Rational Application Developer provides a single, comprehensive development environment designed to meet a variety of development needs, from Web interfaces to server-side applications, from individual development to advanced team environments, from Java development to application integration. Rational Application Developer is part of the Rational Software Development Platform series of products. A platform of products all built on Eclipse, which is an open-source platform for creating application development tools. Each product in the Rational desktop family offers the same integrated development environment (IDE. The differences among these products reflect which plug-in tools are available in each configuration.
If you are new to Rational Application Developer, the Welcome experience provides you with all the information you need to
If you would like to review a comprehensive list of product features, visit our site and review the links under Product Information.
The list below provides a quick overview of new features and feature enhancements have been added, and include:
Different forms of user assistance help developers at different levels of expertise learn about the tool's features and quickly and successfully complete required tasks.
If you are using this tool for the first time, explore the product Welcome (Help > Welcome) to learn about major features in the product and relevant technologies, and to receive guidance for performing your first steps.
To get started using the product or a specific feature of the product, review the collection of product tutorials and samples. You can access early learning tutorials and samples from the Welcome, or look at the complete collection in the Tutorials Gallery and Samples Gallery.
To open the Tutorials Gallery, click Help > Tutorials Gallery .
To open the Samples Gallery, click Help > Samples Gallery.
Three different types of tutorials can help you get started and advance your knowledge. Some tutorials are multimedia, some are interactive, and some are text-based, so you can choose the type that best suits your learning style.
There are also three different types of samples, from smaller technology-specific samples that focus on a particular aspect of your model or code, to large cross-component samples that demonstrate a complete application implemented using the platform tools. When you open a sample, you see a short description of what the sample does and a link for importing the sample into your workspace.
The following links to tutorials and samples will help you get started:
Tutorial: Understanding the workbench environment
The workbench is the interface for the Rational Software Development Platform. Every time you open or edit a file or project, you are using the tools in the workbench. This tutorial will teach you how to use the workbench more effectively and how to customize it to meet your needs.
If you are new to the product, click Help > Welcome > Tutorials to see a list of tutorials.
Sample: Auction
This sample includes a set of applications that implement features of an online auction. Import it to see a working application that highlights product features.
If you are new to the product, click Help > Welcome > Samples to see a list of samples.