Expert Oracle Application Express


Book Description

Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition is newly updated for APEX 5.0 and brings deep insight from some of the best APEX practitioners in the field today. You'll learn about important features in APEX 5.0, and how those can be applied to make your development work easier and with greater impact on your business. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is an entirely web-based development framework that is built into every edition of Oracle Database. The framework rests upon Oracle’s powerful PL/SQL language, enabling power users and developers to rapidly develop applications that easily scale to hundreds, even thousands of concurrent users. APEX has seen meteoric growth and is becoming the tool of choice for ad-hoc application development in the enterprise. The many authors of Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition build their careers around APEX. They know what it takes to make the product sing—developing secure applications that can be deployed globally to users inside and outside a large enterprise. The authors come together in this book to share some of their deepest and most powerful insights into solving the difficult problems surrounding globalization, configuration and lifecycle management, and more. New in this edition for APEX 5.0 is coverage of Oracle REST Data Services, map integration, jQuery with APEX, and the new Page Designer. You’ll learn about debugging and performance, deep secrets to customizing your application u ser interface, how to secure applications from intrusion, and about deploying globally in multiple languages. Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition is truly a book that will move you and your skillset a big step towards the apex of Application Express development. Contains all-new content on Oracle REST Data Services, jQuery in APEX, and map integration Addresses globalization and other concerns of enterprise-level development Shows how to customize APEX for your own application needs




Oracle APEX Reporting Tips & Tricks


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Take advantage of all the exciting Reporting features of Oracle Application Express 4.2. Designed for a hands-on approach, this book contains in-depth practical guidelines from George Bara, a well-known Oracle APEX expert and blogger. From Classic to Interactive Reports, Web Services and PDF Printing, "Oracle APEX Reporting Tips & Tricks" is a must-have for all database developers that want to make the most out of the Oracle APEX reporting engine.




Mastering Oracle PL/SQL


Book Description

If you have mastered the fundamentals of the PL/SQL language and are now looking for an in-depth, practical guide to solving real problems with PL/SQL stored procedures, then this is the book for you.




Web Development with Node and Express


Book Description

Learn how to build dynamic web applications with Express, a key component of the Node/JavaScript development stack. In this hands-on guide, author Ethan Brown teaches you the fundamentals through the development of a fictional application that exposes a public website and a RESTful API. You’ll also learn web architecture best practices to help you build single-page, multi-page, and hybrid web apps with Express. Express strikes a balance between a robust framework and no framework at all, allowing you a free hand in your architecture choices. With this book, frontend and backend engineers familiar with JavaScript will discover new ways of looking at web development. Create webpage templating system for rendering dynamic data Dive into request and response objects, middleware, and URL routing Simulate a production environment for testing and development Focus on persistence with document databases, particularly MongoDB Make your resources available to other programs with RESTful APIs Build secure apps with authentication, authorization, and HTTPS Integrate with social media, geolocation, and other third-party services Implement a plan for launching and maintaining your app Learn critical debugging skills This book covers Express 4.0.




Understanding Oracle APEX 20 Application Development


Book Description

This book shows developers and Oracle professionals how to build practical, non-trivial web applications using Oracle’s rapid application development environment – Application Express (APEX). This third edition Is revised to cover the new features and user interface experience found in APEX 20. Interactive grids and form regions are two of the newer aspects of APEX covered in this edition. The book is targeted at those who are new to APEX and just beginning to develop real projects for deployment, as well as those who are familiar with APEX and want a deeper understanding. The book takes you through the development of a demo web application that illustrates the concepts all APEX programmers should know. This book introduces the world of APEX properties, explaining the functionality supported by each page component as well as the techniques developers use to achieve that functionality. Topics include conditional formatting, user-customized reports, data entry forms, concurrency and lost updates, and security control. Specific attention is given in the book to the thought process involved in choosing and assembling APEX components and features to deliver a specific result. Understanding Oracle APEX 20 Application Development, 3rd Edition is the ideal book to take you from an understanding of the individual pieces of APEX to an understanding of how those pieces are assembled into polished applications. What You Will Learn Build attractive, highly functional web apps from the ground up Enhance and customize pages created by the APEX wizards Understand the security implications of page design Write PL/SQL code for process activity and verification Build complex components such as forms and interactive grids Who This Book Is For Developers new to APEX who desire a strong fundamental understanding of how APEX applications work. For existing developers and database administrators desiring to mine the most value from APEX by improving their development techniques.




