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 ## Import Haveno into development environment
 
-Follow [instructions](import-haveno.md) to import Haveno into a development environment.
+VSCode is recommended.
+
+Otherwise follow [instructions](import-haveno.md) to import Haveno into a Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA.
 
 ## Run end-to-end API tests