Planning what features to install

You can customize your software product by selecting which features of IBM® Rational® Developer for i V9.5 to install.

When you install the product package by using IBM Installation Manager, the installation wizard displays the features in the available product package. From the features list, you can select which to install. A default set of features is selected for you (including any required features). IBM Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies between features and prevents you from clearing any required features.

If you select any non-English language during the installation, all languages are installed. For components from other groups that do not translate into the same set, a mix of English and translated content may appear.

Note: IBM Rational Developer for i is available in three editions:
  • RPG and COBOL Tools which includes the RPG and COBOL Tools feature in the table below
  • RPG and COBOL Tools + Modernization Tools, Java Edition which includes all the features in the table below
  • RPG and COBOL Tools + Modernization Tools, EGL Edition which includes the RPG and COBOL Tools feature in the table below plus the Rational Business Developer product
Note: After you finish installing the package, you can still add or remove features from your software product by running the Modify wizard in IBM Installation Manager. See Modifying installed product packages for more information.

The following table shows the features of IBM Rational Developer for i V9.5 that you can choose to install. Default selections of features to install might vary.

Name Description Selected for installation by default
RPG and COBOL Tools An integrated edit, compile and debug environment for IBM i. Also provides IBM i Projects, IBM Application Diagram Component, Screen Designer, and Report Designer tools for developing native IBM i applications. These workstation tools allow you to connect to IBM i, manage libraries, objects, members, jobs and IFS files, edit source members using a modern workstation based editor with many rich editing features for RPG, COBOL, CL, and DDS, graphically edit DDS display and printer files, launch compiles and retrieve error feedback, perform remote searches, remotely debug programs, and create a graphical view of the different resources in a native IBM i application and their relationships to each other. Disclaimer: The Eclipse Marketplace Client, included in this component, is provided "as is". Technical support of this component is the responsibility of the Eclipse Support community (http://www.eclipse.org/mpc). Yes
Web developer tools Provides source and visual tools for building web applications. Disclaimer: The Jasmine JavaScript framework code, included in this component, is provided "as is". Technical support of this component is the responsibility of the Jasmine community (http://jasmine.github.io/). No
Bluemix tools Provides tools for deploying applications to IBM Bluemix. Disclaimer: The Cloud Foundry Integration for Eclipse, included in this component, is provided "as is". Technical support of this component is the responsibility of the Cloud Foundry Support community (http://support.cloudfoundry.com/). No
Cordova tools Adds support for the Apache Cordova hybrid mobile development API. Disclaimer: The Apache Cordova platform, included in this component, is provided "as is". Technical support of this component is the responsibility of the Apache Cordova community (https://cordova.apache.org/). No
IBM i and enterprise web developer tools Provides tools for building IBM i web services and enterprise applications using various programming models including Data access, Java™ EE, OSGi, XML, and WebSphere Batch. No
OSOA SCA 1.00 Service Component Architecture (SCA) OSOA 1.00 development tools includes a concise set of tools for developing SCA service components implemented with annotated Java, for graphically wiring components together to form new composite services, for associating protocol bindings and quality of service intents to SCA components, and for packaging SCA assets and deploying them to WebSphere Application Server. No
OASIS SCA 1.1 Service Component Architecture (SCA) OASIS 1.1 development tools includes a concise set of tools for developing SCA service components implemented with annotated Java, for graphically wiring components together to form new composite services, for associating protocol bindings and quality of service intents to SCA components, and for packaging SCA assets and deploying them to WebSphere Application Server. No
WebSphere Application Server 8.5 Liberty Profile tools Provides a lightweight set of tools for developing, assembling, and deploying applications to WebSphere® Application Server 8.5 - Liberty Profile. No
WebSphere Application Server 8.5 tools Provides tools for creating and deploying applications for WebSphere Application Server 8.5. No
WebSphere Application Server 8.0 tools Provides tools for creating and deploying applications for WebSphere Application Server 8.0. No
WebSphere Application Server 7.0 tools Provides tools for creating and deploying applications for WebSphere Application Server 7.0. No
WebSphere Portal Server 8.5 tools Provides tools to create, customize, test, debug, and deploy portal applications. The Portal development tools support WebSphere Portal 8.5. No
WebSphere Portal Server 8.0 on WebSphere Application Server 8.5 tools Provides tools to create, customize, test, debug, and deploy portal applications. The Portal development tools support WebSphere Portal 8.0 on WebSphere Application Server, version 8.5. No
WebSphere Portal Server 8.0 tools Provides tools to create, customize, test, debug, and deploy portal applications. The Portal development tools support WebSphere Portal 8.0. No
WebSphere Application Server test and performance tools Provides tools for testing web applications. Tool capabilities include profiling, monitoring, and unit testing. No
Eclipse Git Team provider An Eclipse Git Team provider in pure Java. Disclaimer: The Eclipse Git team provider for the Git version control system is provided "as is". Technical support of this component is the responsibility of the Eclipse community (https://www.eclipse.org/egit/support/). No
Note:
  1. During installation, you will be prompted on the Features page to select the package features that you want to install. To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.

    When you click a feature, its brief description displays under Details. When you select or clear features in the packages you are working with, IBM Installation Manager will automatically enforce any dependencies with other features and display updated download size and disk space requirements for the installation.


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