# Develop an application

You can create AI and Multimedia applications on the Qualcomm Dragonwing^™^ RB3 Gen 2 Development Kit using the Qualcomm^®^ Visual Studio Code Extension. It’s an integrated application development environment for Qualcomm development kits. The extension runs in Ubuntu (or WSL with Ubuntu) and facilitates device configuration, software development including compilation, debugging, and binary flashing.

For more information, see the [Qualcomm Visual Studio Code Extension Reference Guide](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-79972-1/quick_start.html).

## Next steps

- [Explore sample applications](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-50/example-applications.html).
- [Develop applications using the Qualcomm Visual Studio Code Extension](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-79972-1/quick_start.html).

Last Published: Dec 30, 2025

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