The Oracle APEX Community at-a-glance:

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1 APEX New Features Overview 2 Evolution of APEX Community The Oracle APEX Community at-a-glance: 400,000+ APEX developers world-wide 20+ APEX hosting companies 100+ active blogs 30+ commercial applications 35+ APEX books 15+ customer success stories 35+ customer quotes 3 4

2 apex.world Built with Showcases several public-facing sites developed with Oracle APEX Site built and maintained by the APEX community Plug-Ins Over 100 sites; more being added Slack Channels Twitter Feed News Jobs Conferences Meetups 5 6 Links Oracle APEX Highlights Oracle Technology Network No-cost fully supported feature of the Oracle Database Any number of developers, apps, & end-users Fully supported by dedicated Oracle Support team APEX Community Database releases supported: 11gR1, 11gR2, 12c Database editions supported: EE, SE, SE1, XE Free Hosted Instance of APEX Easy to install Included by default with all editions of Oracle Database Download latest release from APEX Cloud Service Included with Oracle Cloud Services Exadata Express & Schema services 5, 20, 50 GB Dedicated DBaaS services No cost evaluation 7 8

3 APEX 18.1 From 5.1 to 18.1 APEX is adopting the new versions scheme that the Oracle Database team has set forth Year of Release Release Number Patch Number 9 10 APEX 18.1 Currently in Early Adopter phase Typically two revisions Revision 2 started on March 12th, 2018 Production best guess is sometime in April/May 2018 Try it out yourself: Requires an OTN account (free) Anything you do there will die there APEX 18.1 Create Application Wizard OAuth2 Authentication Interactive Grid Page Designer REST Enabled SQL Web Sources RESTful Services Mobile Support Miscellaneous Items External Libraries Packaged Applications JavaScript API Docs Tree Region Universal Theme Spotlight Search Text Message Substitution Developer Toolbar Advisor 11 12

4 Create Application Wizard Create Application Wizard New low code Create Application wizard Replacement for current create application wizard Provides quick creation of complex pages Dashboards, Filter Reports, Master-Detail, etc Create Application Wizard Ability to add complete & complex features that provide commonly requested/required functionality Simply select each feature that is needed Blueprints Once an application is configured with the new wizard, a blueprint of that application can be extracted in JSON format JSON document can then be edited to make changes and re-loaded to same or different workspace 15 16

5 Demo: Create Application Wizard OAuth2 Authentication OAuth2 Authentication APEX now supports native OAuth2-based Authentication Can be used for APEX Workspaces or APEX Applications Four options out of the box: OpenID Connect Provider Generic OAuth2 Provider Google Facebook Credentials New shared component: Credentials This is where you store the Client ID & Client Secret Two Types: OAuth2 Client Credentials Flow Basic Authentication Used with OAuth2 Authentication Schemes Determined by the provider (Google, Facebook, etc.) 19 20

6 Gatekeeper When using a Social Sign-In Authentication Scheme, any valid user will be able to login to your application Thus, all of Facebook, Google, etc. Must also consider a gatekeeper authorization scheme applied to the application Need to determine how to manage the list of authorized users Account for users who will change their user name Demo: OAuth2 Authentication Interactive Grids Interactive Grids Interactive Reports will eventually be replaced by Interactive Grids No timeline; best guess is 2+ major releases Will be migration path provided at that point Goal in APEX 18.1 is to provide IGs with all current IR functionality to bring them up to speed 23 24

7 Copy Down & Copy to Clipboard Copy Down support and range selection Actions > Selection sub menu (Fill and Clear) Copy to Clipboard For row or cell range selections Stretch Column Widths User configureable report setting Actions > Format > Stretch Column Widths Column attribute Stretch provides declarative control over how the column width will stretch to fill available space or not Dynamic Actions New Interactive Grid Dynamic Action events Mode Change Page Change Report Change Save Interactive Grids - New Features Documented PL/SQL API APEX_IG Supported API to manage IG Public JavaScript widget APIs Supported JavaScript APIs to interact with IG 27 28

8 Demo: Interactive Grids Page Designer Page Designer Legacy Component View is gone in 18.1 Individual edit pages removed Reports will link to Page Designer Create Region wizards invoked from Page Designer Embedded Component View will live And go through a re-design Full Page Designer support for Shared Components Post 18.1 UI Enhancements Cleaner user interface 31 32

9 Page Designer Sticky Filters Set a filter to persist or stick in the Property Editor Won t change as you select different components Anchor Addition of Anchor attribute for link property types UI Enhancements Better Zoom Increase/Decrease size of displayed data Remove various buttons Show/Hide all Expand/Collapse all Goto Group Demo: Page Designer REST Enabled SQL 35 36

