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Chapter 4. Introduction to IBM WebSphere Application Developer 71
The WebSphere Studio family of products provide integrated development tools
for all e-business development roles including Web developers, Java developers,
business analysts, architects, and Enterprise programmers. The customizable,
targeted and role-based approach of the Workbench will be a common
characteristic of future products in the WebSphere Studio family.
WebSphere Studio Site Developer Advanced
Site Developer Advanced is an IDE intended for Web developers who develop
and manage complex Web sites. It is an easy-to-use toolset that minimizes the
time and effort required to create, manage, and debug multi-platform Web sites.
It is designed according to the J2SE and J2EE specifications, and supports
JSPs, servlets, HTML, JavaScript, and DHTML. It further includes tools for
developing images and animated GIFs.
Site Developer Advanced enables Web developers to use their favorite content
creation tools in conjunction with the built-in local and remote publishing
capabilities.
Using Site Developer Advanced, you can develop Web applications that use the
following technologies.
JSPs: A simple, fast and consistent way to extend Web server functionality
and create dynamic Web content. JSPs enable rapid development of Web
applications that are server and platform-independent.
Servlets: Server code that executes within a Web Application Server.
Web services: Self-contained, modular applications that can be described,
published, located, and invoked over the Internet or within intranets.
WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Application Developer is designed for professional developers of Java and J2EE
applications, who require integrated Web, XML, and Web services support.
It includes all of the features of Site Developer Advanced, and adds tools for
developing EJB applications, as well as performance profiling and logging tools
for both local and remote execution.
Developers can quickly build and test business logic and enhance the
presentation artifacts with built-in Web creation tools inside the Application
Developer IDE before deploying to a production server.
Using the performance profiling and tracing tools makes it possible to detect
application performance bottlenecks earlier in the development cycle.
Furthermore, the built-in test environment for WebSphere Application Server and
advanced tools for code generation help to shorten the test cycle.