Database System Concepts
Database Systems
Each of the names below links to a page on the Web site of the corresponding database system.Graphical Interfaces to Databases
- Netbeans provides access to a variety of databases through JDBC. Allows browsing of schema and data, and execution of queries.
- Oracle SQL Developer allows browsing of schema and execution of queries, and administration of databases, among other features. SQL Developer is written in Java, and runs on a variety of OS platforms.
- Tora is an open source alternative to SQL Developer, and runs on a variety of platforms.
- pgAdmin graphical interface for administering PostgreSQL databases, in addition to browsing data and running queries.
- phpMyAdmin graphical interface for administering and browsing MySQL databases over the web.
Other Database Developer Tools
- Berkeley DB provides libraries (for several languages) that allow applications to perform simple get/put operations on key/value pairs, using an customizable storage system that supports indices, and optionally concurrent access and transactions. Berkeley DB can be thought of as an embedded database.
- Hibernate is a very widely used system supporting Object/Relational Mapping.
Application Developer Tools
- Yahoo User Interface (YUI) library provides utilities for developing rich user interfaces on Web browsers, using Javascript. Code you develop will work across a variety of browsers. As an example, the DataTable control allows you to easily create visually pleasing tabular displays of data; YUI provides a large variety of such constructs.