Obtaining an integrated development environment (IDE)

This topic describes obtaining an integrated development environment (IDE). Use Rational products from IBM to design, construct, and manage changes to applications for deployment on your WebSphere Application Server products.

(dependent on configuration)

• See for a description of the Rational Application Developer Trial that is shipped with the product.

  Insert the disc and use the documentation and the installation program on the disc to install and set up the trial development environment.

• See Assembly tools for a description of the Application Server Toolkit that is shipped with product.

• Refer to these Web resources for learning.

  Rational software pages on ibm.com

  Browse IBM's portfolio of software for requirements analysis and tracking, application design and construction, ensuring software quality, configuration and change management, and development project management.

  Rational on developerWorks

  This page provides quick links to technical resources and best practices for Rational software. Browse information by product or by technology. Find resources for learning, support, and developer communities.

  developerWorks main page

  This page is the entrance to IBM's resource for developers.

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Assembly tools