The following is intended to outline Oracle’s general product direction. It is intended for...

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Oracle Application Express (APEX)Database-centric Web application development tool

• Unique Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for the Oracle Database

• Browser based for Development, Deployment & Runtime

• Declaratively build professional Web 2.0 applications that are fast and secure

• Leverages full Oracle database capabilities and existing SQL & PL/SQL skills

• Fully supported, “no-cost” standard component with all editions of the Oracle Database

Easy - Rapid - Empowering


Oracle Application Express Use Cases

Data-driven ApplicationsDevelop opportunistic and departmental productivity applications

Online ReportingBuild SQL-based reporting applications on existing database schemas

Access ReplacementConsolidate outgrown Access applications to the Oracle database with an APEX Web front end

Spreadsheet Web-ificationConvert spreadsheets to Web applications where they can be concurrently viewed and edited

Oracle Forms Modernization

Leverage SQL & PL/SQL declarative programming skills to move Forms applications to HTML / Web 2.0


Departmental Application Development

Requirements:• Build data stores to solve tactical issues• Timely solutions that they control• Departments work autonomously

Issues:• Staff lack skills with enterprise frameworks• Applications inefficient and hard to maintain• Often contain business critical data• Data sensitivity issues


Departmental Application Development

Solution:• Consolidate departmental data• Self-service application development• Departments maintain full control• IT provides professional data

management

Benefits:• Easy to develop and maintain• Applications are secure, reliable and

scalable• Improved end user experience


D E M O N S T R A T I O N

Rapid Application Development



2006 Application Express 2.2Packaged Applications

History

2006 Application Express 2.1Oracle XE

2005 HTML DB 2.0SQL Workshop

2004 HTML DB 1.6Themes

2004 HTML DB 1.5First Release

2007 Application Express 3.0Flash Charts, PDF Printing, Access Application Migration

2008 Application Express 3.1Interactive Reports, BLOB

2009 Application Express 3.2Forms Conversion

2010Application Express 4.0Websheets, Dynamic Actions,

Plug-Ins, RESTful Web


• Developer community - 80k+ downloads / year• apex.oracle.com – 4m page views / week• Active Discussion Forum – 4.6 m views, #3 on OTN•100 Consulting companies, 60 BLOGs, 10 Hosting Partners• User Groups: 30 @OOW-09, 40 @ODTUG, APEXposed• User interface for Oracle Store and Oracle Audit Vault

Oracle Application Express Momentum


Oracle Application Express Books

Architectural Overview

• Simple Architecture• Pages dynamically rendered using database Metadata• No code generation or file based compilation• Runs Everywhere Oracle Database Runs


Multi-Tenant Hosting

• Allows IT to manage Database services• Self-service provisioning of workspaces• Free hosted development service http://apex.oracle.com


Development / Deployment Options

• Locally• Install on Stand-alone machine

• Multi-tenant Private Cloud• Workspaces for each department• Self-service provisioning model

• Public Cloud• Hosting partners• Amazon EC2


Develop & deploy where it is most convenient and cost effective


Building Integrated Applications

Target Development Community


Out of the Box Development Features

Reports

Forms

Charts

Calendar

Templates

Navigation

Validations

Processes

Computations

Branches

Web Services

Email Services

Translation Services

Conditional Processing

Authentication

Authorization

Session State Management

Logging & Monitoring


Integrating with Other Tools / ServicesLeverage the full spectrum of the Oracle database’s capabilities:

• SQL• PL/SQL• RAC• Spatial• OLAP• Flashback• Web Services• Text• Multimedia• Analytic Functions• Globalization• XML DB

• eBusiness Suite


SQL Developer and Application Express

• Browse your Application Express Applications

• Export and Import Applications• Drop Applications• Deploy Applications• Modify Applications• Export Pages• Tune your Queries• Included Application Express

Reports• Custom Exception Reports

Requires SQL Developer 1.2.1 +

and Application Express 3.0.1 +


Oracle APEX Forms Conversion Overview


MS Access Migration- SQL Developer and Oracle APEX

• Export MS Access metadata • Migrate the Microsoft Access

database to Oracle • Create an Oracle Application

Express Workspace • Create a migration project • Analyze the Microsoft Access

application • Generate the Oracle Application

Express Application • Customize your Application

Express application


BI Publisher Architecture

• Declarative PDF reporting services• Create professional looking reports• Range of document formats• Ability to define multiple queries


Interactive Reports• Out of the box declarative Web 2.0 reporting• Dramatically enhances end-user capabilities


Websheets

• Build basic applications faster and with more functionality

• Web-based content sharing

• Hierarchical text pages

• Editable data grids

• Interactive Reports

• Mark-up syntax with SQL Tags

• Designed for Business Users

• Incorporates “sharing” model (Reader, Contributor, Admin)

• Integrated annotations (attachments, tags, notes, links)


Dynamic Actions

• Declaratively define client-side behavior• JavaScript and AJAX code implemented by

Application Express engine• No need for expertise in JavaScript and AJAX• Allows you to declaratively:

• Show / hide• Enable / disable• SQL and PL/SQL AJAX calls• Add / remove styles

• Each can have multiple true and false actions


Plug-Ins

• Extend built-in functionality with new item types, region types, processes, dynamic actions, etc.

• Declarative property and attribute settings

• Once loaded, use in similar fashion to native components

• Included in APEX application export

• Encourages APEX community contributions


D E M O N S T R A T I O N

Dynamic Actions

& Plug-Ins



Oracle Technology Network (OTN)

http://otn.oracle.com/apex

Hosted “Development” Service

http://apex.oracle.com


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