 Integrated Development Environment IBM WebSphere Development Studio Client uses an Eclipse-based integrated development environment called the workbench. The workbench offers you e-business tools in a comprehensive development environment that integrates all your tools, teams, assets, and other workbench-based projects seamlessly. The platform provides the core frameworks and services upon which all plug-in extensions are created, the run time in which plug-ins are loaded, integrated, and executed, plus a common user interface model for working with tools. Plug-in tools can be integrated into the workbench portable Application Program Interface, yet run unchanged on any supported operating systems. Thus, the architecture discovers these plug-ins and integrates them all into the new base environment, providing a standard user navigation model for building integrated Web and application development tool projects. Because development resources for a project are stored in a single repository, the workbench is ideal for resource sharing and for providing consistent team support for shared projects. Perspectives Perspectives define the initial set and layout of views in the workbench window. They provide a set of capabilities aimed at accomplishing a specific type of task or working with specific types of resources. Open perspectives are represented by icons on the shortcut bar (the toolbar at the top-left of the workbench window). When you have more than one perspective open, you can switch between them by clicking the icons on the shortcut bar. You can also customize your workbench desktop with the specific views or perspectives (task-oriented combinations of views) you need for everyday work, and still have access to other functions if you need them later. | 
