WebSphere Application Server supports assembly tools that you can use to develop, assemble, and deploy J2EE modules.
Supported assembly tools include the following:
The Application Server Toolkit is available in your WebSphere Application Server disc package. Rational Application Developer is available only on a trial basis in the WebSphere Application Server disc package.
The assembly tools run on Windows and Linux Intel platforms. Users of WebSphere Application Server on other platforms must assemble their modules using an assembly tool installed on Windows or Linux Intel platforms. To install an assembly tool, follow instructions available with the tool.
Although this information center refers to the Application Server Toolkit
and Rational developer products as the assembly tools, you can use
the products to do more than assemble modules. Rational Application Developer
is an integrated development environment that provides development, testing,
assembly and deployment capabilities. However, topics on application assembly
in this information center focus on assembling J2EE modules using the J2EE
Perspective of the assembly tools. Each assembly tool provides extensive online
documentation; the topics on application assembly in this information center
supplement that documentation. The Application Server Toolkit information
center is available with this information center.