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WebSphere Commerce tools and plug-ins
The WebSphere Commerce development environment provides plug-ins and tools.
The following plug-ins are provided with the WebSphere Commerce development environment:
- A collection of WebSphere Commerce Information Center plug-ins that allow you to access the WebSphere Commerce Information Center, which includes WebSphere Commerce API reference information, from within Rational Application Developer. Additionally, you can launch the WebSphere Commerce context-sensitive help when WebSphere Commerce tools (for example, the Administration Console) are running.
- WebSphere Commerce enterprise bean conversion tool
The WebSphere Commerce enterprise bean conversion tool is a WebSphere Commerce-specific tool that allows you to develop enterprise beans using a DB2 or Derby development database for use on a different target production database. Use the enterprise bean conversion tool when the target production database is an Oracle database while the development machines use local DB2 or Derby databases
- Compiling JavaServer Page files
Compiling the JavaServer Page (JSP) files in the site or store will significantly reduce the amount of time needed to load the store. As a result, it is recommended that you batch-compile the store or site JSP files after publishing a store archive and after deploying JSP files to a production environment.
- Set up the JSP viewer tool
Before you can view store JSP pages in the JSP viewer, set up the JSP viewer tool.
- Migrate EJB projects to use optimistic locking
Use the optimistic locking migration plug-in to enable optimistic locking in an EJB project.
- Configure a Web application
All major aspects of a Web application are configured declaratively by means of Struts configuration files. Action-mappings, global-forwards, message-resources, data-sources, form-beans, global-exceptions, and so forth, are among key elements found in Struts configuration files. (Refer to the Struts User Guide for the complete list and details.) Of these, WebSphere Commerce extends the semantics for action-mappings, global-forwards, and message-resources.
Related concepts
WebSphere Commerce development environment
WebSphere Commerce common architecture