Part 5 of this article series shows how to combine the software development features of IBM Rational Application Developer with the virtual application pattern assembly capabilities of IBM Workload Deployer to develop cloud applications. With Workload Deployer, you can assemble virtual application patterns consisting of Java EE enterprise applications, Web applications, OSGi applications, and other types of components. However, as an application developer, it is predominantly the source code of the components of the pattern you need to work with the most. The latest integrated features of Rational Application Developer and Workload Deployer will help you develop virtual application patterns from the source code on up.

Table of contents

• About this tutorial
• Part 1. Getting started
• Part 2. Exploring the Workload Deployer servers
• Part 3. Creating application patterns in Rational Application Developer
• Part 4. Publishing application patterns to Workload Deployer
• Part 5. Creating application patterns in Workload Deployer
• Part 6. Acquiring application patterns into Rational Application Developer
• Part 7. Changing application patterns
• Part 8. Deploying application pattern instances
• Part 9. Updating the source code
• Part 10. Detaching and removing applications
• Part 11. Exporting and importing application patterns
• Part 12. Exploring preferences
• Conclusion
• Resources
• About the author

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