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Working with environments in AWS Cloud9

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AWS Cloud9 is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of AWS Cloud9 can continue to use the service as normal. Learn more

AWS Cloud9 is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of AWS Cloud9 can continue to use the service as normal. Learn more

A development environment is a place in AWS Cloud9 where you store your project's files and where you run the tools to develop your applications.

AWS Cloud9 provides two types of development environments: EC2 environments and SSH environments. To understand the key similarities and differences between these development environments, see EC2 environments compared with SSH environments in AWS Cloud9.

Learn how to work with an environment in AWS Cloud9 by reading one or more of these topics.

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