Re: What's the difference? WDSC vs RWD

[DennisRootes@xxxxxxxxxxx]

So am I the only one on the list who doesn't know the answer to this 
question?

> Hi,

> Quick question about the differences between WDSc 7.0 and Rational Web 
> Developer 6.0. I've got both installed on my machine here at work, and 
> RWD at home. I'm trying to decide if I should install the WDSc at home 
or 
> not and which one of the two I should concentrate on. I know that 
> obviously 7.0 is newer, but I don't know if that is really comparing 
> apples to apples as one is WDSc and the other is Rational.

> I opened the perspectives to see what might be different, and WDSc has 5 

> perspectives that RWD does not: CVS Repository Exploring, Data, Plug-in 
> Development, Rule Builder, and Team Synchronizing. I'm not sure I'd ever 

> need any of those but Plug-in Development sounds interesting in the 
> future....
> RWD has 2 perspectives that WDSc does not: iSeries Editing, and J2EE. 
Both 
> have iSeries Projects and RSE so I'm covered either way for the daily 
> grind, but what about the Data perspective vs. iSeries Editing? Which is 

> better or are they the same but with different names?

> I'm still a little confused about where the Rational tools fit in with 
the 
> WDSc tools.....Why can't IBM name something once and leave it that way? 
=)