Application development

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Building innovative software that delivers on business goals

Application development software can help software development teams construct and deliver their projects faster and with higher quality.

IBM application development solutions for Java™, JEE, C++, Web, and multi-platform development are built on Eclipse and integrate through Jazz to help you succeed by supporting modern software development paradigms, providing requirements-to-code traceability, and offering optimised support for IBM runtimes.

Deliver high-quality, resilient systems and applications with IBM Software application development solutions that help you focus on the business logic and software design, while addressing the numerous challenges facing developers:

  • Change management to source code to ensure project success
  • Manual development, testing, and deployment of complex applications
  • Mastery of modern languages and frameworks
  • Management of complexity in software and application design

Application development solutions

Application development products

  • Rational Software Architect (US)

    A robust, scalable platform for solution architecture and software factories for corporate IT, SOA, and general development that supports Java™, JEE, C++, .NET, SCA, Web 2.0, and more.

Application development resources

White paper

The top three secrets to successful agile software development.

Interactive demo

Agile.Everywhere: Busting the myths of agile development

Analyst video

Dave West on the Forester Wave for Agile Development Management Tools

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ROI calculator

Use the software design and development ROI calculator to estimate expected savings and productivity enhancements.

Analyst report

Ovum report: Is Time-to-Market King? How software development can help enterprises deliver.

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