Database applications made easy with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, DB2 Express-C and Eclipse

Level: Intermediate

Anitha Krishnasamy (kanitha@in.ibm.com), Senior Consultant, WebSphere BPTSE, IBM　
Sridhar Kuna (sridharkuna@in.ibm.com), Staff Software Engineer, WebSphere Adapters, IBM

13 Feb 2008

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IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition provides excellent support for JDBC-enabled databases through a J2CA framework, making it easy for your application to access a backend database. This tutorial describes how you can easily develop a simple database application for WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0 using the Eclipse development environment with IBM DB2® Express-C, and also illustrates how to integrate and use these three free software products together.

In this tutorial

You learn how to:

• Install and configure IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0, IBM DB2 Express-C, Eclipse, and the Web Tools Platform Adapter.
• Build a basic Eclipse project and a sample database application.
• Troubleshoot common errors.

Prerequisites

• Java™ application development, including JSPs and servlets.
• Building database applications.
• Eclipse development environment.

System requirements

• IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0
• IBM DB2 Express-C 9.1
• Eclipse SDK 3.3 and Web Tools Platform 2.0
• WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0 WTP Server Adapter (formerly Eclipse plug-in)

Duration

This tutorial can be performed at your own pace. Duration will depend on your environment.

Formats

Summary

To create an environment for developing and hosting database applications that use Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technology, you need a development platform or tool for developing your applications, a database for storing and retrieving data, and a Java EE 5 compliant application server for testing and hosting your applications. Achieving this environment could actually be easier and considerably less expensive than you might expect.

Using the popular combination of IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0, IBM DB2 Express-C, and Eclipse as a foundation, this tutorial explores some of the key features of this popular, full-function set of software (all of which is available to use at no charge), describes how to set up and integrate them, and walks you through the steps for building a sample enterprise database application.

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