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title: Node development
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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](../am-authentication/about-authentication-trees.html).

## Name changes for ForgeRock products

Product names changed when ForgeRock became part of Ping Identity.

The following name changes have been in effect since early 2024:

| Old name                      | New name                        |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| ForgeRock Identity Cloud      | PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud |
| ForgeRock Access Management   | PingAM                          |
| ForgeRock Directory Services  | PingDS                          |
| ForgeRock Identity Management | PingIDM                         |
| ForgeRock Identity Gateway    | PingGateway                     |
| ForgeRock Identity Platform   | Ping Advanced Identity Software |

Learn more about the name changes in [New names for ForgeRock products](https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/New-names-for-ForgeRock-products) in the Knowledge Base.