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Eclipse-based products from IBM
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Eclipse-based products from IBM
 As you'd expect, Eclipse is IBM's strategic platform for its
development tools.
 Every IBM development product is Eclipse-based.
WebSphere Integration Developer
WebSphere Business Modeler
WebSphere Business Monitor
Rational Software Architect
Rational Software Modeler
Rational Application Developer
Rational Web Developer
Rational Systems Developer
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Lotus Workplace
 IBM's Lotus Workplace products are based on Eclipse's
Rich Client Technology.
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Eclipse resources
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Eclipse Web sites
 In addition to the content at developerWorks (more on that
in a minute), here are a couple of sites you should visit:
 The Eclipse Corner at eclipse.org is a great site for
articles by Eclipse insiders.
eclipse.org/articles/
 O'Reilly's Java developer site has quite a few articles on
Eclipse as well.
Go to onjava.com, search for "eclipse."
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Eclipse communities
 Eclipse is a great tool by itself, but the community
behind it is what makes Eclipse so exciting.
 In addition to the forums and FAQs at the Eclipse sites
mentioned earlier, there are communities for specific
interest, languages, and so forth.
 Visit eclipse.org/community to find links to Eclipse
groups all over the world.
There are communities in French, German, Korean and
Japanese.
Also Italian (coming soon…)
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Eclipse books
 Fortunately for us, many of the chief developers of
Eclipse have written very helpful books.
 We'll mention a couple of books we've found useful.
More Eclipse books are being published all the time, so keep your
eyes open for new titles.
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The Java Developer's Guide
 Probably the most popular book
on Eclipse.
 Make sure you get the second
edition.
 ISBN 0321305027
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Contributing to Eclipse
 If you want to write plug-ins,
you must get this book.
 Written by gurus Erich Gamma
and Kent Beck, it shows you
how to extend Eclipse.
 ISBN 0321205758
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Eclipse 3.0 FAQs
 This book is a huge help for
developers.
 You can install the full text of
the book into the Eclipse help
system.
 ISBN 0321268385
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ibm.com/developerworks/opensource
 The developerWorks open source
zone has articles, tutorials and
sample code built on open
source products.
 A recent sample featured
articles on:
Geronimo (J2EE server)
Eclipse
iText (a Java PDF library)
Apache Derby
(aka Cloudscape)
PHP
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…/top-projects/eclipse.html
 If you're in the developerWorks open source zone, click the Eclipse link
in the right-hand navigation for a page just for Eclipse.
 ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/
top-projects/eclipse.html
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Trial downloads of IBM products
 Visit ibm.com/developerworks/downloads for trial versions of
hundreds of IBM products.
IBM's Eclipse-based development tools from Rational and WebSphere
are available here.
 When you download the trial versions, you also get links to
installation help, tutorials, demos, forums, newsgroups and other
types of support.
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The developerWorks Software Evaluation Kit
 Visit …/developerworks/offers/sek to order the free Software
Evaluation Kit.
From the downloads page, click the "developerWorks Software
Evaluation Kit" link in the right-hand navigation.
 14 GB of IBM products for Windows and Linux
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Software Development Platform webcasts
 Visit ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/wc/ to sign up for
free Webcasts on Eclipse and Eclipse-based development tools.
 If you attend the Webcast live, you can submit questions and interact
with the experts.
 If you miss it, you can still listen to the Webcast on demand…
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The developerWorks Software Architect Kit
 Themes:
Patterns-based development
How to apply Model-Driven
Architecture
Structural review & control
Service-oriented architecture
 Includes Webcasts, demos,
whitepapers, free downloads
and exclusive Grady Booch
podcasts.
 ibm.com/developerworks/
architecture/kits
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developerWorks tutorials and training
 developerWorks has 500+ tutorials on a variety of topics, including:
Build a Web service using the Eclipse Web Tools Platform
Building Eclipse plug-ins using templates
Building cheat sheets in Eclipse
Build Perl applications with Eclipse
 ibm.com/developerworks/training
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Also see…
 …Wayne Beaton's "Eclipse hints, tips and random
musings" blog
ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/beaton
 …Eclipse-related Redbooks
Visit ibm.com/redbooks, search for "Eclipse"
One of the best is Eclipse Development using the Graphical Editing
Framework and the Eclipse Modeling Framework (ISBN
0738453161)
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developerWorks Live! Technical Briefings
 Making the most of Eclipse (½ day)
 Linux: Navigating the future with IBM, Intel and
RedHat (½ day)
 Design and construction using the Software
Development Platform (½ day)
 Information on Demand: Unleash the power of DB2
(full day)
 Open source development: Tools and open standards
(½ day briefing / workshop)
 See ibm.com/developerworks/
offers/techbriefings to register.
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IBM Business Perspective events
 Rational product lifecycle roadshow (½ day)
 Designing applications for service-oriented
architecture integration (full day)
 See ibm.com/developerworks/
offers/techbriefings to register.
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Rational Software Development Conference
 More than 275 Technical
Sessions – 12 tracks
 Technical workshops, BOFs,
lunchtime discussions, evening
receptions
 Keynotes with industry leading
experts
 Exhibit Hall and Solution Center
 2,500+ customers and partners
 Unlimited networking
opportunities
 June 4-8, 2006 at the Swan and
Dolphin Resort in Orlando
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