Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tools

IDE for enhancing productivity through visual construction for J2EE, Java, C++, systems and Web




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Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tools can help software development teams complete larger J2EE and other projects faster and with higher quality. IBM Rational's industry leading Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tools for Java, J2EE, C++, web and systems development are built on Eclipse to help you succeed by supporting modern software development paradigms, providing requirements-to-code traceability and offering optimized support for WebSphere. Deliver high quality, resilient applications with IBM Rational Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tools that allow you to focus on the business logic, while addressing numerous challenges facing developers:

Managing changes to source code to ensure project success.
Manually developing, testing and deploying complex applications.
Learning curves to master modern languages and frameworks

IBM Rational Integrated Development Environment tools provide the ability to rapidly develop, assemble, test, profile and deploy high quality applications by:

Increasing productivity and quality while shortening your development cycle with Integrated Development Environment tools that extend the Eclipse environment.
Offering integrated and optimized J2EE tools and test environments for IBM WebSphere Application Server and Portal Server products.
Allowing a faster start to building powerful enterprise applications through visual construction -reducing the Java learning curve.
Using robust capabilities to create SOA applications, including the ability to quickly and graphically create secure, asynchronous web services and automatically create necessary components such as WSDL files.
Simplifying Web page development and management.
Providing a path to allow business oriented developers to build modern applications leveraging existing investments.

IBM Rational Integrated Development Environment products provide the flexibility to choose the right tool to meet your project's needs:

*Tools*
Development Style-	Tool	Description
Visual Construction for Java, J2EE and Web	IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere® Software	An IDE for software developers that enables them to develop, test, profile and deploy SOA, Java, J2EE, and portal applications, optimized for WebSphere Application Server.
Model Driven Development for Java, J2EE, Web and C++	IBM Rational Software Architect	A comprehensive IDE with a UML 2.0 modeling environment for software developers and architects that enables them to architect, design, develop, analyze with built in architectural discovery rules, test, profile and deploy C++, SOA, Java, J2EE and portal applications.
Model Driven Development for Java and C++	IBM Rational Systems Developer	A design and development tool built on Eclipse and includes plug-ins that enable software architects and model-driven developers to create well-architected C/C++, Java J2SE and CORBA-based applications leveraging Unified Modeling Language (UML 2), analysis and development capabilities.
Cross Platform Web and Service Oriented Application Development	Rational Business Developer Extension	A rapid development workbench for delivering cross-platform Web and service-oriented applications.
Cross Platform Development for COBOL, PL/I, Web Services and XML on system z	Rational Developer for System z	An IDE for traditional mainframe, Web development and integrated mixed workload. Accelerates the development of Web applications, traditional COBOL and PL/I applications, Web services and XML-based interfaces.
Cross Platform development for Java, RPG, COBOL, XML, Web, and Web services on system i	WebSphere Development Studio for system i	A suite of tools for e-business and i5/OS® server development containing a complete set of server and workstation components optimized for i5/OS development, including traditional RPG and COBOL development tools.
Development for Ada	IBM Rational Ada Developer	For software developers using the Ada programming language, an IDE that supports modern software development practices throughout the development lifecycle.