In order to develop a Commerce Enabled Portal, you need two development environments:
- WebSphere Commerce Developer: the development environment for WebSphere Commerce
- Rational Application Developer (with Portal tooling): the development environment for WebSphere Portal with Portals Tools installed
The architecture for the Commerce Enabled Portal development environment is the same as for the production environment (detailed in Commerce Enabled Portal architecture), with a few exceptions. Unlike the production environment, the Commerce Enabled Portal development environment does not require single sign-on. As a result, an LDAP server is not necessary in the development environment. The development environment also allows you to work with the Cloudscape database, rather than migrating to a production database.
For more information about WebSphere Commerce Developer, see WebSphere Commerce development environment. For more information about the Rational Application Developer with Portal Tools feature, see the WebSphere Portal information center.
To familiarize yourself with the Commerce Enabled Portal development environment, complete the following tutorial.