Andrej Koelewijn

6/24/2005

JDeveloper free as in beer

Filed under: — andrejk @ 7:23 am

Infoworld is reporting that JDeveloper will be gratis: Oracle to offer JDeveloper tool for free.

Out of the box, JDeveloper has a lot more functionality than Eclipse in many areas. Visual JSP editing, visual support for JSF, support for some of the UML diagrams, wizard support for it’s ORM frameworks ADF Business components and Toplink. It’s a good IDE, so if you haven’t tried it yet, you should.

It’s good to see all the effort Oracle is putting into Java these days: EJB 3.0 support in OC4j since last year, BPEL plugin for JDeveloper, BPEL engine, a really good set of JSF components, a Toplink plugin for Spring, support for xdoclet in JDeveloper.

8 Responses to “JDeveloper free as in beer”

  1. RBM Says:
    August 19th, 2005 at 5:48 pm

    Unfortunately, JDeveloper is an Oracle product. Maybe it should be called Miracle Developer; if it runs its a miracle. Oracle should stick with databases until they can do that right and then move into other areas. Right now, Oracle has a real quality problem; new releases are plagued by installation glitches and quality oversites. Older versions lack modern tools and have arcane recovery procedures when problems occur. Its almost as though Oracle has entered into an incestuous relationship with the legions of Oracle “consultants” who (1) keep Oracle databases running and (2) tell you how wonderful the Oracle environment is. In return, Oracle keeps these guys in business by refusing to modernize.

  2. TomW Says:
    August 21st, 2005 at 2:51 am

    JDeveloper works great at our site and has so for quite a while (9 Java dudes think so and they can probably out code you in Java anyday. I thought JDeveloper was based on JBuilder, so it not really a 100% Oracle product. Yes, Oracle has mastered the database. That is very true, but their other products are great also and they have proof. Perhaps you need some training? Most gripes I come across are IT people who lack training on how to use a language or technology. Of course, sometimes training is not enough. Sometimes you just don’t put time into understanding how things works. (Your probably one those types, that get you get to work at 9:05am and leave by 4:00 and long breaks) Maybe that’s your real issue. You don’t put time into your career, regardless of the technology. So you gripe and state silly parapraphs, such as yours that I am referencing.

  3. Dev Says:
    August 24th, 2005 at 9:31 am

    Agree with TomW 100%
    most of the people who have complaints wiht JDeveloper are
    the lousiest developers I have ever worked with.Their own Incompetence to understand technology usually manifests in such remarks. Take the time to understand technology and how it fits together and you will start enjoying working wiht JDev.

  4. Sudhaker Raj Says:
    September 14th, 2005 at 10:53 pm

    Agree with TomW 110% :-) You can not appreciate things without knowing them well. Oracle products are real great but confusing / frustrating for newbies.

  5. Rick Huang Says:
    March 30th, 2006 at 11:55 pm

    Sudhaker,

    Very good article…. Just a quick question:

    I have jdeveloper 1.0.3, however, I don’t see xdoclet in the preference menu. I do see the xdoclet…jar files under the jdeveloper software home directory. Do I need to do something special to make it appear on my preference window?

    Thanks for the help in advance.

  6. Oracle Developer (Roy) Says:
    April 6th, 2006 at 10:42 am

    To create a new EJB project that uses XDoclet:

    1. Create a new EJB project in the Application Navigator.
    2. In the Application Navigator, right click the project and choose New.
    The New Gallery opens.
    3. Expand the node for Business Tier and select EJB.
    If you do not see this option, click the Filter By list and choose All Technologies.
    4. Select one of the wizards to create a new Enterprise JavaBean and click OK.
    5. Follow the steps In the wizard. and on the Select EJB Version page, choose an EJB 2.0 module and select the option for XDoclet code generation.

    Once you have done this you can add your XDoclet annotations to your bean class. In the Application Navigator, the Miscellaneous Files folder contains the xdoclet-build.xml file, which is created for storing metadata about the application.

    PS Got any Idea of a good plugin for Spring that works with JDeveloper.

    PPS I have used eclipse, netbeans and jdev. Jdevelopers ease of use makes me favour this oracle product to the other IDE’s available. JDeveloper RULES.

  7. Oracle Developer (Roy) Says:
    April 6th, 2006 at 10:45 am

    Oh Yes I forgot: Dont use 1.0.3 for EJB dev, rather use 10.1.3

  8. Mitun Says:
    July 24th, 2006 at 7:51 am

    Hi,
    I am new in jdeveloper, can anybody tell me how can I work with spring in jdeveloper?

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