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

SELECT * FROM EMP

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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