The Welcome page provides resources to orient you to Rational® Developer for System z® and help you start
using the product.
The Welcome Experience is a set of informative and interactive
contents to orient beginners to Rational Developer
for System z. You should
see the Welcome Experience when you first start the product. If you
have been working in the product and the Welcome Experience is not
currently displayed, select .
The following content areas are included in the Welcome Experience:
- Overview
- The overview contains introductory information, product tours,
and links to the help system that orient you to the product and its
features and functions.
- What's new
- This content area describes features and functions that are new
in this release of the product. "Developing z/OS® applications and Web service interfaces"
describes new features and functions for working with z/OS applications.
- Web resources
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This content area provides links to more information on the
World Wide Web about Rational Developer
for System z and its tools
and related products.
- First steps
- This content area links you to quick start documents for some
of the most common tasks you will perform using the product.
"Quick
tasks" contain links to viewlets and demos for Rational Developer for System z, WebSphere® Developer for System z, common tasks, and specific features.
"Developing z/OS applications" includes the
following topics:
- "Quick start guide for the experienced 3270 ISPF user" contains
the key concepts of z/OS development
for those experienced with ISPF on the host system.
- "Connect to your z/OS system"
shows you how to create a connection to your remote z/OS system.
- "Introduction to the BMS editor" shows you how to visually edit
BMS map sets.
"Transform z/OS applications
into Web services" includes the following topics:
- "Learn about Enterprise Service Tools" shows you how to use the
tools to assist you in transforming existing CICS® applications into Web services.
- "Learn to transform existing CICS applications
into Web services" steps you through samples that generate Web services
from existing CICS applications
and that develop a comprehensive Web service.
- Tutorials
- This content area provides a number of tutorials and cheat sheets.
- Samples
- This content area provides a number of samples.