Before you can use Oracle SQL Developer or MySQL Workbench, you need to connect to a database server. Both tools support various types of connections, such as JDBC, ODBC, SSH, or cloud services.

As mentioned earlier, a problem I often encountered using MySQL Workbench was its inability to connect to multiple MySQL database servers concurrently for any length of time without freezing or ...

The MySQL Workbench GUI is cross-platform, open source, and incredibly easy to use.