BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform User's Guide

Workshop for WebLogic is an IDE built on the Eclipse platform that simplifies the process of developing web-based, service-oriented (SOA) and J2EE applications for deployment on BEA WebLogic Server.

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Workshop for WebLogic provides tools that automate and simplify development:

Web Services

Workshop for WebLogic provides a simple object model for web service development that allows you to define the web service operations as methods. Workshop for WebLogic then automatically handles the staging/sending/receiving/unstaging for SOAP messages that are required to implement a standard web service.


	Learn about these technologies Tutorial for developing a web service Developing web services in Workshop for WebLogic

For ease of accessing web services, Workshop for WebLogic provides a system control (see below) that allow you to access operations on a remote web service through a simple method call.

Web Applications

When developing web applications, Workshop for WebLogic uses the Apache Beehive NetUI framework which integrates a Java controller that maintains state and performs resource access and business logic with JSP files that provide the user interface.


	Learn about these technologies Tutorial for developing a web application Developing web applications in Workshop for WebLogic

Simplified Resource Access: System Controls

For simplified access to J2EE resources and web services, system controls encapsulate complex interactions, allowing you to access resources with simple method calls.


	Learn about controls Tutorial for working with controls Building controls in Workshop for WebLogic

Encapsulating Logic or Resource Access: Custom Controls

For encapsulating your business logic and customizing resource access, custom controls provide a simple object model, so that components can be easily used by intermediate programmers without specialized knowledge.


	Learn about these technologies Building custom controls in Workshop for WebLogic

Enterprise Java Beans Development Tools

If you need to develop Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), Workshop for WebLogic provides tools that simplify the process through EJBGen.


	Learn about these technologies Tutorial for developing an EJB Creating EJBs in Workshop for WebLogic

Support for Fundamental Frameworks and Tools

Workshop for WebLogic integrates and extends open source tools including:


	J2EE application framework Standard web services architecture Java 5 annotations Eclipse Apache Beehive