IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer editions offer software designers and developers a rich set of model-driven development and runtime analysis capabilities for building quality software applications. They offer complete visual design and development environments that address the needs of organizations targeting both J2EE-based and .NET-based systems.
This solution allows users to work inside the included Eclipse IDE, or it can be installed into the IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer and Integration Edition IDEs, and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. IBM Rational Rose is also included to integrate with Microsoft Visual Studio and other leading Java platform IDEs. The Rational Rose XDE Developer products extend your development environment or integrate with the one you are already using.
The Rational Rose XDE product family combines the rich heritage of the award-winning Rational Rose family with IBM Rational XDE, which extends your IDE with the world's most advanced software modeling capabilities.