Rational EGL Community Edition

Overview

EGL Community Edition™ is a free Eclipse-based tool that simplifies the development of rich Web 2.0 style applications

EGL Community Edition enables innovation by simplifying the development of JavaScript and Java based rich Internet applications.

Simplifies development of open standards-based Web 2.0 applications
Shortens the technology learning curve by shielding developers from the complexities of JavaScript™, HTML, Ajax, JSON, and other Web 2.0 technologies
Provides visual editing tools that support the development of rich user interfaces utilizing Dojo™
Simplifies the creation of SOAP and REST Web services, access to databases such as IBM DB2 and MySQL, and modernization of legacy programs and transactions
Speeds development by not requiring deployment to an application server during coding, testing, and debugging
Supports end-to-end debug of client and server side code
Supports deployment to Apache Tomcat (link resides outside of ibm.com) application server
Built on Eclipse (link resides outside of ibm.com)
EGL Community Edition will be available for download on September 8, 2009.