Reviews : Oracle JDeveloper 10g (9.0.5) :

XML Tools

The final significant feature I want to mention is the XML editing capabilities included in JDeveloper. Creating and editing XML schema is a straightforward process, and like the other processes in JDeveloper, you can do it either using the visual interface or editing the schema directly. Drag and drop new elements and attributes or manually type them in. Figure 3 shows the Dublin Core XML Schema Document.

Conclusion

Overall, I was quite pleased with everything that JDeveloper had to offer. It is nice to see a comprehensive development environment that is straightforward to install, configure and get started. Once I finished downloading it, which took a little while(it's no small package), it really only took me 10 minutes to be up and running with a new application workspace. If this is any indication of our evolution, it seems that the Java world is finally getting rid of that oft-spoke-of "J2EE complexity". However, keep in mind that this is an Oracle application, and as such it will work best with Oracle's tools: database, application server, applications. This can be a great thing if you use these tools in your environment. Otherwise, you may want to investigate other options. It appears that JDeveloper will work with numerous versions of Tomcat, JBoss and BEA WebLogic, but I did not test in those environments.

JDeveloper is a bit of a memory hog, so be sure that you have a well-endowed machine to run it. My little laptop was chugging away just trying to keep up and I don't have any development versions of Oracle Application Server or any such thing running in the background. All in all, if you are using a compatible application server and especially if you use Oracle (application server and database) I would recommend evaluating this application. The development time it could potentially save makes it a worthwhile return on your IT dollar.

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