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Hi friends,
I'm a new dba in our company. My Boss ask me to develop
simple in-house applications for our department's use. Can you help me please as to what development tools is the easiest and fastest to make simple apps. Things I can learn within a month?
Any suggestions is very much appreciated.
For simple Oracle applications, you can download Oracle Developer from Technet. It will help you build front ends and connect easily with the Oracle DB.
If the apps are very simple and the number of users is small, use MS-Access.
Good luck.
Thank you very much dknight,
Can ms-access connects to oracle db?
Is Oracle Developer same as Dev 6i or JDeveloper?
Which is better to use Dev 6i or JDeveloper?
I puzzled with lots of front end dev available.
Cheers,
Absolutely, Access can connect to an Oracle database. In fact, I think there is no easier way to prototype an application then using Access and Oracle.
Thanks Jeff,
I just want to zero into the easiest front end developer.
I'm designing a simple apps. There is the main menu/screen
then options: like 1. data entry/update/delete 2. inquiries
3. reports(printing/gen)
Does access have reports printing? I'm planning to buy
access books soon.
Cheers,
Absolutely. Access has reporting, queries, forms, menus, etc. All the stuff you would expect in a development package.
Oh my I think i found what i need....But how come only
few uses it? I never heard one in our place. Any limitations?
Thanks again Jeff
I got it, maybe it is for small users only (just what dknight said)
Many developers consider Access to be low tech.
In my opinion, it is simple and effective for rapid development. In addition, there are many books available to help you get started quickly.
Good luck.
As long as it can produce the output I wanted, I'll go for it.
Thanks again Dave
Not low tech, but very limiting in what you can do. At least it was the last time that I looked at it in that it only supported a subset of the VBA engine. Made more sense to me to use something like the full fledged VB language to write applications. As a developer, I hate limitations. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by dknight
Many developers consider Access to be low tech.
In my opinion, it is simple and effective for rapid development. In addition, there are many books available to help you get started quickly.
Good luck.
It is good for quick prototyping of database applications. And if it can do what you need, then there's no problem using Access for a front end. Just please don't use it as a database. ;)
Heath