code as necessary.
-   After you've completed development testing, promote your app.

    Go to the Workday Developer Site to promote your app. From Development, you can promote your app to Release Candidate on the Implementation tenant. After the implementation testing is complete, you can promote your app to Sandbox on the Sandbox tenant, and then to Production on the Production tenant.