Re: Can I create J2EE application from rdi?

Actually, there's very little "missing" from RDi-SOA, except that using it for pure J2EE development isn't "supported". That is, if you start building a Spring/Hibernate framework application and something goes bump in the night, you won't be able to ask IBM for help. That aside, though, remember that EGL thin client is a pure J2EE environment; you just use EGL to write the servlets. But you can just as easily write your own servlets and use the very nice WYSIWYG JSF tools. You'll have to do your own JSF plumbing or use another framework, but that's to be expected if you choose not to use IBM's tools.

What you won't get frmo JEE, though, is the WebSphere Test Environment. I haven't tried debugging in Eclipse JEE, but I know that debugging in WTE is the easiest web development I've ever done. You can breakpoint straight through from JSF to servlet, and it's all very easy to use.

Any other extra features you would get from RDi-SOA are EGL-based, such as the rich client tooling and the web services support and the ability to easily call programs on the i. Of course, you do get the very nice editors for RPG and COBOL.
Joe

DeLong, Eric skrev:

Neither, I think. As I recall, for J2EE development, you now must
purchase RAD 7.5... I think Rdi-SOA includes some bits and pieces, but
not full tooling for J2EE.

Would the RDI-SOA edition provide things not available in the JEE edition of Eclipse? (which happens to be immediately downloadable)