•Has a typical IDE including an object navigator, property sheet and code editor that uses PL/SQL.
•Primary focus of Forms is to create data entry systems that access an Oracle database.
•Originally sold as standalone product , now bundled into a package suite called Oracle Developer Suite.
-Block Mode
-Oracle Database 2
-Character Mode
-Oracle Database 4
-Character Mode
-Oracle Database 6
-New IDE, PL/SQL
-4.0 was the first “true” GUI based version
-Oracle Database 6/7
-Optimized for client server.
-4.0 interface was slow, buggy and un-popular with client base.
-4.5 was a popular one with enhanced GUI.
-Oracle Database 7
-Forms server and web forms were introduced.
-Oracle Database 8/8i
-Oracle Database 9i
-Stable one with many bug fixes.
-Three-tier, browser based delivery
-Oracle Database 10g
-Actually a Forms release (9.0.4.0.19)
-Oracle Database 11g
-Latest One.
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