Oracle APEX
A . Antony Alex MCA Dr G R D College of Science CBE Tamil Nadu - India
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DEVELOPMENT - ORACLE SERVER
SUPPORT FOR CLIENT-SERVER 8 - INTERNET 10 - GRID 12 - CLOUD
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ORACLE CLIENT
ORACLE LISTENER
CONNECTING ORACLE CLIENT & ORACLE SERVER
o Requires Client Installation o Configuration of Listener o Requires More Resources
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Rapid Application Development
o o o o o o o o Quick Development of Software Applications Visual Tools for Development Very Little Custom Coding/Programming Easier to Manage Code and Functionality Faster Testing and Debugging Simpler Collaboration among multiple skill sets Shorter Timelines Lower Budgets Greater Flexibility with changing/adding requirements
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Oracle Application Express (Oracle APEX)
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Oracle APEX - History
HTML DB 1.5 [2004]
First Release
HTML DB 2.0 [2005]
SQL Workshop
Application Express 2.2 [2006]
Packaged Applications
Application Express 3.1 [2008]
Interactive Reports
Application Express 4.0 [2010]
Websheets, Dynamic Actions, PlugIns, Team Development
HTML DB 1.6 [2004]
Themes
Application Express 2.1 [2006]
Oracle XE
Application Express 3.0 [2007]
Flash Charts, PDF Printing, Access Migration
Application Express 3.2 [2009]
Oracle Forms Conversion
Application Express 4.1 [2011]
Data Upload, Error Handling, ROWID
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Overview
Database centric Rapid Application Development (RAD) No cost feature of the Oracle Database All Editions 100% Browser-Based and Declarative Use SQL Workshop to create and manage DB objects Use Application Builder to create Web 2.0 Applications Leverage SQL skills to build reports, charts and forms Popular; extremely active OTN forum, high adoption
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Architecture
Simple 2-Tier Architecture Pages dynamically rendered using Meta data No code generation or file based compilation Runs everywhere Oracle Database runs
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Workspace
Oracle Application Express enables a single database to host large numbers of users. Users work in a dedicated work area called a workspace. A workspace is a virtual private database that enables multiple users to work within the same Oracle Application Express installation while keeping their objects, data and applications private. Flexible architecture enables a single database instance to manage thousands of applications. It turns a single database into a hosted service, making it an ideal platform for consolidation of smaller data stores.
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Private Cloud Development Service
Allows IT Departments to provide DB as a Service One Oracle instance supports 100s of Workspaces Workspaces provide access to one or more DB Schemas Multi-tenant provisioning supports consolidation Fully Automated Self-service Provisioning Database and Application Development
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Building Applications in Oracle APEX
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Oracle application development home page Click Application Builder to develop applications Click SQL Workshop to develop database
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Full SQL Capabilities using APEX SQL Workshop
Browse Database Objects
Run SQL or SQL Scripts
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Building Applications in Oracle APEX
Creating an application
1. Initiate Create App Wizard
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2. Add Pages
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3. Confirm and Create
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4. Run Applications
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Click to edit page component
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Edit component
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Run page to view changes
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Export Application
Export generates a SQL Script
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Team Development & Administration
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Benefits & Features
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No Cost Feature of
RAD
In Browser Development
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Declarative Web 2.0
Leverage SQL Skills
Self Service
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Data-driven Applications
Develop opportunistic and departmental productivity applications
Oracle Forms Modernization
Leverage SQL & PL/SQL declarative programming skills to move Forms applications to HTML / Web 2.0
Online Reporting
Build SQL-based reporting applications on existing database schemas
Spreadsheet Web-ification
Convert spreadsheets to Web applications where they can be concurrently viewed and edited
Access Replacement
Consolidate outgrown Access applications to the Oracle database with an APEX Web front end
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Reports
Validations
Translation Services Conditional Processing Authentication
Forms
Processes
Charts
Computations
Calendar
Branches
Authorization Session State Management Logging & Monitoring
Templates
Web Services
Navigation
Email Services
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Development / Deployment Options
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Locally
Install on Stand-alone machine
Multi-tenant Private Cloud
Workspaces for each department Self-service provisioning model
Public Cloud
Hosting partners Amazon EC2
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External Links
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Oracle Technology Network (OTN) http://otn.oracle.com/apex
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Hosted Development Service
http://apex.oracle.com
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Future
Enhanced themes and HTML templates to enable developers to declaratively create mobile applications and/or mobile pages. Incorporate HTML 5 charting capabilities. Declarative specification of REST ful Web services mapped to SQL and PL/SQL. Modal Dialogues Multiple Tabular Forms on one page Master-Detail-Detail support Multiple Interactive Reports on one page
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