The Application Server Toolkit

The Application Server Toolkit is included with the WAS product on a separately-installable CD. It includes the following components that are built on the Eclipse workbench:

• The WAS debug adapter which allows you to debug Web objects that are running on WAS and that you have launched in a browser. These objects include EJBs, JSPs, and servlets.

• The JavaScript debug adapter which enables server-side JavaScript debugging.

• The Java development tools (JDT) debugger which allows you to debug Java.

All of the debug components in the Application Server Toolkit can be used for debugging locally on the workstation and for remote debugging to your iSeries server (or other supported platform). The Application Server Toolkit also includes the J2EE Request Profiler which provides a means of profiling the J2EE artifacts that are hosted on your WebSphere application server. The profiling perspective provides several views that allow you to visualize how your application is behaving.

See the following topics for information about installing the Application Server Toolkit and using the debug tools it provides:

Install the Application Server Toolkit
This topic describes how to install the Application Server Toolkit on your workstation.

Enable your code for debugging
This topic describes how to prepare your enterprise application and application server for debugging with the Eclipse-based debugger.

Start and use the debugger
This topic describes how to get started using the Eclipse-based debugger.

Start and use the J2EE request profiler
This topic describes how to get started using the J2EE request profiler.