Development kit is typically a set of tools provided for the ease of the developer. It helps to build hardware and software applications and reduces significant amount of time.
Software developers use development kits all the time to save their time and implement pre-built APIs in their application. For example, Android developers use Android Software Development Kit (SDK) to create Android applications. This SDK enables developer to implement Application Program Interface (API).
Hardware development kit normally comprises of a hardware component such as a programmable circuit board and a set of API to program it. For example, a Bluetooth development kit normally comes with a ready-to-program circuit board, a software API ...
