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WSAD 5.0 and Eclipse 3

HS Thomas
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Are they virtually the same kind of product ?
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Dan Kehn
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WSAD is a superset of Eclipse. The lastest version of WSAD (v5.1) is based on Eclipse v2.1.1. You can do Java development and general IDE stuff with Eclipse; WSAD adds J2EE development tools.
Most of the IBM / Rational application development tools are (or will be) Eclipse-based. That saves a company buckets of money that would otherwise be spent on building common IDE infrastructure. Users benefit because there's a common UI. Of course Eclipse being open source helps AD tool developers in general because they can rely on a common base without being beholden to a mammoth corporate entity.
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Co-author of <a href="http://www.jdg2e.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse</a>, 2nd Edition<br />(Yahoo group <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JDG2E/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JDG2E</a>)
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Thanks, Dan. Would you also know of free J2EE tools which could be used with Eclipse 2.x.
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Dan Kehn
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I don't have any experience with it, however lomboz is frequently mentioned on this board in response to your question.
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