WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Assembly tools

WebSphere Application Server supports three tools that you can use to develop, assemble, and deploy J2EE modules: Application Server Toolkit (AST), Rational Web Developer, and Rational Application Developer (RAD). These tools are referred to in this information center as the assembly tools.

One or more tools are available on separate CD-ROMs in your WebSphere Application Server CD-ROM package. RAD is available only on a trial basis in the WebSphere Application Server CD-ROM package.

The assembly feature of the AST, Rational Web Developer and RAD products runs on Windows and Linux Intel platforms. Users of WebSphere Application Server on other platforms must assemble their modules using an assembly tool installed on Windows or Linux Intel platforms. To install an assembly tool, follow instructions available with the tool.

Although this information center refers to the AST, Rational Web Developer and RAD products as the assembly tools, you can use the products to do more than assemble modules. Rational Web Developer and RAD are integrated development environments that provide development, testing, assembly and deployment capabilities. However, articles on application assembly in this information center focus on assembling J2EE modules using the J2EE Perspective of the assembly tools. Each assembly tool provides extensive online documentation; the articles on application assembly in this information center supplement that documentation. The Application Server Toolkit information center is available with this information center.




Related tasks
Assembling applications
Starting an assembly tool
Configuring an assembly tool

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