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# Node development

These topics provide guidance and best practices for developing and maintaining authentication nodes in AM.

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#### [About authentication nodes](about-nodes.html)

Learn how *authentication nodes* define actions taken during authentication.

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#### [Prepare your environment](preparing-for-nodes.html)

Discover the prerequisites for building and customizing authentication nodes.

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#### [Translate nodes](i18n-nodes.html)

Internationalize the text in your nodes.

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#### [Build and install nodes](build-install-nodes.html)

Find out how to build and install authentication nodes for use in authentication trees.

For information on configuring and using authentication trees, see [Authentication nodes and trees](../authentication-guide/about-authentication-trees.html).