Oracle SQL Developer for VS Code |
Written by Nikos Vaggalis | |||
Monday, 26 February 2024 | |||
Oracle has recently introduced some goodies for developers working with VS Code. This is an extension that integrates SQL Developer within VS Code. The battle between the IDEs has been fierce, with everybody out to win the hearts and minds of the developer republic. As such they are continuously getting pumped up with new functionality that addresses any kind of developer groups, be it Java heads, Pythonistas, C# aficionados, and so on. VS Code is of course one of the most popular IDEs out there and it does already come with quite some neat functionality. We've explored that in VS Code Can Do More Than You Imagine
and so on. For more details make sure to go through that article. Lately VS Code has begun to incorporate plugins made by Oracle, and one of them being the Oracle Java Platform Extension, which besides of adding functionality to make coding in Java more profitable, the major enchantment it offered was that VS Code could now offer IDE support for new JDK features as soon as they are introduced, even during Early Access. This means that the VS Code Extension could now support the current JDK release as well as the next upcoming JDK version. Oracle is at it again, this time causing something of a stir with its newest extension which integrates SQL Developer within VS Code. SQL Developer is of course the defacto query, development, and administration tool for Oracle Database professionals and integrating it with VS Code makes for effortlessly managing the entire development cycle. This means that you can now execute your SQL queries and scripts, perform PL/SQL development, and interact with your database schema objects within VS Code. Oracle has made a big effort to keep the interface and shortcuts (you can view them by going to Code > Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts) as-is so that people who have been using SQL Developer for a long time will find the transition to VS Code as easy as it gets. As such its core features are :
Coding-wise, it offers:
The extension is available from the VS Code marketplace and supports any Oracle Database from version 11g onwards, which run on-premises, in a VM, in a container, and on the cloud. More InformationOracle SQL Developer Extension for VSCode-marketplace
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