User development, The document "JBoss Tools vs Developer Studio", was updated Jan 20, 2010 by Max Andersen. To view the document, visit: http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-13300#cf Document: -------------------------------------------------------------- Below is a comparison matrix to illustrate what parts of JBoss Tools have been included into the various releases of Developer Studio and which additional out-of-the-box setup and software Developer Studio provides.   || || *JBoss Tools 2.x* || *JBoss Tools 3.0.x* || *JBoss Tools 3.1.x (in progress)* || *Developer Studio 1.x* || *Developer Studio 2.x* || *Deve;loper Studio 3.1.x (in progress)* || | *Features:* | | | | | | | | Hibernate | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Seam | X | X | X | X | X | X | | jBPM | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Visual Page Editor | X | X | X | X | X | X | | FreeMarker | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Struts | X | X | X | X | X | X | | JBoss AS | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Project Archives | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Drools | | X | X | | X | X | | Portlet | | X | X | | X | X | | ESB | | X | X | | X | X | | JBoss Webservices | | X | X | | X | X | | Smooks | | X | X | | | X | | Birt Integration | | X | X | | | | | TPTP Integration | | X | X | | | | | Maven | | | X (requires m2eclipse) | | | X (To be decided, possibly as tech preview) | | | | | | | | | | *Setup:* | | | | | | | | Zip | X | X | X (deprecated) | | | | | Update site | X | X | X | | X (since 2.1) | X | | Archived Update Site | | | X | | | | | Installer | | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | *3rd Party plugins:* | | | | | | | | Eclipse | | | | X | X (3.4) | X (3.5) | | Web Tools | | | | X | X | X | | SpringIDE | | | | X | X | X | | TestNG | | | | X | X | X | | m2eclipse | | | | | | (To be decided) | | | | | | | | | | *Integrated Platforms:* | | | | | | | | JBoss Enterprise Application Platform | | | | X | X | X | | JBoss SOA Platform | | | | | X (separate download) | X (separated download) | | JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform | | | | | X (separate download) | X (separate download) | --------------------------------------------------------------