Patterns: Implementing Self-Service in an SOA Environment

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򐂰 Rational Functional Tester

The Rational Function Tester is an automated testing tool for Java, HTML,

VB.NET, and Windows applications. It provides the capability to record robust

scripts that can be played back to validate new builds of an application.

򐂰 Rational Performance Tester

The Rational Performance Tester is a multi-user, system-performance tester

designed to test Web applications, focusing on ease-of-use and scalability.

򐂰 WebSphere Business Integrator Modeler

The WebSphere Business Integrator Modeler does not carry the Rational

brand name, but is an important product of the Rational Software

Development Platform. WebSphere Business Integrator Modeler targets the

business analyst who models business processes. WebSphere Business

Integrator Modeler can be used to generate Business Process Execution

Language (BPEL) definitions to be deployed to WebSphere Business

Integrator production environments. The WebSphere Business Integrator

Modeler BPEL provides a more seamless move to production and eliminates

the need to create Visio® diagrams and then move to production.

5.3.1 Workbench

An integrated development environment (IDE) is a set of software development

tools such as source editors, compilers, and debuggers, that are accessible from

a single user interface. In Rational Software Development Platform, the IDE is

called the

Workbench. Rational Application Developer’s Workbench provides

customizable perspectives that support role-based development and a common

way for all members of a project team to create, manage, and navigate

resources easily. It consists of a number of interrelated views and editors.

Views provide different ways of looking at the resource on which you are

working, while

editors allow you to create and modify the resource. Perspectives

are a combination of views and editors that show various aspects of the project

resource, and are organized by developer role or task. For example, a Java

developer would work most often in the Java perspective, while a Web designer

would work in the Web perspective.

Several perspectives are provided in Rational Software Development Platform.

Team members can customize them, according to their current role or

preference. You can open more than one perspective at a time, and switch

perspectives while you are working with Rational Software Development

Platform. If you find that a particular perspective does not contain the views or

editors you require, you can add them to the perspective and position them to

suit your preference.