As we saw at the beginning of this chapter, we want to avoid context switching as much as possible in order to achieve maximum productivity, and Oracle's solution for this is the Oracle Team Productivity Center (OTPC). This free product from Oracle connects to different repositories of information and presents data directly in JDeveloper. OTPC consists of three parts, as follows:

The architecture of OTPC looks as follows:

The Oracle Team Productivity Center client is built into JDeveloper. However, the connectors to various repositories are not initially installed—you need to use the automatic update feature (Help | Check for Updates) to install the ones you need.

The Team Productivity Center Server is a Java application offering a number of services that the client uses. It contains a password vault storing credentials for third-party repositories...