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BEA Workshop™ Studio Professional tools for Eclipse. BEA Workshop Studio 3.0 is about providing professional level tools for the Eclipse environment. Developers are most productive when their environments have intuitive features they desire—without getting in their way. BEA Workshop Studio is a fast, tightly integrated environment that offers a high degree of contextual intelligence; providing source and visual editors that under-stand the application as a whole, rather than just individual files. BEA Workshop Studio is based on Eclipse and supports open standards such as JSP, Struts, and JSF. BEA Workshop Studio yields a positive return on investment by saving development time and resources as well as reducing debug cycles by detecting errors early in the development process. BEA Workshop Studio is highly scalable and customer proven in the enterprise. “BEA Workshop for Struts (NitroX for Struts) is a time saver, pure and simple.”

MVC 2, and automatically made sure my entire Web app was valid!”

– Eric Christensen, Web Applications Developer

– Paul K. Courtney, Dartmouth Medical

“I looked at many tools to help, and nothing else even came close to comparing to the impact BEA Workshop Studio (NitroX) would have on our productivity. I can’t image developing for Struts without using BEA Workshop Studio (NitroX)!”

“I’ve never been able to build a Web application in

– David Larson, Digital Cyclone, Inc.

such a short period of time.” – Andrew Timpone, FedEx Custom Critical “AppXRay goes much deeper than the standard debugger, by parsing and storing much of the information from XML configuration files.”

“The improvements over eclipse improve developer productivity at least 25% and will pay for the cost of the software in weeks.” – Alan Berezin, CTO, Drilling Info Inc. “BEA Workshop Studio (NitroX) solved the most difficult problem I had in developing a Struts application: relating the JSP pages to the rest of the code, or relating the “V” to the “M” and “C” in

– Peter Wayner, InfoWorld, (8.3) “BEA Workshop for JSF (NitroX for JSF) is by far the easiest IDE I’ve used for JSF development. It’s JSP editor with split code/screen capabilities actually make developing JSP/JSF pages enjoyable.” – Lee M. Seidel, Manager, EC/Web Enterprises, Capital BlueCross

Product Data Sheet BEA Workshop Studio

AppXRay™ AppXRay is one of the core technologies that power BEA Workshop Studio. AppXRay scans the entire Web application and creates an intelligence that is made available throughout the BEA Workshop Studio environment. From a simple image to a Struts resource to a variable in a JSF backing bean, AppXRay creates and maintains a database of all the artifacts and their hierarchy of relationships and interdependencies. The benefits from AppXRay include: • Code completion that reaches multiple levels

including custom tags, Struts tags, Struts actions and form beans, page variable names and their fields, JSF tags, + much more. • Real-time consistency and validation checking

that spans all the layers of the Web application.

AppXRay powers BEA Workshop Studio by providing contextual intelligence that goes beyond editing individual files to a new level where you are editing the Web application as a whole.

• Smart Editors where you can select the desired

element or property from another layer of the application. • Impact analysis of changes made to specific

elements of the application.

Source/Visual JSP Source or visual? Why not both—at the same time! There is no need to tab between one view or the other. That would be slow and inefficient. With BEA Workshop Studio, JSPs can be edited using the professional source editor or WYSIWYG editor or both at the same time. The editors are synchronized in real time offering the best in flexibility and power that you deserve. This ability is available for all BEA Workshop Studio editors,

BEA Workshop Studio is a tightly integrated, contextually aware environment. Whether you use the visual editor to navigate to other artifacts or the AppXnavigator hyper-link style navigation from the source editor, you can readily access all the artifacts that make up your application.

including JSP, Struts & JSF.

BEA Workshop Studio delivers unmatched support for JSP development. The WYSIWYG JSP editor provides design time editable views that can render included jsps, tiles, Struts tags, JSF tags, and form editors for Struts and JSF configuration.

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With the BEA Workshop Studio Variables view, you can access all known variables of the application. Drag/drop support to the JSP is available as is instant access to the definition of the variable by simply right-clicking on the variable of interest. There is no need to search for the file where the variable is defined when it’s readily known and available from the BEA Workshop Studio Variables view.

