Debugging components in the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere

The IBM® Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere®, included with the WebSphere Application Server on a separately-installable CD, includes debugging functionality that is built on the Eclipse workbench. Documentation for the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere is provided with that product. To learn more about the debug components, launch the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere, select Help > Help Contents and choose the Developing > Debugging applications bookshelf entries.

The IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSpheret includes the following components:
The WebSphere Application Server debug adapter
which allows you to debug web objects that are running on WebSphere Application Server and that you have launched in a browser. These objects include enterprise beans, JavaServer Pages files, and servlets.
The JavaScript debug adapter
which enables server-side JavaScript debugging.
The Compiled language debugger
which allows you to detect and diagnose errors in compiled-language applications.
The Java development tools (JDT) debugger
which allows you to debug Java code.

All of the debug components in the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere can be used for debugging locally and for remote debugging. To learn more about the debug components, launch the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere, select Help > Help Contents and choose the Developing > Debugging applications bookshelf entries.

To learn more about Log and Trace Analyzer, launch the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere, and select Help > Help Contents. To learn about known limitations and problems that are associated with the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere, see the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere release notes.




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