Assembly tools

WebSphere® Application Server provides and supports assembly tools that you can use to develop, assemble, and deploy Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) modules.

The IBM® Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere Software product provides supported assembly tools in both Rational Application Developer for WebSphere and in Rational Application Developer for Assembly and Deploy.

Although this information center refers to Rational developer products as the assembly tools, you can use the products to do more than assemble modules. Rational Application Developer is an integrated development environment that provides development, testing, assembly, and deployment capabilities. Rational Application Developer for Assembly and Deploy provides assembly, deployment, and some testing capabilities. Both Rational Application Developer versions provide extensive online documentation. Topics on application assembly in this information center supplement that documentation, focusing on assembling Java EE modules using the Java EE Perspective of the assembly tools.

Rational Application Developer is available in the WebSphere Application Server disc package with two licenses. The license for Rational Application Developer for Assembly and Deploy does not expire. The license for Rational Application Developer for WebSphere is available on a Trial basis and is only available for a limited time.

The Trial download for Rational Application Developer is available at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rad/.

Important: The assembly tools run on Windows® and Linux® Intel® platforms. Users of WebSphere Application Server on all platforms must assemble their modules using an assembly tool installed on Windows or Linux Intel platforms. To install an assembly tool, follow instructions available with the tool.



Related tasks
Assembling applications
Obtaining an integrated development environment (IDE)
Related information
Rational Application Developer documentation
Trial: Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
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