Oracle JDeveloper

Oracle JDeveloper is a comprehensive and practical software solution geared towards users who need to design Java-based SOA and Java EE applications. It provides a productive development environment that integrates various features and options such as Java, SOA, Web, Database, XML and Web services, used by developers to program enterprise apps.

Since it is also known as the development environment for the Oracle Application Development Framework (which stands for Oracle ADF), Oracle JDeveloper comes with advanced code editors as well, such as code insight, code completion, refactoring and live code auditing. What’s more, the application focuses on increasing developers’ productivity and efficiency by offering integrated testing, profiling and code auditing features.

When you launch the program for the first time, you are able to choose the role that matches your needs such as Studio, Customization, Database, Java or Java EE Developer. Once you load the selected role, the IDE appears from where you can easily manage your projects and start modeling your apps. In case you want to change the selected role, you can navigate to the Roles pages, located in the Preferences menu.

The ‘Application Navigator’ section, located in the left pane of the application, displays all of your projects in a hierarchy tree view. From here, you are able to edit the project source paths, search for specific files and deploy the selected project.

The Refactor function, which almost any IDE platform contains, enables you to modify the code structure without altering the program behavior. From the right-click menu you are able to extract super classes, introduce new fields, variables, parameters and constants, as well as encapsulate fields.

What’s more, Oracle JDeveloper includes a visual HTML5 editor that helps Java web developers to extend the design for rich Web pages. Also, you can build and use web services, create on-device iOS and Android applications, as well as design database tables.

To wrap it up, Oracle JDeveloper proves to be a steady and effective solution when it comes to simplifying the development process of building and creating applications that leverage a multitude of full-featured technologies.