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The IBM Rational Developer for i is a new eclipse-based workstation offering for IBM i (i5/OS) application development.

It provides an integrated development environment (IDE) for creating IBM i RPG, COBOL, and CL-based applications. The product is based on the latest Eclipse 3.4.1 level.
- Rational Developer for i provides a complete development environment for traditional IBM IBM i (i5/OS) application development
- Supports the latest version of the IBM i (i5/OS) operating system, Version 6.1
- IBM® Application Diagram provides a graphical view of the different resources in an IBM i (i5/OS) native application and their relationships to each other
- Screen Designer is a technical preview that provides the capability to graphically design and modify the content of DDS display files.
- Helps ease application debugging processes
- Includes many capabilities previously only found in the WebSphere Development Studio Advanced Edition.
- Requires significantly less disk and memory
- The IBM Rational Team Concert for i client is shipped as a billable, installable component of IBM Rational Developer for i. To use the Rational Team Concert for i functionality for team collaboration and managing RPG and COBOL applications, IBM Rational Developer for i V7.5 should be purchased with IBM Rational Team Concert for i.
- Operating systems supported: Windows
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The IBM Rational Developer for i set of tools is a new eclipse-based workstation offering for IBM i (i5/OS) application development.
WebSphere Development Studio for i V6R1 provides tools and programming languages to create IBM i (i5/OS) solutions.
Application development tools designed specifically for building IBM i applications.
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Rational Software Delivery Platform provides the base for a robust integrated development environment.
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*Pricing: Catalog prices are exclusive of tax and subject to change without notice. Passport Advantage customers will see their Relationship Suggested Volume Pricing during checkout.
