JDeveloper: Making the most of your IDE, Database Date

JDeveloper Database Date

Using JDeveloper and making a user Friendly date

When I install JDeveloper or SQLDeveloper the first thing I do it I change how the dates are displayed.

You need to got o Tools -> Preferences

Click on Database -> NLS

Change your Date Format to:

DD-MON-RRRR HH.MI.SS AM

This will display the dates like:

01-OCT-2013 12.00.00 AM

#bearMan

JDeveloper: Making the most of your IDE, Database Connections

Adding Database Connections within seconds to a new ADF application

When creating new applications, you can simply add new Database connections to the application within a matter of seconds, all you need is the Database Connection already in your IDE.

Open Database Navigator and Click and Drag your Connection onto your Application.

Select the connection you want

Select Connection

Drop the connection onto the applicaiton

Drop Connection Onto Application

 The connection will then be inside the application

Connection in Application

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JDeveloper: Making the most of your IDE, Quick DB Check

Quick DB Check

Have you every wanted to quickly double check your database is connecting to the correct SID or IP?

All you need to do is, click on Application Resources and expand connections > Database and select the connection you want to check.

#bearMan, save some time :)

JDeveloper: Making the most of your IDE, Java Block Coloring

Java Block Coloring

JDeveloper has an awesome feature of coloring some of your java Code Blocks.

This is a nice feature and can be useful when Coding.

Below is an image of the "default" look.

No Coloring

You can enable this through the icon pointed out below.

Icon to Color

An example of what the code looks like when its colored.

Code Colored

Enjoy!

#bearMan

JDeveloper: Making the most of your IDE, External Applications

External Application

I had this issue of when I am working on my projects I either get lazy and don't want to navigate to where the application is, or I need to edit a file outside of JDeveloper.

JDeveloper has built in functionality to allow us to execute external application. This is how to do it.

Step 1: Click on tools and then External Tools

Step 2: Click on Find Tools

 If you are happy with just those Tools then proceed to step 9. If you want to include an external tool, then you can continue to step 4.

Adding a "External Tool Manually"

Step 4: Click on new after that, a popup screen will be displayed.

Step 4: Keep the Tool Type as External Program, and click next.

Step 5: Browse to the application you want, in "Program Executable", in the "arguments"choose insert, all the rest should be inserted automatically.

Step 4 and 5

Macro, Argument

Step 6: Choose for yourself, what you want to name the shortcut and add a ToolTip.

Viewing Names

Step 7: The next step, you will be selecting where the application will be displayed.

Shortcut Location

 Step 8: Once you have completed the location settings, you choose under what conditions your shortcut will be displayed / enabled. Once you have done this, click Finish.

Display Criteria

Step 9: Save Changes, and click Ok.

Results

#bearMan out.

JDeveloper: Making the most of your IDE, Application Navigator

Application Navigator Project Explorer

So sometimes, you want to view your application in a different light or with a different level of package names.

Here is my default view of a basic Project.

To change how many packages you see, or how the project is displayed, you must click on the highlighted icon on the image below.

Note: View Controller and Model packages are controlled independently 

Here are my favorite Package Levels, they range from between 2 and 4.

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