Our DBA has created a directory on a shared drive that we can simply drag and drop SQL Developer onto local machines from; she's made it very simple for us. But I have also installed right from oracle.com and it's really easy.

I was not extensively involved in the setup process but I think it was a low to medium level; not complex.

It's easy to deploy, I can copy it onto the system and run it without having to install it and this makes it a very good solution for quick use.

Initial setup is as easy as download, unzip and start using it. I recommend using the version that includes its own Java Runtime Environment. Of course, this is from the perspective of a single user.

Initial setup was very straightforward: Unzip, find the executable and go. I have it installed on Windows, Mac and Linux (Ubuntu, Oracle Enterprise Linux).

The initial setup of Oracle SQL Developer is straightforward.

It is by the far the easiest tool from Oracle to install that I've ever seen. When it first came out, I did a presentation six weeks after getting my hands on it and the presentation started off with, "Well, let's first install it," and it was one slide. Download the ZIP file. Unzip it. You're done.

On SQL Developer, the only additional thing you have to do is set up the connection to the database. Assuming you already have a database in place, it's a wizard. You go and put in your credentials and it connects and you're off to the races, able to query data in the database and make changes to the database.

With the Data Modeler, it doesn't require a database connection. If you were going to design something from the ground up, you literally unzip it, start it, and create a new model. The longest part of that is downloading the ZIP file, so depending on your connection, that's how long it takes to install it. 30 seconds to unzip it and open.

There is no setup. It is just set it up and you connect the database.

The setup was very simple, using only point-and-click as long as your workstation meets the runtime JDK prerequisite.

I was involved in the deployment. The harder part for us has been putting these on a shared terminal server which is not always what Oracle recommends. Sometimes, when working on those shared servers, there are certain versions of the Oracle client that are needed for different versions of SQL Developer. Sometimes we've had to take that extra step to upgrade the Oracle client, but overall it's a simple install. Most of our problems have been from, again, a shared environment perspective.

Initial set-up was straightforward. Just download the solution from Oracle OTN and after that run the installer.

The initial setup was very simple. I just had to download and extract the files. That’s all!

I think it was an easy process.

Initial setup was very easy, see above.

It's very simple to set up.

I installed it: downloaded, installed, configured; very easy.

It was easy.

Setup is piece of cake. Various options are well hidden in settings, but the search helps a lot.

Setup is very easy.

The initial setup is always a problem, it cannot find the Java SDK.

Initial setup is simple. Once you have a connection to the data source, you can begin working. We implemented in-house and there were no issues.

Initial setup is very easy. Download, unzip, and start using it.

The initial setup was straightforward.

It's easy to set up.

I think a conventional installation, with an installer, would work better. Now, it is a zipped .exe.