Summary

Choosing an edition of 10gAS to use for development is a difficult process. In the end, this choice should be driven by application need and developer preference. Remember that developers have to work with the chosen edition day in day outit's preferable all around if they're comfortable with it. At the same time, it's important to remember that developers need access to a server running the production editionseparate from the server used for testing.

As with development server software, it's preferable to let the developers choose which editor or IDE they wish to use for development. A dependence on certain features in JDeveloper such as in-container debugging can point to an application whose logic is too closely coupled to the container. You should consider refactoring the application to facilitate out-of-container testing before you consider outfitting everyone with a copy of JDeveloper.

In any development team there are substantial benefits to be gained from automation, and the effect is only multiplied in environments with multiple developers and multiple test and production servers. Use automation aggressivelyif you have to perform a task related to the project that might need performing again, then automate that processit will save you substantial amounts of time in the future.