Chapter 2. Tools overview

In this chapter we introduce the tools we refer to in the rest of the book. The tools fall into two categories:

  • IBM tools

  • Third party tools

For each tool we include a brief description, links to further information, and provide references to the chapters where we use and describe the tool.

IBM tools

The following sections briefly describe the new IBM products that support the development of applications in the WebSphere environment. For each product we focus on the new and important features provided to developers.

The tools we discuss are:

  • WebSphere Application Server Version 4.0

  • WebSphere Studio Version 4.0

  • VisualAge for Java Version 4.0

  • WebSphere Business Components Composer

WebSphere Application Server Version 4.0

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