Rational Application Developer 9.7 now supports the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 8. The new and enhanced features of this platform include support for Bean Validation 2.0, CDI 2.0, Servlet 4.0, JAX-RS 2.1, and the Enterprise Application EAR 8.0.  A key benefit of using Rational Application Developer 9.7 to enhance your application to exploit the Java EE 8 features is the integration of capabilities that Application Developer offers.  The following YouTube videos highlight three of the Java EE 8 features using Rational Application Developer 9.7.
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I am very pleased to announce that Rational Application Developer 9.7 was released on November 27.  This release delivers: ​

I am very pleased to announce that Rational Application Developer 9.6.1.2 was released on November 13.  This release is important to maintain traction with our customers as we focus on resolving customer APARs and delivering updated software support:

I am very pleased to announce that Rational Application Developer 9.5.0.4 was released on August 14th.   This release is important to maintain traction with our customers as we focus on resolving customer APARs and delivering updated software support:
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Steve Campbell
Development Manager, Rational Application Developer

I am very pleased to announce that Rational Application Developer 9.6.1.1 has been released.  This release is important to maintain traction with our customers as we focus on resolving customer APARs and delivering updated software support:
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As a relatively new software developer, and even newer web developer (my background is in Java programming), I was looking for something easy to use and with lots of documentation and support for my first web application.  My first thought was Node.js.  I’d heard so many good things about it – powerful, freedom in building apps, and easy to learn.  But, I wasn’t sure where to start… I understood the concept of modules and installing them, but how do I use them and put it all together to create a complete web app?
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We know developers want the best of everything when it comes to their development tooling environment.  We also know that developers want to ensure that their tools integrate with the other tools in their toolbox that they regularly use.  Here at HCL, our Products & Platform division is driven to deliver on those expectations.  We have a young development team that is currently growing, see careers at HCL, to meet the needs of our customers – YOU – the application developer!  The focus of this Rational Application Developer for WebSphere (RAD) 9.6.1 mod release was all about currency; currency of your operating systems, your databases and of course currency of your middleware.