This chapter provides an overview of Oracle JDeveloper 11g. It describes how to start using the metadata definition files provided in Oracle JDeveloper to examine aspects of the Sales application interface. This chapter includes the following topics:

• Overview of Tasks Using Oracle JDeveloper
• Configuring Oracle JDeveloper for the Offline Client for Life Sciences
• About Inspecting the Sales Application User Interface Definitions
• Inspecting Filter Definition Files
• Changing the Synchronization Interval
• Configuring the Timeout Period
• Changing the Authentication Validity Period
• Configuring the Application Startup Timeout Variable
• Inspecting Data Sources and Databases