Development tools

To create applications for WAS, use any development tool that supports J2EE application development. Integrated development environments (IDEs) provide tools for creating, changing, managing, packaging, and testing your application components. Use these IBM IDEs to develop applications for WAS:

• WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries
  WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries is an IDE that includes the host components of WebSphere Development Studio.

• WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
  WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries provides the workstation components of WebSphere Development Studio.

• WebSphere Studio Application Developer
  WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) is an integrated development environment that runs on a workstation platform. It provides tools that you can use to develop J2EE-compliant enterprise applications. The WSAD product Web site provides information on obtaining and using the product.

The topics below provide information about application packaging and configuration tools that are packaged with WAS. These tools run on any of the supported workstation platforms. For information installing these tools, see Install the workstation tools for WAS in the Installation topic.

Application Assembly Tool
Use the Application Assembly Tool (AAT) to package your application components into an enterprise archive (EAR) file that you can deploy in your applicaion server. This topic describes the AAT and how to use it.

Application Client Resource Configuration Tool
If your application includes J2EE application clients, use the Application Client Resource Configuration Tool (ACRCT) to define resources for the application client. This topic describes the ACRCT and how to use it.

The ejbdeploy tool
The ejbdeploy tool is a command-line tool that generates deployment code for enterpise beans. This topic describes the ejbdeploy tool and how to use it.

WAS also provides ways for you to debug your applications. This topic provides more information:

Debugger tools
After you develop an application, it may be necessary to debug the application before you deploy it in a production environment. This topic describes how to use the iSeries server debugger with WAS, and how to use the Application Server Toolkit, which includes debugging and profiling tools for WAS.