Oracle Application Express

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1 Oracle Application Express DOAG Regionaltreffen NRW March 26, 2014 Joel R. Kallman, Director, Software Development Oracle Application Express 1 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

2 The following is intended to outline Oracle s general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle. 2 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

3 Brief Introduction Joel R. Kallman Director of Software Development, Database Server Technologies Division Responsible for all product management and software development of Oracle Application Express 17 year Oracle employee Actively developing Oracle Application Express since its creation in Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

4 4 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

5 5 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

6 Internal Applications 6 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

7 Internal Applications 7 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

8 Internal Applications 8 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

9 Packaged Applications 9 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

10 Packaged Applications 10 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

11 Oracle Application Express 5.0 Developer Productivity Functionality Ease of Use Security Modern 11 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

12 Page Editor / Page Designer / Property Editor 12 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

13 Page Editor / Page Designer / Property Editor But how do we know if the new Page Editor is truly more productive? 13 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

14 Page Editor / Page Designer / Property Editor 14 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

15 Modal Dialogs 15 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

16 Navigation Lists Much greater flexibility than utilizing Tabs Navigation based on standard list (in Shared Components) Can utilize either static or dynamic list Can have multi-level hierarchy 16 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

17 Mobile Interface Reflow Column Toggle Panels jquery Mobile 1.4 Lighter weight HTML and utilizing CSS images Easier to update Theme Roller CSS into APEX Builder 17 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

18 Calendar Completely new Calendar Based upon jquery plugin FullCalendar Ability to define Duration (Start and End Date) CSS Styling Include Supplemental Information Define View / Edit Link independently of Create Link Full SQL control for Drag and Drop operations 18 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

19 Interactive Reports Allow multiple reports on a single page Pivot View Replace action regions with modal dialogs and more 19 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

20 File Handling Dramatic improvements with the way files are uploaded, managed, exported, and downloaded Ability to utilize Relative URL file references across file directory structures Ability to upload and download zip files, which preserves the directory structures File storage for Themes (store in the DB) 20 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

21 Universal Theme One Generic Theme Easily styled via CSS Template options apply to templates, result in CSS styling at runtime 21 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

22 Application Builder Security Allow different authentication schemes to be used to control developer access to the Application Builder. Pre-built schemes Improve security Reduce administration 22 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

23 Packaged Applications Improved framework and enhancements to the packaged applications Old sample applications were removed from OTN Completely revamped for APEX 4.2 Examples of best-practices {Plug-ins; Flot charts} Improved user interface design * Framework for third-party applications 23 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

24 Improved User Interface 24 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

25 Oracle REST Data Services The future of APEX is with Oracle REST Data Services Enabling technology for the Oracle Database 25 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

26 What about the missing features? If expected functionality is not available in APEX 5.0 Early Adopter 2 then very unlikely to be in APEX 5.0 Production APEX 5.0 is a big investment Strive for a short cycle between APEX 5.0 and APEX 5.1 releases 26 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

27 Oracle Application Express year anniversary of Oracle Application Express APEX 5.0 is an investment for another 10 years 27 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

28 28 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

29 29 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

30 30 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.