IBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer is an integrated development environment (IDE) for the creation and testing of applications that will be deployed on handsets and other small devices. It helps developers create applications that enable devices (such as PDAs, and other pervasive applications) to become part of an end-to-end e-business solution.

Similar to the IDE provided by the QNX® Momentics® development suite Professional Edition (PE), IBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer is built on Eclipse v2.1 technology, providing a familiar tool framework to QNX Momentics developers and compatibility with plug-ins from the ecosystem and community.

The product integrates with IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.1.2 and IBM WebSphere Studio Site Developer V5.1.2 to form a comprehensive application development environment.

Technology overview

• Work with latest version of IBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer
  • v5.7 offers new build and test features, integration with v.2.1 of Eclipse framework and additional multi-language support
    
  • Access developer editions of IBM WebSphere Micro Environment, for developing J2ME™ applications,
    
  • Access developer editions of IBM WebSphere Custom Environment for developing applications for realtime control systems and other devices in closed systems
    
  • Based on Eclipse 2.1 workbench, an industry-standard tools framework
    
• Support multiple languages
  • English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)
• Combine mobile-device convenience with power of WebSphere
  • SmartLinker™ technology for optimizing applications to efficiently use memory on small devices
    
  • Just-in-time (JIT) compilation technology to speed up portions of applications
    
  • "Instant on" application capability, enabled by execute-in-place (XIP) deployment to flash memory on the device
    
  • On-target remote debug to test applications on the device
    
  • On-target microAnalyzer to highlight potential optimizations
    
• Deploy applications to Java Powered Runtime Environments
  • J2ME Java Powered™ configurations and profiles (CDC, Foundation, and Personal) are implemented in WebSphere Studio Device Developer so developers can deploy applications to WebSphere Micro Environment and other Java Powered environments
• Leverage OSGi™ Alliance's services architecture
  • Allows applications deployed to devices to be updated and maintained in the field
• Support IBM Service Management Framework (SMF)
  • Implementation of the OSGi Service Platform specification
  • Provides production-ready application life-cycle management for network-delivered applications
• Access Web Services ToolKit for Mobile Devices
  • Tools and run-time environments allowing development of applications using Web Services on small mobile devices, gateway devices, and intelligent controllers
  • Java™ Web service run-time environment supported on J2ME, WCE, and SMF environments