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► Visual editors, as follows:
– Domain modeling
– UML modeling
– Web development
► Web services and XML productivity features.
► Portlet development tools.
► Relational data tools.
► WebSphere Application Server V6.0, V6.1 and V7.0 test servers.
► Web 2.0 development features for visual development of responsive Rich
Internet Applications with Ajax and Dojo 1 .
► Integration with the Rational Unified Process and the Rational tool set, which
provides the end-to-end application development life cycle.
► Application analysis tools to check code for coding practices. Examples are
provided for best practices and issue resolution.
► Enhanced runtime analysis tools, such as memory leak detection, thread lock
detection, user-defined probes, and code coverage.
► Component test automation tools to automate test creation and manage test
cases.
► WebSphere adapters support, including CICS®, IMS, SAP®, Siebel®, JD
Edwards®, Oracle and PeopleSoft®.
► Support for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Note: Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software is optionally
installable as a 60-day trial with WebSphere Application Server V7.0 and
purchased as a separate product.
For more information about Rational Application Developer for WebSphere
Software V7.5, see the following Web page:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/application/
1.5.5 Project Zero and WebSphere sMash
Project Zero is an incubator project started by IBM, centered around agile
development and the next generation of dynamic Web applications. The project
brings a simple environment to create, assemble, and run applications based on
popular Web technologies. This environment includes a scripting runtime for
1 The Dojo Toolkit is a modular open source JavaScript toolkit (or library), designed for the rapid
development of cross platform, JavaScript/Ajax based applications and Web sites.
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