10 REST Enabled SQL Execute SQL or PL/SQL on a remote database via ORDS & REST Requires: ORDS with ad-hoc SQL Runner Connection pool configured for target database Similar to a database link, but with JSON Goal is to extend this to reports, charts, forms, calendars, etc. REST Enabled SQL How it works: Submit SQL to execute ORDS 1 receives and dispatches to ORDS 2 ORDS 2 uses ad-hoc SQL Runner to generate results ORDS 2 then returns a self-describing result set to APEX APEX then builds a SQL statement against the JSON data set Report is rendered and user is none the wiser REST Enabled SQL Web Sources Browser ORDS 1 APEX & DB ORDS 2 JDBC ORDS 3 JDBC 39 40

11 Web Sources New declarative data source based on external RESTful APIs & JSON data feeds Stored as Shared Components Can be used as the source of: Interactive Reports Interactive Grids Charts Forms Calendar Existing Web Service References will be migrated Web Sources APEX can automatically discover and maintain the Data Profile of a Web Source Or you can do it manually for more complex web services Can apply transformations to incoming data Support for all popular methods (GET, POST, PUT, etc.) Data Profile The Data Profile maps Oracle datatypes to web service data Mappings can be managed and changed based on need Possible to derive columns Example: convert epoch time (number) to Oracle date (date) Support for arrays Set Contains Single Row to No and provide a Row Selector Data Profile 43 44

12 Web Sources API Web Sources can also be called via the APEX_EXEC API via PL/SQL No specifics on how right now Demo: Web Sources RESTful Services RESTful Services Consolidates APEX & ORDS based REST services into a single location Which is ORDS RESTful Services defined in APEX 18.1 will now show up in SQL Developer and vice versa Ending a lot of confusion that developers had 47 48

13 RESTful Services Depending on the version of ORDS, you will see/be able to do different things ORDS Pre See and create new APEX RESTful web services ORDS w/apex-based RESTful services APEX-based RESTful web services are read only Can be easily migrated to ORDS-based where they will be read/ write ORDS w/no APEX-based RESTful services Only be able to access the ORDS-based console New ORDS-based console New ORDS-based console Module, Template & Handler pages all get a refresh Left-side tree used for navigation No right-click context - yet New Features No longer are RESTful services tied to the first schema associated with a workspace Option to select schema is available Swagger Doc for Modules ORDS functionality for this is available via APEX Instance setting for a Swagger UI server Protected Services Modules have an indicator as to whether or not they require authentication Report also available for all modules 51 52

14 Demo: RESTful Services Mobile Support Mobile Support jquery Mobile interface will be de-supported in APEX 18.1 Here s why: Latest stable version of jquery Mobile dates back to October 2014 Oracle JET requires jquery 3.2 jquery Mobile does not work with jquery 3.2 Thus, to continue to use Oracle JET, jquery Mobile has to be removed Mobile Support APEX Applications that use jquery Mobile will need to be migrated to the Universal Theme To compensate, changes are being made to the Universal Theme to pick up the slack This way, the APEX team will have 100% control over the UI of all APEX applications - desktop & mobile Example: List View Region is now available in the Desktop UI Expect to see more Oracle JET components to assist with mobile 55 56

15 Mobile Support - New Regions Reflow Report Columns will re-organize from traditional style to a single column when displayed on a phone Column Toggle Report End user can select which columns to display Mobile Support & Universal Theme Universal Theme also enhanced for better mobile support New navigation tabs Ability to stick buttons on bottom of screen Swipe support for carousel Compact breadcrumbs Declarative touch events with DAs Demo: Mobile Support Miscellaneous 59 60

16 Miscellaneous Items External Libraries Packaged Applications JavaScript API Docs Tree Region Universal Theme Spotlight Search Text Message Substitution Developer Toolbar Advisor Items New Auto-Complete item Based on Oracle JET Input Search component Better DA support & usability Responsive Rich Text Editor Oracle JET Oracle JET version 4.1 Enhanced chart types New item types More details on JET: Oracle JET Visualizations New chart/visualization types: Box Plot Pyramid Gantt Updated Sample Charts application Found in packaged applications 63 64

17 Oracle JET Items Text with Autocomplete Replaced older jquery based one jquery & Others jquery 3.2 jquery UI Full Calendar Remove jstree Replace with new APEX tree widget jstree-based Trees will be automatically converted Packaged Applications No new ones Minor enhancements to existing ones to account for APEX 18.1 new features APEX JavaScript API Docs Preview of long-awaited APEX JavaScript API Documentation Can currently be viewed only here: static/v108/jsdoc/index.html Subject to change as EAs are revised 67 68

