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Installation introduction
This section contains the instructions to install, update, and uninstall your product.
Planning the installation
Before you install or update the product, plan the installation. When you effectively plan and understand the key aspects of the installation process, you can ensure a successful installation.
Preinstallation tasks
To prepare for and simplify the installation process, back up files, prepare databases and servers where required, and configure workstations.
Installing Rational® Business Developer
To install IBM Rational Business Developer, follow the procedures in this section.
Installing WebSphere® Application Server
You can install WebSphere® Application Server.
Post-installation tasks
After you install your product, complete post-installation tasks, configure your product, and then start the product.
Modifying software
With the Modify Packages wizard in IBM® Installation Manager, you can change the language and feature selections of an installed product package. You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
Updating software
You can search for product updates and install the updates for your IBM® product.
Reverting updates to previous versions
You can remove an update to a package in order to revert to a previous version by using the Roll Back wizard of IBM® Installation Manager.
Uninstalling software
Use the IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall your product. If no other products are installed, you can uninstall Installation Manager also.
Installing silently
You can install a product package silently by using either Installation Manager in silent installation mode or by using IBM® Installation Manager installer. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, the user interface is not available; instead, a response file inputs the commands that are required to install the product package.
EGL migration overview
No migration is necessary if you are starting with EGL version 8.x. Otherwise, the process you follow to migrate to the current EGL version depends on whether you are migrating from a non-EGL source or from a previous EGL version.
Migrating from VisualAge® Generator to EGL
Model driven development of EGL code
Generating source code from UML models
You can use transformations to create source code from a UML model. First you must create a transformation parameters file and then apply those parameters to a model.
Generating the EGL Dependency Graph from EGL projects
Generating Source Code from OpenAPI Documents
Developing EGL applications
Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) is a programming language that you can use to focus on business problems instead of software technologies. Within the Rational® development environment, you can use EGL wizards and other tools to write complex applications with minimal effort.
Source code analysis with code review
With code review, you can create configurations of coding rules for EGL source code. You can then run the configurations to check the source code for consistency with the rules.
Responsive Design Support in RBD
What is Responsive Design? Responsive design is an approach for creation of web pages that automatically scales its content and elements to match the screen size on which it is viewed. So, instead of designing multiple websites for different devices with variable screen sizes, we can design just one website that scales up or down automatically, to match the device it’s being viewed on.
EGL Text User Interface sample
These sample programs use a text user interface to maintain the Employee table in the DB2® Sample database.
EGL Dojo widgets
You can use samples to practice working with the EGL Dojo widgets.
EGL Dojo mobile widgets
You can use samples to practice working with the EGL Dojo mobile widgets.
EGL bootstrap widgets
You can use samples to practice working with the EGL bootstrap widgets.
EGL ionic widgets: Sample
You can use samples to practice working with the EGL ionic widgets.
EGL Rich UI technical sample
This sample is a collection of EGL Rich UI technical samples.
EGL Cordova sample
You can use samples to practice working with the EGL Cordova.
Rich UI access to LDAP
To customize a Rich UI project to access an LDAP-compliant server, use the Rich UI LDAP access sample. The sample contains instructions to gain this access and provides files containing code you can use in your projects.
EGL access to LDAP
To customize an EGL project to access an LDAP-compliant server, use the EGL LDAP access sample. The sample contains instruction to gain access and provides files containing code that you can use in your projects. The files are listed at the end of this topic.
Notices for IBM Rational Business Developer documentation