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Welcome to developerWorks

This Web site is IBM's premier technical resource for software developers and IT professionals. Here you'll find a wide range of tools, code, and education on AIX and UNIX®, Information Management, Lotus®, Rational®, and WebSphere®, as well as on open standards technology such as Java™ technologies, Linux®, XML, and more.

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By providing focused and relevant technical information for developers, we offer choices you can apply to building and deploying applications across heterogeneous systems.

The depth and breadth of content for developers on developerWorks is unparalleled. You'll find award-winning how-to content organized by product and by technology...and special programs to get you up to speed fast with open-standards technologies and IBM products:

Technical content is organized by product and by technology; you can select your area of interest from the left navigator or from these cross-product/cross-technology collections:


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My developerWorks

My developerWorks is a professional network and knowledge base that connects developers, IT professionals, professors, and students around the world, provides career-building recognition, and maximizes productivity through easy-to-find, targeted technical resources.

My developerWorks helps you:

  • Get the career-building recognition you deserve from your peers, who can follow your contributions including in-line commenting, ratings and recommendations, activities, bookmarks, and tags.
  • Form meaningful connections, expanding your network and allowing you to collaborate with groups and use activities to organize ideas, assign to-do items, track progress, and add comments.
  • Find what and who you need fast to be productive through your personalized home page, a one-stop source for tracking activities, groups, and developer news, and through tagging that allows you to navigate developerWorks' extensive library of how-to content, spaces, and forums.

To learn more, and to get started creating your personal profile and custom home page, follow our step-by-step guide to building your skills and your network with My developerWorks.


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Product resources

Resources for developers using IBM software include product trials and downloads, how-to articles from introductory to advanced, tutorials ranging from basic concepts to advanced certification instruction, technical forums, developer events, and more. To get acquainted with a product, visit the "New to" section on the corresponding product page.


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Technology resources

Resources for developers using open-standards technologies include tools, code, components, and standards, along with discussion forums, how-to articles and tutorials from introductory to advanced, developer events, and more. To get acquainted with a technology, visit the "New to" section on the corresponding technology page.


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The developerWorks Web site brings IBM's on demand products, technologies, and solutions together into a fully integrated developer portal. The portal is based on open standards such as XML and Java technology, and runs on WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and IBM System p and System x servers.

While the site infrastructure is powered by open standards and IBM solutions, the site design is "powered by" our readers. Recent enhancements to the design of our articles—such as improved navigation, search capabilities, and dynamic content—are based largely on input from readers like you. So as you use the site, whether this is your first visit or hundredth, please give us your feedback; it's always welcome.


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