Editing Xbox Development Kit (section)

{{Short description|Software development kit for the Xbox}}
{{Other uses|XDK (disambiguation)}}
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| name                   = Xbox Development Kit (XDK)
| screenshot             = Xbox-Debug-Console-Set.jpg
| caption                = Xbox Debug Kit console
| developer              = [[Microsoft]]
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| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform               = [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
| genre                  = [[Software development kit]]
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| website                = {{URL|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/xbox-live/get-started/setup-ide/managed-partners/vstudio-xbox/live-where-to-get-xdk}}
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The '''Xbox Development Kit''' (XDK) is a [[software development kit]] created by [[Microsoft]] used to write software for the 2001 [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] gaming system. The XDK includes [[Library (computer science)|libraries]], a [[compiler]], and various tools used to create software for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. The XDK has the option to [[software integration|integrate]] itself into [[Microsoft Visual Studio]] [[Microsoft Visual Studio#Visual Studio .NET .282002.29|2002]] or [[Microsoft Visual Studio#Visual Studio .NET 2003|2003]]. This is needed if one wants to develop applications or games for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. The XDK also includes a tool to record in-game footage, which has been widely used to create high-quality screenshots and trailers.