Workshop 8.1—More Than an IDE

WebLogic Workshop consists of two parts:

  • An integrated development environment (IDE)

  • A standards-based runtime environment

The purpose of the IDE is to remove the complexity in building applications for the entire WebLogic platform. Applications you build in the IDE are constructed from high-level components rather than low-level API calls. Best practices and productivity are built into both the IDE and runtime. We'll expand on this subject later in this appendix.

BEA WebLogic Workshop is a part of the standard BEA WebLogic Platform download. Workshop is available in two editions:

  • WebLogic Workshop Application Developer Edition is targeted to be the basic IDE for developers on the BEA WebLogic Platform. It enables ...

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