What is the perfect toolbox for PL/SQL development?

Question

I work on two projects with a lot of PL/SQL code since few months.

However, I didn\'t find any really interesting tools to develop on this langage.

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Answer 1

My primary editor for PL/SQL packages is SlickEdit. SlickEdit offers good support for PL/SQL development, though you might miss the direct connection to the database that tools like TOAD or SQLDeveloper offer. On the other hand, working on PL/SQL files (instead of directly working on database objects, like many TOAD users do) is IMO a good practice for any non-trivial project. In addition to SlickEdit, I use a few self-made helper programs, e.g. one that loads source code from the database and creates a source file, and another one that compiles the source and calculates the correct line numbers for errors in a file that contains multible objects, e.g. both package specification and body.

For direct database access, I prefer SQLDeveloper, mostly because it's free and works well on Linux.