Likelihood to Recommend Microsoft Visual Studio Code is highly recommended for the development of systems and / or complex applications entrusted to work teams under a specific methodology, and its use is also recommended for the maintenance of previously developed applications.
It is not recommended as a learning environment for developers with little experience as the learning curve would be too high
Read full review Almost all development activities (the tool is called "SQL Developer", not "DBA Toolset") can be done easily and quick with [Oracle] SQL Developer. From data model creation (tables, views) to development (creation of procedures, functions, packages) and then testing (SQL Developer includes an easy to use debugger), all tasks can be performed in a single tool.
It may not be as complete as other solutions for DBA tasks like instance monitoring, but it is usually OK for development and testing environments if you want to do some basic troubleshooting.
Read full review Pros Very accessible -- it's compatible with all platforms and environments, free to install, and fast to open Strong native support for many languages, and very strong extensibility to provide advanced language features Git integration is top-notch, often displaying a better history, diff, and merge interface that is otherwise available in version control systems Read full review Object Browser in SQL Developer allows you to explore the contents of your database using the connection tree. The SQL Worksheet is an editor that allows for execution of SQL statements, scripts, and PL/SQL anonymous blocks. SELECT statements can be executed to return results in a spreadsheet-like 'grid' or can be executed as a script such to emulate SQL*Plus behavior and output DBA Console allows users with administrative privileges to access DBA features such as database init file configuration, RMAN backup, storage, etc. Joe He Lead Database Administrator
Read full review Cons Lack of button bar like ones found in Visual Studio. Lack of integrated help that could link to YouTube, Channel 9, or other Microsoft videos on how to learn about features. Integration with Team Foundation Server. Would like to see it having some sort of integration into a Web API testing harness. Read full review Inability to run multiple queries on the same database. You can only run one query on a given database. Analytical models created from complex tables isn't accurate, and needs work. Inability to view multiple tables of a database side-by-side. When trying to find correlations between tables, it would help to be able to see them at once on the same page. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Solid tool that provides everything you need to develop most types of applications. The only reason not a 10 is that if you are doing large distributed teams on Enterprise level, Professional does provide more tools to support that and would be worth the cost.
Read full review We had already thought of changing to TOAD, but we decided to stick with Oracle SQL Developer until the end.
Read full review Usability This is a tool for programmers and it works like many others. If you are in the development world already then you will be sailing in no time with Microsoft Visual Studio Code. It is also great for new developers and it is very easy to use and you can get all the tools you need in one place as you begin to learn.
Read full review At times, Oracle SQL Developer may experience freezing issues. However, despite this occasional inconvenience, the tool offers valuable features such as the ability to integrate plugins like utPLSQL, which greatly assists in debugging and testing our packages. Additionally, the usage of breakpoints and the flexibility to format text according to individual configurations enhance the debugging process.
Read full review Support Rating Active development means filing a bug on the GitHub repo typically gets you a response within 4 days. There are plugins for almost everything you need, whether it be linting,
Vim emulation, even language servers (which I use to code in Scala). There is well-maintained official documentation. The only thing missing is forums. The closest thing is GitHub issues, which typically has the answers but is hard to sift through -- there are currently 78k issues.
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Read full review Implementation Rating Just download and uncompress!
Read full review Alternatives Considered [Microsoft] Visual Studio Code beats the competition due to its extensibility. Their robust extensions architecture combined with the plethora of mostly free extensions written by the community can't be beaten. The fact that this tool itself is provided by a world-recognized company, Microsoft, free of charge is phenomenal. The goodwill garnered by them is immeasurable. Other tools I've used were missing features or were just too rigid, too complicated, or too unsophisticated for my liking. The fact that VS Code is easy to mold to my will with the right extensions seals the deal.
Read full review I have started to use
Toad for Oracle recently because it is easier to sort and filter results, due to their memory sort feature that puts the results from your query in memory so that you don't have to rerun your query. I have used SQL Developer to easily update records in tables that I need to fix. I haven't found an easy way to do this in Toad other than writing SQL insert statements.
Read full review Return on Investment Positive impact on minimizing time wasted by employees with software installation and setup Positive impact on reducing spend on software licensing Positive impact on minimizing time used to manage different applications for different purposes - this performs all of the functions we need in basic coding Read full review It gives 100% return on investment as it is free of cost. No need to have multiple tools for each database Considering the employee training, so one can save money on training, as it is not very hard to use so still savings. Read full review ScreenShots