ORM Workbench Overview

Manage entity relationships - for Hibernate entities - for EJB3 entities

BEA Workshop Studio is a complete browser to database development environment. As part of its end-to-end solution, BEA Workshop Studio

Edit entity properties - for Hibernate entities - for EJB3 entities

includes the ORM Workbench to access databases and build an object relational entity layer to model the data within your application. The ORM Workbench provides tools that vastly simplify develoment, leveraging persistence engine providers that implement the pre-final EJB3 spec, like BEA Kodo, Hibernate, or EJB3 Generic. Connect to a database - View database tables - Generate Hibernate mappings - Genrate EJB3 mappings

View database diagrams and run queries

Next Generation Object to Relational Mapping Most of the ORM Workbench views are shown here. Note that the EJB3 Persistence Entities Editor is not shown in this screenshot. The ORM

Query Editor provides code completion AppXRay provides awareness of DB structure, EJB3 relationships, etc.

Workbench is made up of several IDE views through which you can:

See query results in SQL or in java objects

• Explore databases. Using the DbXplorer, you

Browse schema visually

can connect Workshop Studio to any database with a JDBC driver, and then interact with these connections. • View database diagrams. The DbXaminer

provides a diagram view of the database schema. • Generate object relational mappings for EJB 3.0

Edit autodetected assosiations Detects DB schema automatically for conversion into associations Create associations in case there isn’t a Foreign Key

or Hibernate. Whether you're using EJB3 persistence or Hibernate, you can generate persistence entities. • Manage entity relationships. You can edit either

Control DB generation

EJB3 persistence or Hibernate entities with an Entities Editor. • Configure the persistence provider. A

configuration file editor eases editing of BEA Kodo, EJB3, or Hibernate configuration files. • Execute queries. You can use the DbXaminer

Generate EJB3 or Hibernate Mappings from an existing DB schema

Map or Annotate Existing classes

to try out query expressions with SQL, EJBQL, or HQL.

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Product Data Sheet BEA Workshop Studio

BEA Workshop for Struts BEA Workshop Struts Navigation Visualize the flow of the Struts application and readily navigate the actions and referenced pages. The Navigation view is 2-way synchronized with the struts-config.xml file so you can work in either source or visual editors. There’s no need to tab between views when you can see them both at the same time. Flexibility equals power!

The BEA Workshop Struts Configuration view provides an intuitive form that is also 2-way synchronized with the source. This view offers an easy to understand and editable form to editing the struts-config.xml file and is tightly integrated with the rest of the environment.

BEA Workshop Struts support includes code completion and automatic error checking for valid Struts actions and properties. Localization BEA Workshop for Struts supports design time views and edits for localization using Struts resource. At design time, you can easily switch language resources, providing an ideal environment to support multiple languages.

BEA Workshop for Struts provides wizards to create new Struts applications or artifacts. You can readily import an existing Struts application to visualize its flow and immediately detect errors and inconsistencies.

Tiles and Validation Framework

The Tiles Diagram view offers an intuitive means of understanding the tiles hierarchy of the framework. You can easily add, delete or extend tiles and any changes are immediately synchronized with the XML source file. The synchronization is 2-way, real time and can be viewed simultaneously.

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The Tiles Definition form editor is an intuitive editor that is synchronized with the source. This view is tightly integrated with the rest of the BEA Workshop for Struts environment, proving easy access to other editors and resources. Similar support is provided for the Validation Framework and provides editors for the validation.xml and validator-rules.xml configuration files.

High Fidelity Tiles View BEA Workshop for Struts offers design time view of pages using Tiles. There is no need to deploy to preview a page composed of tiles. You can readily double-click on the specific element to edit, either by launching the relevant editor or using the context sensitive, BEA Workshop for Struts Smart Editor.

