Choosing an Application Editing Style in JDeveloper

Background

In a complex web application, developers may contribute specific pieces of the finished application according to their area of expertise. One person might design the web page look and feel, while another person specifies how the pages will interact to create the flow of the application. Still, in other projects, individual developers may wish to work entirely with application source code to create all aspects of the application.

To support such diverse roles and responsibilities, JDeveloper provides a wide-range of integrated tools:

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You can work with the visual tools when you want to create and modify the application in a WYSIWYG environment.	Working with the Visual Editor, Struts Page Flow Diagram, Component Palette, Property Inspector, Structure window, and optionally, the Data Control Palette.
You can work with various editors and dialogs when you want to create, edit, or just inspect the components of the application and its underlying source code.	Working with the Structure window, Code Editor, Struts Configuration Editor, and the dialogs of the Property Inspector.

Tasks

The style of creating and editing applications in JDeveloper varies depending upon the needs of the developer.

To design and modify the application using all visual tools:

Create the application workspace using the appropriate web application template.
Open the web page in the Visual Editor.
Use the Data Control Palette to insert already databound UI components into the web page.
Use the Structure window to view the elements of the web page and access the binding editors.
Use the Property Inspector to modify any attribute of the page's elements.

To create and edit the source code of the application:

Create the application workspace using the appropriate web application template.
Open the web page in the Code Editor .
Use the Structure window to create Oracle ADF data bindings.
Use the ADF binding editor to customize the data bindings.
Use the Code Editor to hand-code web page elements and access the ADF data bindings.