Tools - eXist: A NoSQL Database and Application Development Platform - page 373

CHAPTER 14
Tools
Working with eXist often means working with various tools that help ease develop‐
ment. For instance, writing code in an integrated development environment (IDE)
like eXide or oXygen is far easier than hacking in Notepad or vi. Other tools, such as
the eXist Ant extensions, are useful for automating tasks.
This chapter explores some of the common tools that you can use to work with eXist.
Undoubtedly there are many more, so be warned: our personal preferences are shin‐
ing through!
Java Admin Client
eXist comes with a small program called the Java Admin Client. It allows you to do
maintenance work on the database like backups and restores, imports and exports,
checking and setting properties, creating collections, and more. It's a standard Java
Swing GUI application and its functionality mostly speaks for itself.
The Java Admin Client has a lot of functionality hidden under‐
neath right mouse clicks, which is very useful to know if you can't
immediately figure out how to do things.
The Java Admin Client has already popped up in this topic in several places. See, for
instance, “The Java Admin Client” on page 29 , and “User and Group Management
with the Java Admin Client” on page 145 .