Exercise 2.1: Starting the product

Now go ahead and start the product.

To start the product:

  1. On the desktop task bar click Start > Programs > IBM Rational(R) > IBM WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries V6.0 > WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries.
    Starting the product

    A dialog appears asking you for the workspace location, unless you used the product before and selected not to show this dialog again.

    The workspace contains all the information about your projects. You can accept the default or store the work related to this tutorial in a separate workspace. You can always start with a new workspace later, if you don't want to mix these exercise WebFacing projects with your real work.
    Dialog for workspace selection

  2. Accept the default directory structure but change the name of the workspace directory to the name WFLABxx where XX is a unique number.
  3. Click OK.

    After a few moments of loading, the workbench opens, and the initial window of the product opens.
    Initial window of the product

    Note:
    If you didn't reset the workspace, or you are working with the advanced version of the product, your environment will differ slightly from the screen captures in this tutorial.

You have started the product and set the default workspace and now you are ready to begin Exercise 2.2: Opening the WebFacing perspective.