For the enterprise, deploying Linux applications is not enough — it has to be able to develop applications on Linux as well. Until recently, there were no visual development and teamworking tools for Linux that could take advantage of the operating system’s reliability, performance and flexibility.

IBM changed that in late 2001, when it donated its "Eclipse" application development workbench for Linux and Windows to the open source community. By making Eclipse’s source code available, IBM provided the community with a common framework and platform that developers can enhance. This allows software tools to be interoperable with each other, which can help speed your software development.

WebSphere Studio Workbench is the IBM version of Eclipse, providing a toolbox and workbench to develop applications on Linux.

WebSphere Studio Application Developer is an easy-to-use Java application development tool, succeeding VisualAge for Java.

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