# How this guide is organized

This guide includes the following sections.

- What are the Derby tools and utilities?

  Overview of the tools and utilities, and Derby and JDBC basics for new or infrequent users.

- Using ij

  How to get started with `ij`, a JDBC and SQL scripting tool.

- ij properties reference

  Reference for `ij` properties.

- ij commands and errors reference

  Reference for `ij` commands and errors.

- sysinfo

  Reference information on the utility that provides information about your Derby environment.

- dblook

  Reference information for a utility that dumps the DDL of a user-specified database to either a console or a file.

- SignatureChecker

  Reference information for a tool that identifies any SQL functions and procedures in a database that do not follow the SQL Standard argument matching rules.

- PlanExporter

  Reference information for a tool that exports query plan data for further analysis.

- Optional tools

  Reference information for optional tools.

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