Installing SQL Developer

SQL Developer is a graphical tool that enables us to interact with an Oracle database. Using SQL Developer we can query, create/modify/drop database objects, run SQL statements, write PL/SQL stored procedures, and more.

SQL Developer is a separate tool not bundled with Oracle Database 11g XE. SQL Developer is free to download. You can download SQL Developer by following this link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/.

Installing SQL Developer on Windows and Linux is very straightforward and effortless. The following is the procedure to install in a Windows environment: