Re: PL/SQL Development Tool Of Choice
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:07:18 -0700
Message-ID: <CACpWLjOEhwNYZq=Msxz0si+RdDKDbX7MUkoAY4JDUr3ahWQHQg_at_mail.gmail.com>
Quest has done little to make it a better product over the years? Seriously, wtf? I've been a TOAD beta tester for the last 5 years. They've added literally hundres of new features some pretty awesome some less so. Code folding, split screens, new formatter, unicode, 64bit, auto database reconnect, document recovery. Yeah, Toad is the swiss army knife but unlike a knife, if there are parts you don't use you can generally hide them. I've been coding PL/SQL for over 10 years, and I love how toad makes me at least twice as productive as I'd be without it. I don't work for Quest and am in no way associated with them.
Anyhow, I'm not doing much pl/sql these days, I've moved on to Salesforce development platform. see force.com
Mike
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Tim Hall <tim_at_oracle-base.com> wrote:
> I don't have a problem with any company making money out of a product.
> I paid for a multi-platform unlimited upgrades license for UltraEdit
> because I like the product and it does what I need. I think there is
> room for open and closed products.
>
> My point is TOAD is a money earner for Quest, yet they've done little
> to make it a better product over the years. New versions come out and
> they keep adding features (bloat), but it seems nobody has invested
> any time in the user experience, which is terrible. Actually, terrible
> is being incredibly kind. It was a horrible product when I first used
> it (before Quest bought it) and it still is.
>
> Oracle were very lazy in this respect for many years, but now they are
> investing heavily in improving the user experience throughout there
> products. Check out their UX labs etc.
>
> TOAD is like crack for PL/SQL developers. They need to go cold turkey
> and they will find out life is much better without it. They might just
> learn a little about databases also.
>
> Just my opinion. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I'm happy
> for people to disagree. :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim...
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