Category:Rational Developer
Rational Developer, an acronym for WebSphere Development Studio Client for System i, is a robust, Windows-based, integrated development environment (IDE) based on the open source Eclipse project that is customized for System i developers.
WDSC has support for editing various types of files...
Additionally, it contains...
- An WDSC debugger using Service Entry Points
- Websphere Application Server (WAS) management tools
- Rational Business Developer Extension V7.0 EGL tooling
WDSC has been superseded in i5/OS V6R1 by IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform for System i WDSC is still orderable in i5/OS V6R1, so it apparently will still run and be supported by IBM for that release.
Plug-Ins
WDSC supports a similar plug-in mechanism to Eclipse, with some modifications to support the RSE.
A number of vendors have plug-ins for their specific product, and there are some open-source plug-ins available. See WDSC/Plugin.
In general, most plug-ins designed for Eclipse 3.x will work fine in WDSC.
Version history
This version history needs review!
| i5/OS version | Tool name | Tool version | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| V3R1 | ADTS CS/400 | V3R1? | |
| V3R2 | ADTS CS/400 | V3R2 | |
| V3R7 | ADTS CS/400 | V3R7 (unchanged from V3R6?) | 1995? |
| V4R1 | ADTS CS/400 | V3R7 (unchanged from V3R6?) | 1996? |
| V4R2 | ADTS CS/400 | V4R2 | 1997? |
| V4R3 | ADTS CS/400 | V4R2 | 1997? |
| V4R4 | ADTS CS/400 | V4R4 | 1999? |
| V4R5 | ADTS CS/400 | V4R5 | 2000? |
| V5R1 | WDS | V5.0 | January 2003 |
| V5R2 | WDS | V5.0, 5.1 | January 2003 |
| V5R3 | WDS | V6.0 | May 2004 |
| V5R4 | WDSCi | 7.0 | January 2006 |
| V6R1 | RDi | 7.1 (no better link?) | January 2008 |
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