WAS 6.0 cannot run a Java 5 web app. WAS 6.1 introduced the runtime support
for Java SE 5. I believe the iSeries Web Enablement package has been updated
to include WAS 6.1 Express. For us, it has been quite a step up from prior
versions of WebSphere in terms of performance and ease of administration.
Bundled with WAS 6.1 is a tool called the Application Server Toolkit. In
past versions, it wasn't good for doing more than packaging apps. In the
6.1 version, it has been upgraded to act as a lightweight Java 5 IDE that
can integrate with a WAS 6.1 unit test environment. It doesn't have the
bells and whistles of RAD or WDSC, but it works fairly well.
If you're will to shell out a modest amount of money (~$30), there's a
set of plugins called MyEclipse that support the 3.2 version of Eclipse
and are more like RAD. I've seen many people swear by it (as opposed to
at it). :^)
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mike Burdette
Sent: Fri 5/25/2007 4:44 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx; java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Running web apps with J2SE 5 in WAS v6.1 ....
Hi all:
We have a vendor API which requires Java 5, J2SE 5, to run. This has
raised two issues for us:
1.) We are currently running WAS Express 5.1 on V5R3M0. This version will
not run Java 5 web apps, but from what I have read
(
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.iseries.doc/info/iseriesexp/ae/covr_j2ee.html
, see link at bottom, "Migrating to Java 2SE 5"), it seems WAS 6 can run a
Java 5 web app. Has anyone had any experience/luck with this? Is anyone
out there using WAS Express to run Java 5 web apps?
2.) We are unable to develop Java 5 applications in WDSC 5.1 or WDSC 6. I
was told, through this list, that the solution is to go to WDSC V7. We do
not have V7, and have been told we have no plans to order it. I have set
up a quick and dirty development environment using eclipse/tomcat with the
Sysdio plugin. Are there any other suggestions?
Thanks
Mike
midrange.com
