One of the most exciting aspects of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 is the ability
for developers and ISVs to extend the Workshop development environment by
developing custom Java Controls, IDE Extensions, application templates, or
TagLibrary extensions. In this article we start with a brief overview of
WebLogic Workshop 8.1 and then take a high-level tour of these extensibility
points. This article has been assembled from several sources on the Workshop
product team. Workshop extensions development kits are available at
http://dev2dev.bea.com/products/wlworkshop81/
WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Overview
WebLogic Workshop 8.1 is the IDE and framework for creating J2EE applications
for the BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1. It's optimized for all developers to
rapidly create, test, and deploy Web applications, XML Web services, EJBs,
portals, and business processes on BEA WebLogic Platform... (more)