Tools and support that meet your needs

Using Eclipse as your development environment? IBM provides you a series of choices for becoming more accountable and productive.

Traditional tools are powerful, and have world-class support.

However, some team members on projects just don't need quite so much functionality. Perhaps the no-charge Eclipse tool offers sufficient functionality, but you need a higher level of support -- the kind of support you're accustomed to when you purchase a commercial tool.

On the other hand, depending on your development needs you may need a tool that’s tailored to your specific requirements. For example:

• You may be building out a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and need to visualize graphically complex code, or discover and reuse existing code and services.
• You may be working with heterogeneous environments, integrating Java™, Microsoft® .NET, and mainframe applications.
• You might be working with J2EE™ applications, or WebSphere® Application Server or WebSphere Portal, and require comprehensive development, testing and deployment tools for those environments.
• You may be concerned with architecting a robust solution to complex problems before you begin coding.

In all these cases, a solution that fits your needs is now available from IBM Rational.

IBM Rational® Elite Support for Eclipse
This newly released offering provides world-class technical support that you need to confidently develop in the Eclipse environment. It includes support for the Eclipse Platform, including the Java Development Toolkit (JDT) and its Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) as well as the following projects and frameworks associated with the Eclipse Platform: Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP); Graphical Editing Framework (GEF); Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF).

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IBM Rational Software Modeler V7
This newly released version of the Eclipse-based UML modeling environment enables architects, systems analysts, designers and others to specify and communicate development project information from several perspectives and to various stakeholders. Rational Software Modeler:

• Provides rich support for modeling with the UML 2.1.
• Enables flexible model management for parallel development and architectural re-factoring, for example: split, combine, or compare merge models/model fragments.
• Allows you to apply included design patterns -- and/or author your own -- to ensure that conventions and best practices are followed.
• Integrates with other facets of the lifecycle -- including requirements, change management and process guidance -- and includes Rational ClearCase® LT.

IBM Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7
This newly released version includes:

• Full-featured Java and Web IDE
• Flexibility through componentized installation
• IBM JRE 1.5.x
• IBM Installation Manager for installing and updating Eclipse environment and compatible plug-ins
• Easier J2EE development
• Visual editors for Java, EJB, and data development
• Visual Portal development tools
• Struts-based Web development
• Data access and development with AST, CICS IMS, J2C
• WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal test servers, server integration, and automated deployment support
• Static and runtime analysis
• Rational team tools integrations

IBM Rational Software Architect V7
This newly released version of the Eclipse-based development environment includes all the capabilities of IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software and IBM Rational Software Modeler with additional capabilities focusing on architectural code analysis, C++, and model-driven development with the UML for creating resilient applications and services. Rational Software Architect:

• Eases the design-to-code experience for Java, J2EE, Web services, SOA, and C/C++ applications.
• Includes all of the features of IBM Rational Application Developer and IBM Rational Software Modeler, for integrated design and development experience.
• Exploits the latest in modeling language technology, enabling flexible modeling across a variety of different domains including UML™ 2, UML-like notation for Java, and more.
• Enables flexible model management for parallel development and architectural re-factoring, such as split, combine, compare and merge models and model fragments.
• Eases the transition between the architecture and code with model-to-model and model-to-code transformations, including reverse transformations.

IBM Rational Modeling Extension for .NET V7
This newly released extension for Rational products unifies heterogeneous implementations with UML model-driven .NET and Java applications and services. Rational Modeling Extension:

• Enables UML-based model-driven development of applications to be implemented fully or partially on the Microsoft .NET platform.
• Integrates with and complements Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 technology, enabling the implementation of resilient .NET applications.
• Supports conceptual modeling of architectures and applications using UML 2.
• Offers high extensibility because of its foundation on the open Eclipse 3.2 platform.
• Improves productivity with UML-to-C# transformations and C#-to-UML transformations.
• Complements other IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform offerings to provide a complete, full-lifecycle governance solution for project portfolios that target a mix of .NET, Java, and other implementation platforms.
• Installs into an IBM Rational architecture management tool such as IBM Rational Software Modeler or IBM Rational Software Architect.

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