# Using the AWS Infrastructure Composer console
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This section provides details on accessing and using AWS Infrastructure Composer from the Infrastructure Composer console. This is the default experience for Infrastructure Composer and is a good way to become familiar with Infrastructure Composer. You can also integrate the Infrastructure Composer console with your local IDE. For details, see [Connect the Infrastructure Composer console with your local IDE](other-services-ide.md).

You can also [access Infrastructure Composer from the AWS Toolkit in VS Code](using-composer-ide.md), and you can use a [mode of Infrastructure Composer that is specifically designed to be used in CloudFormation](using-composer-console-cfn-mode.md).

For general documentation on using Infrastructure Composer, see [How to compose](using-composer-basics.md).

**Topics**
+ [AWS Infrastructure Composer console visual overview](reference-visual.md)
+ [Manage your project from the Infrastructure Composer console](using-composer-project.md)
+ [Connect the Infrastructure Composer console with your local IDE](other-services-ide.md)
+ [Allow web page access to local files in Infrastructure Composer](reference-fsa.md)
+ [Locally sync and save your project in the Infrastructure Composer console](using-composer-project-local-sync.md)
+ [Import functions into Infrastructure Composer from the Lambda console](other-services-lambda.md)
+ [Export an image of Infrastructure Composer's visual canvas](reference-features-export.md)