Best practices for using ClearCase and ClearQuest with Studio or Eclipse

In the following sections, we identify six areas of best practices for using Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest with WebSphere Studio or Eclipse. These best practices are derived from vast experience working with these products, and can help you to enable more efficient development.

Isolate subsystems or architectural layers into separate components

A component-based architecture helps to promote software reuse and sharing among applications. In a Java or J2EE application, a good candidate for a component is any logical grouping of files that have to be versioned and released independently, or are shared by multiple applications.

For example, a WebSphere Studio ...

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