IBM Rational has given developers a glimpse of the next
major version of its tools portfolio, codenamed Atlantic, ahead of
its release later this year.
Speaking at the Rational Software Development User Conference in
Texas, Mike Devlin, general manager of Rational in the IBM software
group, said the new capabilities will support Unified Modeling
Language (UML) 2.0 and JavaServer Faces (JSF), which provide
components for the creation of interactive web pages.
The next major release of the IBM Software Development Platform
will feature both IBM and Rational tools.
Lee Nackman, chief technology officer with Rational Software,
provided a demonstration of the next software release, which will
be integrated with Eclipse 3.0 open-source tools environment. IBM
also said the Eclipse Hyades integrated test and monitoring
environment would be featured in the Atlantic release.
Atlantic will also include service data objects, which enable
developers to link applications to databases and provide real-time
deployment to WebSphere. There will also be a new ClearCase client
that will improve team-based development.
From the business, development, operations and deployment
angles, IBM Rational is going to "bring it all together in a single
process", Devlin said. "This will accelerate the development
cycle."
Development tools for IBM Workplace will be part of IBM's
software development platform and will include WebSphere Studio
Device developer 5.7, which provides developers with the ability to
extend applications from the desktop on to mobile devices and
laptops. It will ship on 30 July.
Also included in the release are WebSphere API Toolkit, for
integrating with IBM Workplace platform; Workplace Builder, a tool
for business users; and Workplace Designer, an enterprise-level
scripting tool that can be used for building stand alone business
applications.
Allison Taylorwrites for ITWorld
Canada.com