JavaServer Faces The BEA Workshop for JSF WYSIWYG environment is a natural fit for developing with JavaServer Faces. BEA Workshop for JSF offers an editable, WYSIWYG environment with drag & drop support for JSF tags. As with the rest of the BEA Workshop for JSF environment, the source and visual editors are simultaneously synchronized in real time. There’s no need to tab between views because with BEA Workshop for JSF, you can see them both simultaneously. This flexibility is a powerful advantage. JSF Navigation and Faces Configuration editor and viewer are fully synchronized with the source and offer an intuitive view over the raw XML files. BEA Workshop for JSF provides code completion and error checking for the JSF tags. The depth of intelligence provided to the source editor includes valid methods and variables defined in the associated JSF managed beans.

Localization is a breeze since BEA Workshop for JSF supports design time localized, editable views. You can easily switch to a different language—similar to the support provided for Struts.

JSP Debugging Say goodbye to guessing with print lines and say hello to increased productivity. BEA Workshop Studio offers true de-bugging that can start at the JSP, step into multiple layers (Struts, JSF, etc.) and step-return to the original JSP.

BEA Workshop Studio offers a powerful JSP debugger that can dive through multiple levels of the application. Starting from the JSP, you can set breakpoints directly within the JSP, line step within the JSP, step into Java scriplets, step into tags through multiple levels to the implementation of the tag, and return back to the original JSP.

The BEA Workshop Studio debugger provides a unique JSP Variables view, that helps isolate specific variables of interest related to the JSP. With the JSP Variables view, the need for trial and error use of print lines will diminished and productivity will be enhanced.

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Product Data Sheet BEA Workshop Studio

Professional Source Editor A professional source editor is a key element for productivity. Thanks to AppXRay, the BEA Workshop Studio source editor is contextually aware of all the layers of your Web application. Automatic Error Checking and Validation With AppXRay intelligence, the editor will automatically warn you of contextual or syntactical errors. BEA Workshop Studio checks for invalid Web artifacts, such as a non-existent JSP, image, etc., and will even detect an invalid reference in a JSP referencing a variable that was modified in a separate Java file. All this occurs automatically, in real time. If you import an existing application, BEA Workshop Studio will flag all the potential problems instantly providing serious productivity gains! Code completion for JSP, Struts, JSF, HTML, standard/custom tags, Struts resources and even a variable or method defined in a JSF backing bean. As applications become more complex, an intelligent source editor is invaluable to improving productivity. AppXnavigator Hyperlink style navigation that goes beyond Java and provides ready access to other types of artifacts including JSPs, XML configuration files, resource files, images, etc. For instance, a JSP referring to a variable defined in a Java file, AppXnavigator opens the Java file and highlights the exact line where the variable is defined.

AppXaminer Leveraging BEA Workshop Studio AppXRay, AppXaminer provides a detailed view of dependencies of the selected Web artifacts. With AppXaminer, you will be able to “see the forest and the trees” and all the intricate interdependencies of your Web application will become readily apparent. You can detect errors immediately and understand cascading ramifications of changing an existing artifact.

AppXRay References Automatically find, open and navigate to all referring elements of the selected artifact. Why do a broad search when AppXaminer can readily find and open the referring. BEA Workshop Studio is all about making you more productive.

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AppXaminer Dependencies Navigation Navigate the dependency tree of your Web application by simply expanding the tree in the direction of interest. Quickly navigate and understand the cascading effects of your Web application.

Automatic Error Detection AppXaminer will automatically highlight erroneous references. Whether importing an existing application or creating a new one, AppXaminer will automatically highlight the problems.

Product Data Sheet BEA Workshop Studio

Download To download the BEA Workshop Studio, BEA Workshop for JSP, BEA Workshop for Struts, and BEA Workshop for JSF visit m7.com/downloadNitroX.do. About BEA BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, providing standards-based platforms to accelerate the secure flow of information and services. BEA product lines—WebLogic®, Tuxedo®, JRockit®, and the new AquaLogic™ family of Service Infrastructure—help customers reduce IT complexity and successfully deploy Service-Oriented Architectures to improve business agility and efficiency. For more information please visit bea.com.

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