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Developer/2000, or Developer 2000 (D2K), was an IDE that bundled a collection of Oracle Corporation tools, primarily Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports, used to create graphical user interface.:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Developer/2000 was announced at the 1996 Oracle OpenWorld conference^[4] and included a set of tools designed to help programmers easily create enterprise web-enabled client/server software that uses the Oracle Database

During the 1990s, enterprise software development was transitioning from third-generation procedural languages (such as C and C++) to fourth-generation programming languages (4GLs) and Rapid Application Development (RAD) environments. Developing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and managing database connections in 3GLs required significant low-level code, such as Embedded SQL or early abstraction layers like early ODBC implementations, which often suffered from translation overhead and limited feature support compared to native database drivers^[5].

At the same time, Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools such as Microsoft's Visual Basic and Delphi were gaining popularity^[6] for their ease-of-use and the way in which they streamlined GUI creation.

Oracle wanted to broaden its scope from just databases, into desktop applications and networked computers^[7], and provide are more integrated system, like Microsoft was doing^[7]

Developer/2000 was designed to both streamline GUI creation, and also provide direct, optimized connectivity to Oracle databases

Developer/2000 included, amongst other tools, the Oracle Forms version 4.5 which was considered a significant change to the previous Forms versions^[8]

Using Developer 2000

Oracle Developer 2000 was not a single product but a suite of powerful, integrated tools. The core components of the suite were

Oracle Forms:^[9]^[2]^[3] This was the cornerstone of Developer 2000. It provided a powerful Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for creating and deploying sophisticated data entry and query screens (forms) with minimal coding.

Oracle forms uses event-driven programming. The developer uses triggers to handle different data manipulation events, and add custom validation rules, and also call stored procedures.

The code is written in the PL/SQL language^[10]^[11]^[3]

Key features of Oracle Forms within Developer 2000 included:^[10]^[11]^[12]^[2]

GUI Interface: A significant leap from the character-based SQL*Forms, it allowed for the creation of visually appealing and user-friendly applications with elements like buttons, checkboxes, and radio groups.
PL/SQL Integration: Developers could embed PL/SQL code directly into triggers and program units within the form to handle complex business logic.
Object Navigator: A hierarchical tool for managing all the objects within a form, such as blocks, items, canvases, and windows.
Layout Editor: A visual editor for designing the layout of the forms.
Property Palettes: A straightforward way to inspect and modify the properties of any object.

Oracle Reports: This component was dedicated to creating sophisticated and highly formatted reports from data stored in the Oracle database. Its main features included:

Data Model and Layout Separation: This allowed for the independent design of the data query and the report's visual presentation.
Multiple Report Styles: It supported a variety of report formats, including tabular, master-detail, and matrix reports.
Integration with Oracle Forms: Reports could be seamlessly called and executed from within an Oracle Forms application.
Web Publishing (in later versions): Release 2.0, in particular, introduced the ability to generate reports in HTML and PDF formats, enabling web-based report distribution.

Oracle Graphics: This tool enabled the creation of charts and graphs to visually represent data. It could be used to embed graphical data visualizations within both forms and reports, providing a more intuitive understanding of the underlying information.

Tools included within the Developer/2000 installation

The installation of Developer/2000 contained the following set of tools:

Forms
Reports
Graphics
Procedure Builder
Query Builder
Reports Builder
Schema builder
Translation Builder
Open 2000 Interfaces
Oracle Terminal

Operating System support for Developer/2000

Developer/2000 supported the following Operating Systems^[11]^[13]

Microsoft Windows (NT + 95)
Sun SPARC Solaris
IBM AIX
Compaq Tru64 UNIX
HP 9000 Series HP-UX
Intel SVR4 UNIX Systems
PowerPC and Macintosh 68k
OpenVMS
Silicon Graphics (SGI) IRIX

References

↑ "Definition of Developer/2000". PCMAG. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
1 2 3 Lulushi, AlbertOracle Developer/2000 Forms (1999). Oracle Developer/2000 Forms. USA: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 0139490337.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
1 2 3 Muller, Robert J (1997). Oracle developer/2000 handbook (2 ed.). Berkeley : Osborne McGraw Hill. ISBN 0078823269.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ bio, See full. "Oracle NC falling into place". CNET. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
↑ Martin, James; Leben, Joe (1985). Fourth-generation languages. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-329673-0.
↑ "The Rise and Fall of Visual Basic – PROSETECH". Retrieved 2025-09-23.
1 2 Stedman, Craig (Nov 11, 1996). "Oracle Branches Out". Computer World. 30 (46): 182 – via archive.org.
↑ rajkumar_sekar (2023-09-29). "Oracle Forms Version History: From the Past to Present". Kumaran Systems. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
↑ "Oracle Forms - Oracle FAQ". www.orafaq.com. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
1 2 "Oracle Applications Developer's Guide" (PDF). Oracle Docs.
1 2 3 "Oracle Forms Developer and Forms Server Documentation". www.oracle.com. Archived from the original on 2025-04-21. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
↑ "Oracle Developer 2000 | PDF | Button (Computing) | Pl/Sql". Scribd. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
↑ Hayes, Frank (October 7, 1996). "Oracle still working to add Java support". ComputerWorld. 30 (41): 158.

[1] "Definition of Developer/2000". PCMAG. Retrieved 2025-09-28.

[:2-2] 1 2 3 Lulushi, AlbertOracle Developer/2000 Forms (1999). Oracle Developer/2000 Forms. USA: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 0139490337.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[:3-3] 1 2 3 Muller, Robert J (1997). Oracle developer/2000 handbook (2 ed.). Berkeley : Osborne McGraw Hill. ISBN 0078823269.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[4] , See full. "Oracle NC falling into place". CNET. Retrieved 2025-09-05.

[5] Martin, James; Leben, Joe (1985). Fourth-generation languages. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-329673-0.

[6] "The Rise and Fall of Visual Basic – PROSETECH". Retrieved 2025-09-23.

[:4-7] 1 2 Stedman, Craig (Nov 11, 1996). "Oracle Branches Out". Computer World. 30 (46): 182 – via archive.org.

[8] rajkumar_sekar (2023-09-29). "Oracle Forms Version History: From the Past to Present". Kumaran Systems. Retrieved 2025-09-23.

[9] "Oracle Forms - Oracle FAQ". www.orafaq.com. Retrieved 2025-09-28.

[:0-10] 1 2 "Oracle Applications Developer's Guide" (PDF). Oracle Docs.

[:1-11] 1 2 3 "Oracle Forms Developer and Forms Server Documentation". www.oracle.com. Archived from the original on 2025-04-21. Retrieved 2025-09-23.

[12] "Oracle Developer 2000 | PDF | Button (Computing) | Pl/Sql". Scribd. Retrieved 2025-09-28.

[13] Hayes, Frank (October 7, 1996). "Oracle still working to add Java support". ComputerWorld. 30 (41): 158.

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Using Developer 2000

Tools included within the Developer/2000 installation

Operating System support for Developer/2000

References