Rational EGL Community Edition

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No-charge tool simplifies the development of rich Web 2.0 applications

IBM® Rational® EGL Community Edition provides a no-cost, entry-level development tool for learning Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) and building feature-rich Web 2.0 applications. Based on a subset of IBM Rational Business Developer, Rational EGL Community Edition includes all the capabilities you need to build a complete solution. Now you can enable innovation by simplifying the development of JavaScript and Java-based rich Internet applications.

Rational EGL Community Edition:

Simplifies development of JavaScript-based Web 2.0 applications by providing a common language for both client and server development.
Increases productivity with an Eclipse-based development environment, rapid web service creation, database support and other features to speed development time.

Simplifies development

Rational EGL Community Edition allows you to develop rich Web 2.0 solutions without learning or programming Ajax, JavaScript, REST, HTML or XML.
Client side (web browser) code is compiled into JavaScript.
Server-side code is complied into Java®-based web services.
Common code (shared between the client and server) is compiled into both JavaScript and Java-based web services.
End-to-end debug of client and server-side code is supported. You can quickly run and debug both client-side and server-side logic without deploying any code to a server.

Increases productivity

Eclipse-based development tool creates a highly productive environment for developing EGL code. You can build rich EGL applications using the Rational EDG Community Edition visual editor. You can use advanced capabilities such as code refactoring and searching to further enhance the development process.
Simplified and rapid web service creation enables you to quickly develop and deploy services such as SOAP and REST with XML or JSON output. Dedicated services allow you to build end-to-end applications without knowing or specifying the endpoint URL as part of the application.
Database support allows you to easily access data stored in databases, such as IBM DB2® and MySQL, and modernize traditional programs and transactions.
Visual editing tools support the development of rich, responsive web user interfaces, utilizing Dojo widgets. This simplified programming model includes a widget library that includes a subset of Dojo Dijit and DojoX widgets.

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Rational EGL Community Edition

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System requirements

The following are basic software and hardware requirements for Rational EGL Community Edition. For additional details, visit the system requirements page on the EGL Café.

Operating system	Software	Hardware
Windows XP Windows Vista	EGL Community Edition requires one of the following Java Runtime Environments: • Sun JRE 6 • IBM JRE 6.0 Applications developed with EGL Community Edition can be accessed with the following Web browsers: • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 • Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.5 • Google Chrome 2.0 Applications developed with EGL Community Edition can integrate with the following databases: • IBM DB2 Express-C 9.7 • MySQL 5.1 • Derby 10.5 Web services developed with EGL Community Edition can run on the following application server: • Apache Tomcat 6.0 with Axis 1.4 Note: the requirements listed above represent the software tested by IBM with EGL Community Edition. Other software products and versions may also work, but have not been specifically tested.	EGL Community Edition requires: • 300 MB hard disk space (minimum) • 512 MB memory (recommended) • 1024x768 display resolution (minimum)