At long last, the JDeveloper IDE acknowledges Folders as a construct that the developer needs control over. Until now, folders were visible in JDeveloper because they existed on the file system. They could not be manipulated from within the IDE. Now, in the 12.1.3 release, they can be created, from the New Gallery:
Assigned a name and a location (parent folder):
and presto:
Through refactor, folders can be renamed:
and moved to another location:
Lucas Jellema, active in IT (and with Oracle) since 1994. Oracle ACE Director and Oracle Developer Champion. Solution architect and developer on diverse areas including SQL, JavaScript, Kubernetes & Docker, Machine Learning, Java, SOA and microservices, events in various shapes and forms and many other things. Author of the Oracle Press book Oracle SOA Suite 12c Handbook. Frequent presenter on user groups and community events and conferences such as JavaOne, Oracle Code, CodeOne, NLJUG JFall and Oracle OpenWorld.
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