InfoCenter Home >
4: Developing applications >
4.1: Programming model and environment >
4.1.2: Tools for developing Web applications >
4.1.2.2: IBM VisualAge for Java

4.1.2.2: IBM VisualAge for Java

VisualAge for Java Enterprise Edition provides the following tools for developing Web application components:

  • EJB Development Environment - Enables you to design and package enterprise beans as well as database schemas to support persistent features.
  • JSP Execution Monitor - Enables you to monitor the execution of JSP source code, generated servlets, and HTML source code as it is generated. This tool is available for Windows NT systems.
  • Servlet Launcher - Enables you to start a Web server, open your Web browser, and launch a servlet. This tool is available for AIX and Windows NT systems.
  • WebSphere Test Environment - Enables you to test deployment of Web application components without a full-fledged WebSphere Application Server installation. You can set breakpoints within servlet code, dynamically update the servlet at breakpoints, and continue running the servlet with the changes incorporated. These tasks can be performed without restarting the servlet.

For more information about this product, visit the following Web site:

http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/vajava/

More about the WebSphere Test Environment

IBM VisualAge for Java provides a subset of the WebSphere Application Server run-time environment in a component called the WebSphere Test Environment (WTE). The WebSphere Test Environment offers the following:

  • A lightweight run-time environment with no dependency on WebSphere Application Server availability
  • No dependency on an external database unless entity bean support is required

As a subset of the WebSphere Application Server, the WTE does not offer certain features that the application server product does, as follows:

  • Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and secure HTTP (HTTPS).
  • HTTP-style user ID/password authentication challenge.
  • Administrative server and services.
  • The XMLConfig tool. Older XML grammar is used in the WTE configuration.
  • Personalization APIs
  • Security context and API for enterprise beans.
  • Security APIs for servlet sessions, or other security classes typically involved in sign-on, authentication, or authorization.
  • Support for running multiple Web applications in addition to the default Web application

Tips for using VisualAge for Java

When you are ready to move from the WTE to deployment on the WebSphere Application Server, verify that application class paths are properly set in the new environment.

Go to previous article: IBM Distributed Debugger and Object Level Trace Go to next article: Tips for using IBM WebSphere Studio

 

 
Go to previous article: IBM Distributed Debugger and Object Level Trace Go to next article: Tips for using IBM WebSphere Studio