The IBM Rational Developer for Power family of tools are a set of Eclipse-based IDEs, that include editions for developing application workloads for IBM i (v5r4, 6.1, and 7.1). The editions for IBM i replace some older IDEs known as WebSphere Development Studio Client. Compare here the available editions for IBM i to find the one that is right for your company's needs.
Rational Developer - Edition comparison -
| Compatibility and pricing | RPG and COBOL Development Tools for i | for i for SOA Construction |
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| Description | Offers edit, compile and debug capabilities to develop applications for IBM i. |
Accelerates Web and SOA development for IBM i. Bundle includes EGL. |
Combines RPG and COBOL Developer Tools for i with Rational Application Developer Standard Edition. Offers rapid, design, development, assembly, test, profile and deployment of high quality Java/Java EE ™, Portal, Web/Web 2.0, OSGi, Web services and SOA applications. |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux |
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| Key features | WDSC | WDSC AE |
RPG and COBOL Development Tools for i | for i for SOA Construction* | Power Tools for IBM i |
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| LPEX Editor (RPG, COBOL, CL, C/C++ for IBM i) | |
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| Web services wizards (RPG and COBOL) | |
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| Integrated debugger | |
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| Rational Business Developer (EGL Development) | |
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| Edit, compile, and debug for RPG, COBOL, C, and C++ | |
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| 5250 Screen designer | |
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| VisualAge RPG and CODE400 | |
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| HATS Toolkit without Portal support | |
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| HATS Toolkit with Portal support | |
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| Report designer | |
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| JSF Web Design and Servlet Support | |
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| J2EE with EJB support | |
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| XML tools | |
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| RPG and COBOL call wizards | |
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| WebSphere Application Server test environment | |
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| Websphere portal support | |
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* The License terms stipulate that the features of Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction that overlap the features of RAD SE may only be used when doing EGL and/or HATS development.
