The IVE tool was developed in Java on top of NetBeans Platform and therefore it includes several features typical for this platform. First of all it is usage of built-in plug-in update manager that is used for all plug-ins for the IVE tool and that allows unified handling with plug-ins. Second, the tool uses window management of the NetBeans platform that allow complex placement and manipulation or even undocking of the visualization plugin views in the main panel of the tool.