BANGALORE: Rational Software has introduced Rational Suite v2002 Release 2,
the eighth synchronized release of Rational Suite.
This release expands Rational’s "Extended Development Experience"
by introducing Rational XDE Modeler, a new member of the Rational XDE Family,
and ScriptAssure, an industry-first capability in Rational Suite TestStudio that
produces resilient test scripts for Java and Web business applications.
Rational Suite provides systems engineers, analysts, developers, testers, and
project leaders with more than 15 pre-tested, integrated products in eight
Rational Suite editions. With this release, Rational expands its unique
"Extended Development Experience" to architects and designers of
business applications and software products, and provides more power for Java
and .NET developers and testers.
Rational’s "Extended Development Experience" provides a
frictionless design and development environment by tightly integrating Rational’s
products into IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer and Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET, empowering developers to work directly within their integrated
development environments (IDEs). With this release, Rational integrates Rational
XDE Modeler into these IDEs while integrating Rational Suite TestStudio into the
Eclipse-based WebSphere Studio IDE and Rational PurifyPlus into the Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET IDE. Combined, these integrations expand the "Extended
Development Experience," broadening its reach to testers, designers and
architects.
For developers of embedded software products, Rational Suite v2002 Release 2
includes a new version of Rational Rose RealTime. Enhancements to Rational
ProjectConsole offer new capabilities to project leaders of teams focused on
developing business applications, embedded software, and software products and
systems.
"Rational Suite v2002 Release 2 provides tools and best practices that
liberate development teams from the chaos that plagues software projects,
enabling them to increase productivity and meet their goals." Rational
Software, chief marketing officer, Eric Schurr.