WebSphere Integration Developer overview

When you start working with WID, one of the first questions that you would ask at the outset is, "What is WebSphere Integration Developer (WID)?".

Let's first address that question. WID is part of the WebSphere BPM suite and is the Eclipse-based authoring environment to build SOA and BPM-based solutions. WID is primarily used in the assembly, implementation, and testing of Service Component Architecture (SCA)-based applications. It supports both top-down and bottom-up assembly-driven approaches in building the SOA and BPM-based applications.

The fundamental construct in a WID-centric world are components. Components are services, which are assembled to form end-to-end applications. In WID, the focus is on the assembly of components. The implementation of components can be done later or can be reused from capabilities exposed by existing IT systems. Users of WID typically produce artifacts or components such as business processes, state machines, data...