IBM® Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools

IBM® Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools

Overview

Easily and quickly modernize your enterprise Java applications using IBM Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools (AMA Dev Tools) to use a modern Java runtime, the latest enterprise Java APIs, and current Java SE versions.

AMA Dev Tools simplify and accelerate developer efforts to modernize legacy enterprise Java application code, including WebSphere Application Server traditional applications, to adopt current Java technologies and run on Open Liberty or WebSphere Liberty.

Features

Java runtime modernization

Analyze your legacy enterprise Java application and modernize it to use a more lightweight, flexible, and efficient runtime. Receive a prescriptive plan that describes the changes that are needed to modernize your application with a detailed assessment of complexity and required development effort. Use automation to quickly implement code and configuration changes. Migrate JAX-RPC services to JAX-WS services using automation and assistance with a source migration helper.

Java version upgrade

Identify changes required to upgrade Java code and automatically update the relevant application code. Receive a prescriptive plan that describes the changes that are needed to upgrade your application with a detailed assessment of complexity and required development effort. Use automation to quickly implement code changes.

Quick start

1. Install IBM® Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools.

2. Select the application project for modernization.

3. Select and access available features from context menu.

Usage of IBM® Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools requires a valid license key or a migration plan from IBM® Application Modernization Accelerator.

Entitled usage of AMA Dev Tools is available to users of IBM Enterprise Application Service for Java (EASeJ), IBM Enterprise Application Runtimes (EAR), and IBM Modernized Runtime Extension for Java (MoRE).

Requirements

The requirements to use IBM® Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools features are:

• Use Java SE 8 with Java SDK 8 or a later version in your application
• Use Maven to build your application

For more information, see the Eclipse section in the documentation for software requirements.

Support

If you want to report a problem or are looking for support options, see this documentation for IBM Application Modernization Accelerator Developer Tools.