The Developer Connection is an annual subscription program for application developers. Its purpose is to deliver: licenses to developers for toolkits, productivity tools, development tools and sample code; licenses to the latest pre-release code so developers can prepare for and simulate future environments; and the most up-to-date versions of technical documentation on Java, OS/2, and AIX. The Developer Connection consists of four issues ( CDs and a newsletter), delivered over the course of one year, plus full access to the DevCon website until the subscription expires.