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deepshikha · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 22

Can you explain Building applications using Rational Developer tools....?

stephen · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 13

You can use Rational Developer tools with the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit to more quickly develop applications using DB2 Alphablox components and the DB2 Alphablox Java™ APIs.

Rational Developer tools (Rational Application Developer or Rational Web Developer) can be used with the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit, an Eclipse-based set of plug-ins, to develop and test applications built using DB2 Alphablox technology. This tutorial will guide you in configuring your Rational integrated development environment to enable the use of method and tag completion as well as custom enhancements added with the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit.

To begin configuring your Rational Developer tool with the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit to develop and test DB2 Alphablox applications.

(1)Preparing your development environment:
Before you can install and begin using the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit, prepare your development environment by making sure that you have all of the required software.

(2)Installing the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit:
Using the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit with the Rational Developer tool will make it easier for you to begin developing web-based applications with DB2 Alphablox content.

(3)Installing DB2 Alphablox in WebSphere integrated test environments:
In this task, you install DB2 Alphablox on the WebSphere® integrated test environments in a Rational Developer tool.

(4)Creating a WebSphere server instance:
To run applications or JSP files that contain DB2 Alphablox content, you need to create a WebSphere server instance that can access required DB2 Alphablox services and Java classes.

(5)Creating WebSphere 5.1 server substitution variables:
In this task, you will modify server substitution variables for WebSphere 5.1 server instances to properly run DB2 Alphablox within WebSphere integrated test environments.

(6)Configuring WebSphere 5.1 server instances:
For WebSphere 5.1 server instances, you need to configure the server instances to run DB2 Alphablox applications and files.

(7)Adding the guest user to the to DB2 Alphablox Administrators group:
Adding the guest user to the DB2 Alphablox Administrators group allows you to access the DB2 Alphablox Administration Pages while using Rational Developer tool.

(8)Creating DB2 Alphablox applications:
When you create new applications in Rational Developer, you need to add required DB2 Alphablox content for the applications to run properly.

(9)Creating JSP files with DB2 Alphablox content:
In this task, you create new JSP files with access to Blox tag libraries using the Rational Developer tool with the DB2 Alphablox Toolkit.

(10)Accessing DB2 OLAP Server and Essbase data sources:
In order to access DB2 OLAP Server™ or Essbase data sources in the Rational Developer tool when using WebSphere 5.1 server instances, you need to create a startup batch file that loads required client libraries.