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  • Corrado Valiente
    #1

    What is it like to work with Oracle?

    Hi all,

    I am thinking about becoming an Oracle developer. I have experience with
    Centura Team Developer AKA SQLWindows, this is a front-end developer
    environment for a variety of of database servers: Oracle, MS SqlServer,
    Informix etc.

    What is it like to work with the Oracle developer environment?
    Is it nice or rather ok or so-so, or do you love it? For instance, does it
    have a nice debugger, is it intuitive, logical, effective, productive etc?
    Can anyone share his/her experience?

    Thanks in advance

    Corrado
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    • Michael Austin
      #2
      Re: What is it like to work with Oracle?

      Corrado Valiente wrote:
      Hi all,
      >
      I am thinking about becoming an Oracle developer. I have experience with
      Centura Team Developer AKA SQLWindows, this is a front-end developer
      environment for a variety of of database servers: Oracle, MS SqlServer,
      Informix etc.
      >
      What is it like to work with the Oracle developer environment?
      Oracle Developer is like any other mickeymouse point/click tool. It may be easy
      to use, but you - the programmer - lose as you no longer truely understand the
      technology you are using...

      Is it nice or rather ok or so-so, or do you love it? For instance, does it
      have a nice debugger, is it intuitive, logical, effective, productive etc?
      Can anyone share his/her experience?
      >
      Thanks in advance
      >
      Corrado
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      Michael Austin.
      DBA Consultant
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        • HansF
          #3
          Re: What is it like to work with Oracle?

          Depends entirely on what yiou are trying to develop and what language you
          are trying to use to develop.

          Oracle Developer is the common name for a SUITE of products, that includes

          - Oracle Forms; (a forms builder - think PowerBuilder, VB but in PL/SQL)
          - Oracle Reports; (a report builder - think Crystal Reports)
          - Oracle JDeveloper; (a Java IDE - think Eclipse)
          - Warehouse Builder; (an ETL builder - think
          - Oracle Designer; (a CASE tool - think Erwin and other modelling tools)
          - Oracle Discoverer; (ad hoc query administrator - think Informatica)
          - Oracle SCM; (source code config mgt - think CVS, Safe Source)

          IN all cases, Oracle provides a decent and usable environment. Whether it
          is for you depends on your brain - as with any GUI environment, your
          comfort level depends on whether you CAN think in the same way the
          developer of the enviuronment thinks.

          Whether it is superior, or even functional, for an individual is often a
          matter of religion.

          I fully expect flames on this from all sorts of [explicative deleted]
          people who have reasons for not using a specific component of the suite -
          usually religious ravings that do not take into account that things
          change/improve over time.

          --
          Hans Forbrich
          Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting
          mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard _at_gmail.com
          *** Top posting [replies] guarantees I won't respond. ***

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            • Matthias Hoys
              #4
              Re: What is it like to work with Oracle?


              "HansF" <News.Hans@telu s.netwrote in message
              news:pan.2006.0 2.22.20.02.42.5 81588@telus.net ...
              Depends entirely on what yiou are trying to develop and what language you
              are trying to use to develop.
              >
              Oracle Developer is the common name for a SUITE of products, that includes
              >
              - Oracle Forms; (a forms builder - think PowerBuilder, VB but in PL/SQL)
              - Oracle Reports; (a report builder - think Crystal Reports)
              - Oracle JDeveloper; (a Java IDE - think Eclipse)
              - Warehouse Builder; (an ETL builder - think
              - Oracle Designer; (a CASE tool - think Erwin and other modelling tools)
              - Oracle Discoverer; (ad hoc query administrator - think Informatica)
              - Oracle SCM; (source code config mgt - think CVS, Safe Source)
              >
              IN all cases, Oracle provides a decent and usable environment. Whether it
              is for you depends on your brain - as with any GUI environment, your
              comfort level depends on whether you CAN think in the same way the
              developer of the enviuronment thinks.
              >
              Whether it is superior, or even functional, for an individual is often a
              matter of religion.
              >
              I fully expect flames on this from all sorts of [explicative deleted]
              people who have reasons for not using a specific component of the suite -
              usually religious ravings that do not take into account that things
              change/improve over time.
              >
              --
              Hans Forbrich
              Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting
              mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard _at_gmail.com
              *** Top posting [replies] guarantees I won't respond. ***
              >
              You forgot to mention sql*plus :-p


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                • HansF
                  #5
                  Re: What is it like to work with Oracle?

                  On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:32:59 +0100, Matthias Hoys wrote:
                  >
                  You forgot to mention sql*plus :-p
                  That's part of the Programmer kit, not the Developer kit.

                  --
                  Hans Forbrich
                  Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting
                  mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard _at_gmail.com
                  *** Top posting [replies] guarantees I won't respond. ***

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