18 Tree Region New JavaScript Initialization Code Added Default Icon attribute Allows Icon Type to be empty (without forcing a-icon). Improved Page Designer help text for all attributes Support Dynamic Action Event Selection Change Advanced Config option (nodeselector) to support checkbox selection Tree region now supports the apex.region API Copy selection to clipboard Universal Theme Floating Labels for Items Font APEX 2 Automatic icon size based on template Several improvements for mobile + small screens Refinements + polish across UT components Badge List can be square or circle "Automatically" hide pagination when not needed with Template Option Refreshed "Vita" theme style with dark gray left side nav menu Number of accessibility fixes Improved card styles (with new block style) APEX Spotlight Search Activate with CTRL + or clicking Search Once activated, results will change based on what you type Jump to applications and pages Jump to shared components or a type of shared component Focus on a page component Text Message Substitutions Enhanced ability to get a message Use the following syntax: v('app_text$my_message') For translations: v('app_text$my_message$xx') Where XX is the 2-letter country code of the language Same syntax is also available via apex.util.applytemplate Javascript API 71 72

19 Developer Toolbar JavaScript Error indicator Red icon will display where there are errors in the JavaScript console Developer Toolbar Page Timing information Page Info > Show Page Timing APEX Advisor New checks in the APEX Advisor Performance User Interface includes compatibility JavaScript Accessibility Theme Style tested for accessibility Page has page title Region has Row Header Chart type supports accessibility Page item has label Page item does not cause an unexpected context change Display Image item has image ALT text defined Deprecated/Desupported Features 75 76

20 Deprecated & Desupported Features Deprecated Deprecated features are features which Oracle plans to desupport or remove in a future release of Oracle Application Express Desupported Desupported features are no longer available Deprecated Features Deprecated Features jquery Flot and Flot Plug-ins Deprecated Packaged Applications have also been updated to remove Flot Line, Flot Bar, and Flot Pie chart plug-ins Update any usage of those charts to new JET-based charts APEX_ERROR.GET_ARIA_ERROR_ATTRIBUTES Function Replace with apex_plugin_util.get_element_attributes Deprecated Features Deprecated / Desupported JavaScript Functions Any function in legacy.js should not be referenced Option to include Legacy Javasript is available via Shared Components > User Interfaces External Processing in Classic Report Deprecated APEX_UTIL.STRING_TO_TABLE & APEX_UTIL.TABLE_TO_STRING Functions Deprecated Use APEX_STRING.STRING_TO_TABLE & APEX_STRING.TABLE_TO_STRING instead 79 80

21 Desupported Features Desupported Features Removed Packaged Applications QuickSQL & REST Client Assistant Removal of Outdated Third Party Libraries Versions jstree Desupported Features Several Conditions - Server-Side, Read Only & Server Cache & Link Conditions - will no longer be available CGI_ENV Client Browser SQL Reports Current Page =/!= Page Submitted (posted) Text =/!= Value Text is/is NOT contained in Value/Item Always (server cache & link condition) See release notes for specifics and workarounds Desupported Features Component View The Component View tab in page designer will still be supported APEX_UTIL.SET_CURRENT_THEME_STYLE Replace with APEX_THEME.SET_CURRENT_STYLE Conditional File Loading for Microsoft Internet Explorer Themes 1 26 and Theme 50 Deprecated Time to change to the Universal Theme apex.server Plugin and Process Function Async Option Desupported 83 84

22 Desupported Features jquery Autocomplete and jstree Plugins are Desupported New APEX Tree is the replacement for the tree New JET-based Autocomplete is the replacement for the jquery-based Autocomplete Oracle strongly recommends that you update your applications to work with jquery 2.2.x without jquery migrate 1.4.x Old jquery Versions Desupported jquery versions 1.4.2, and are no longer used Desupported Features Legacy Chart Components Desupported Some legacy chart components are no longer supported (such as HTML Charts and SVG Charts) following the removal of Component View Because these legacy charts are not supported in Page Designer, app developers may be left with regions that they cannot edit. Customers with existing HTML and SVG charts are automatically upgraded to the latest version of JET charts, in the following ways: When you upgrade to Oracle Application Express 18.1 When you import an older app to Oracle Application Express Desupported Features Desupport of jquery Mobile and Mobile User Interface All new application development targeted at mobile devices should be done using the responsive Universal Theme. Existing mobile applications should be migrated to the Universal Theme prior to upgrading to Oracle Application Express release 18.1 Desupport of APEXExportSplitter Use the -split option in APEXExporter Summary 87 88

23 Summary APEX 18.1 delivers both minor changes and major new features Emphasis on web services integration is clear Built-in OAuth authentication shows commitment to publicfacing applications Minor updates to IG, Charts are also welcome Release date still TBD; likely April/May 2018 In the meantime, take the EA for a drive 89 90