Both IBM and Rational Software were founding members of the initial Eclipse.org consortium in 2001, and today IBM Rational is a Strategic Member of the Eclipse Foundation. Rational is helping lead the growth of Eclipse as the open source standard, enabling teams to work more effectively on many languages and in many operating environments.
Through the Eclipse software platform, Rational tools help organizations develop software more efficiently. The Eclipse Platform:
Simplifies development environment complexity and consolidates the use of diverse development technologies Makes it easier to develop, test and deploy high-quality software by integrating the enterprise environment Provides multi-language support that unifies J2EE , Web Services, UML, C++, and other technologies into a single development environment tailored to specific development needs - Delivers flexibility and choice as an open source, highly extensible platform that runs on many operating systems.
The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation formed to advance the creation, evolution, promotion, and support of the Eclipse Platform and to cultivate both an open source community and an ecosystem of complementary products, capabilities, and services. IBM Rational helps to evolve Eclipse by:
IBM offers several Rational products that are built directly on top of the Eclipse Platform:
- IBM Rational Application Developer (formally WebSphere Studio Application Developer) - A comprehensive IDE that enables developers to quickly design, develop, analyze, test, profile, and deploy Web, Web services, Java, J2EE, and portal applications.
- IBM Rational Software Architect - A comprehensive design and construction tool for software architects and model-driven developers for creating applications running on the Java platform or in C++ that leverages UML and unifies all aspects of software application architecture.
- IBM Rational Software Modeler - A UML-based visual modeling and design tool for architects, systems analysts, and designers who need to ensure that their specifications, architecture, and designs are clearly defined and communicated to their stakeholders.
- IBM Rational Systems Developer - A design and development tool that takes advantage of the full power of Eclipse and includes plug-ins that enable software architects and model-driven developers to create well-architected C/C++, Java J2SE and CORBA-based applications leveraging Unified Modeling Language (UML 2).
- IBM Rational Functional Tester - An advanced, automated functional and regression testing tool for testers and GUI developers who need superior control for testing Java, VS.NET and Web-based applications.
- IBM Rational Manual Tester - A manual test authoring and execution tool that promotes test step reuse to reduce the impact of software change on testers and business analysts.
- IBM Rational Performance Tester - A performance test creation, execution and analysis tool for teams validating the scalability and reliability of complex e-business applications before deployment.
- IBM Rational Method Composer - The next evolution of the IBM Rational Unified Process® and represents a quantum leap forward in providing a process solution that goes beyond software development. It is a flexible process platform built on top of the Eclipse Process Framework and contains tooling, process libraries, and unified method architecture for use throughout IT Lifecycle Management (ITLM).
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