| Developer(s) | IBM |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 7.5.3 / Q4 2010 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | UML tool |
| Website | IBM Rational Rhapsody |
Now called IBM Rational Rhapsody, a modeling environment based on UML, Rhapsody is a visual development environment for systems engineers and software developers creating real-time or embedded systems and software. Rational Rhapsody uses graphical models to generate software applications in various languages including C, C++, Ada, Java and C#.
Rational Rhapsody helps diverse teams collaborate to understand and elaborate requirements, abstract complexity visually using industry standard languages (UML, SysML, AUTOSAR, DoDAF, MODAF, UPDM), validate functionality early in development, and automate delivery of high quality products.
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Rhapsody was first released in 1996 by Israeli software company I-Logix Inc.[1] Rhapsody was developed as an object-oriented tool for modeling and executing Statecharts, based on work done by David Harel at the Weizmann Institute of Science, who was the first to developed the concept of Statecharts.[2]
In 2006, I-Logix's shareholders sold the company to Swedish software company Telelogic AB.[3] Rhapsody became an IBM Rational product after the acquisition of Telelogic AB in 2008, like all former Telelogic products.[4] Since the rebranding, Rational Rhapsody has been integrated with IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Publishing Engine.
Engineers and developers might select one of the following Rational Rhapsody editions for their specific needs:
Rational Rhapsody Developer provides an environment that enables early validation of behavior of embedded systems and software to uncover defects earlier in the product lifecycle by using rapid prototyping, visual debugging and model execution to help deliver products that meet requirements faster. This version has these additional features:
Rational Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers provides system engineers with a collaborative development environment with simulation for early requirements, architecture, and behavioral validation to improve the communication of complex requirements and trade-off analysis of complex systems. This version has these additional features:
Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software provides a UML and SysML based software development environment for real-time and embedded software development. Embedded software developers can leverage an integrated software development environment for C, C++ or Java code that helps improve application consistency through UML based modeling to visualize and document the design of embedded and real time applications. This version has these additional features:
Rational Rhapsody Architect for Systems Engineers helps systems engineers collaborate to manage complexity to develop products and specify cohesive architectures and designs. Features include: