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IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse, Version 8.5.5 overview

IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse is a lightweight set of tools for developing, assembling, and deploying Java™ EE, OSGi, Web 2.0, and mobile applications to WebSphere Application Server.

When combined with WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5 Liberty Profile, the WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse Version 8.5.5 provides a fast and lightweight environment for the rapid development and testing of Java EE web profile, Web 2.0, mobile, and OSGi applications.

For more information about IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse, see:

What's new in Version 8.5.5

Tools are available in this release to support:

Supported programming models

The following table lists the programming models available in IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse and indicates the application servers that they are supported on.
Programming model WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Liberty Profile WebSphere Application Server V8.5 WebSphere Application Server V8.0 WebSphere Application Server V7.0
Develop Java EE applications Yes*
Note: *The tools for developing EJB applications support EJB 3.0 and 3.1.
Yes Yes Yes
Develop CDI applications Yes* Yes Yes No
Develop JAX-RS applications Yes Yes Yes Yes
Develop JAX-WS applications Yes* Yes Yes Yes
Develop Web 2.0 and mobile web applications Yes Yes Yes Yes
Develop OSGi applications Yes
Note: The tools for developing OSGi applications support the following technologies:
  • Web 2.5
  • Web 3.0
  • JPA
  • Jax-RS
  • JSF
Yes
Note: The tools for developing OSGi applications support the following technologies:
  • Web 2.5
  • Web 3.0
  • JPA
  • JAX-RS
  • JSF
  • EJB
Yes
Note: The tools for developing OSGi applications support the following technologies:
  • Web 2.5
  • Web 3.0
  • JPA
  • JAX-RS
  • JSF
No
The star icon (*) indicates support is available starting in Version 8.5.5 release for WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile.

Supported server tasks

The following features are supported on all WebSphere Application Servers, except the Liberty profile:
Note: The workbench does not support WebSphere Application Server V7.0 feature packs and managed (federated) WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment environments.

Getting started

To get started, see Installing the Liberty profile developer tools and (optionally) the Liberty profile.
Visit the WASdev.net site:
  • To participate in or post questions in the forum.
  • To learn more about the workbench from the collection of articles and sample code.
  • To get community news through blog entries.
  • To help improve the workbench by reporting defects and requesting feature enhancements.

Getting help

WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse provides you with access to the Rational® Application Developer documentation.
Note: Some documented features are available only with the full Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software product.
For details about how to integrate the workbench with the server, see Testing and publishing on a server.

Additional features available with Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software

For enterprise-level development, consider using Rational Application Developer as your integrated development environment. Rational Application Developer provides a complete environment for Java, Java EE, web, web services, SOA, OSGi, Web 2.0, mobile, and portal designers and developers, including the server development tools. It also provides integration and support for the following application servers and associated feature packs:
  • WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Liberty Profile
  • WebSphere Application Server V8.5
  • WebSphere Application Server V8.0
  • WebSphere Application Server V7.0

Rational Application Developer is designed to accelerate development and unit test to ensure delivery of higher quality applications. It offers tools for teams that are using the emerging trends of Web 2.0, SOA, OSGi, and Cloud computing that help accelerate adoption and software delivery.

For more information about this product, see Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software or Rational Application Developer overview.


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