WebSphere Application Server supports assembly tools that you can use to develop, assemble, and deploy J2EE modules.
Supported assembly tools include the following:
Although this information center refers to the Application Server Toolkit and Rational developer products as the assembly tools, you can use the products to do more than assemble modules. Rational Application Developer is an integrated development environment that provides development, testing, assembly and deployment capabilities. However, topics 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 topics on application assembly in this information center supplement that documentation. The Application Server Toolkit information center is available with this information center.
The online documentation
does not describe how to assemble EJB 3.0 modules or applications.
For modules or applications that use Feature Pack for EJB 3.0, refer
to Assembling EJB 3.0 modules.
AST is not supported on the Windows 2008 operating system.