Rational EGL Community Edition

EGL Community Edition™ is a free Eclipse-based tool that simplifies the development of rich Web 2.0 style applications

EGL Community Edition enables innovation by simplifying the development of JavaScript and Java based rich Internet applications.

• Simplifies development of open standards-based Web 2.0 applications
• Shortens the technology learning curve by shielding developers from the complexities of JavaScript™, HTML, Ajax, JSON, and other Web 2.0 technologies
• Provides visual editing tools that support the development of rich user interfaces utilizing Dojo™
• Simplifies the creation of SOAP and REST Web services, access to databases such as IBM DB2 and MySQL, and modernization of legacy programs and transactions
• Speeds development by not requiring deployment to an application server during coding, testing, and debugging
• Supports end-to-end debug of client and server side code
• Supports deployment to Apache Tomcat (link resides outside of ibm.com) application server
• Built on Eclipse (link resides outside of ibm.com)
• EGL Community Edition will be available for download on September 8, 2009.

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