Local development tools

Databricks provides an ecosystem of tools to help you develop applications and solutions that integrate with Azure Databricks and programmatically manage Databricks resources and data.

This page provides recommendations for the best tools for common developer scenarios. For a complete overview of developer tools, see Develop on Databricks.

Tool	When to use
Databricks extension for Visual Studio Code PyCharm Databricks plugin For other IDEs, use the Databricks CLI with Databricks Connect	Interactive development and debugging from a local IDE
Databricks CLI	Direct interaction with Databricks from the command line Shell scripting Experimentation Invoke the REST API directly Manage local authentication profiles Sync code from the IDE to the Databricks workspace
Databricks Asset Bundles (a feature of the CLI)	Manage workflows and deploy projects to Databricks Apply CI/CD best practices Co-version, co-author, and co-deploy your resources and assets as one unit Supports the most common resources
Databricks Terraform provider	Infrastructure as code and CI/CD Administer and create workspaces, catalogs, and metastores Enforce permissions Guarantee environment portability and disaster recovery Many supported resources
Databricks Python SDK Databricks Java SDK Databricks Go SDK Databricks R SDK	Application development Integrate with existing deployment systems Create custom Databricks workflows and web services
SQL drivers	Run SQL commands and scripts from client applications
Databricks REST API	Automate processes where an SDK in your preferred programming language is not available Access to almost all Databricks resources Advanced scenarios only