Oracle Application Express: Build Powerful Data-Centric Web Apps with APEX


Book Description

Develop Robust Modern Web Applications with Oracle Application Express. Covers APEX 5.1. Easily create data-reliant web applications that are reliable, scalable, dynamic, responsive, and secure using the detailed information contained in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle Application Express (APEX): Build Powerful Data-Centric Web Apps with APEX features step-by-step application development techniques, real-world coding examples, and best practices. You will find out how to work with the App Builder and Page Designer, use APEX themes (responsive and mobile included), templates and wizards, and design and deploy custom web apps. New and updated features in APEX 5.0/5.1 are thoroughly covered and explained. • Understand APEX concepts and programming fundamentals • Plan and control the development cycle, using HLD techniques • Use APEX themes and templates, including Universal Theme • Use APEX wizards to rapidly build forms and reports on database tables • Build modern, dynamic, and interactive user interface using the Page Designer • Increase user experience using Dynamic Actions (Ajax included) • Build and utilize the new APEX 5.1 Interactive Grid • Implement App Logic with APEX computations, validations, and processes • Use (automatic) built-in and manual DML to manipulate your data • Handle security at browser, application, and database levels • Successfully deploy the developed APEX apps




Oracle APEX: The Tailor Fit


Book Description

Do you want to go beyond the in-built functionalities of Oracle Application Express? Do you yearn to develop a custom application that is tailor-made to suit your needs? Look no further than Oracle Apex - The Tailor Fit, which provides all the information you have been seeking. - Covers different scenarios with custom solutions, based on real-time implementations. - Develop a unique method for data processing, reporting, and other operations. - Learn how to go beyond the in-built functionalities to customize requirements. 'Oracle APEX The Tailor Fit' authored by the Doyensys team, is a good handbook for all users of Oracle APEX it elaborates on how to customize application to fit in the needs of the customers. This book carries stepwise illustrative guide for developers for creating various components and customizing the same. Recommended read for aspiring Apex developers and those who are already developing applications using APEX. - Beena Nayar, PMP - Head-Information Technology, Forbes Marshall




Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications


Book Description

Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications is an action driven book, taking you by the hand through all required steps in building your very own web application that will run on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Because you’ve built every piece of it yourself, you will know exactly how every tiny part is used and how you can tweak it to your own – or your customer's – taste. Oracle Application Express is widely known in the Oracle community as a great tool for creating web applications suitable for desktop browsers. Features have now been added to open up the world of mobile browsing, bringing the simplicity and expressiveness of Appliction Express to bear in developing applications to run with an almost-native look and feel on platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications helps you translate your knowledge of Oracle Application Express into developing for mobile devices. The book and its running example provide all the knowledge you need to create professional looking mobile web applications. Takes you through building a mobile web application from start to finish. Gives insight into the components necessary for a professional looking mobile application. Helps you become an even better and more all-round Oracle Application Express developer. What you’ll learn Build mobile applications to run from iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and Windows-based phones and tablets. Make enterprise reporting and business functions accessible to mobile devices. Customize the look-and-feel of your mobile applications. Respond to gestures such as swiping and pointing, and to changes in device orientation. Enhance mobile applications through the use of plugins. Deploy applications into the Apple and Android stores. Who this book is for Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications is aimed at Oracle Application Express developers wanting to develop and deploy applications for use on mobile devices. The book is also useful to any developer in an Oracle Database environment who is looking for a quick-and-easy, yet powerful way to extend business functions and reporting to mobile devices. Table of Contents Introduction to APEX for Mobile Development Creating Mobile Pages Presenting Data through List Views Accepting Input via Forms Displaying Calendars and Charts Implementing a Navigation Springboard Theming Your Mobile Application Working with Dynamic Actions Deploying Applications Natively Securing your Mobile Application




Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service Revealed


Book Description

Build and deploy an attractive, user-friendly web or mobile application in one day or less using Oracle’s new, low-code development tool: Visual Builder Cloud Service. Today’s IT world is fast-paced, and the ability to rapidly deliver running code is the most crucial and sought-after skill a developer can have. Oracle has brought together their enterprise experience, advanced usability knowledge, and their best cloud engineering to produce an innovative platform giving developers unprecedented productivity. You will learn how to use all aspects of Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service to build web or mobile applications. Using the fully browser-based development environment, you’ll gain experience with all the modern user-interface components that the tool offers for a visual, user-interface-driven, development approach. You'll also see how to use the integrated data management capabilities and existing REST data services to store your data, and learn how to easily transfer applications to a test/staging environment and later to production, while continuing to develop the next version in the development environment. What You'll LearnBuild great-looking web and mobile applications in a browser-based, visual design environment Define custom business logic in the visual logic editor or with JavaScript Manage multiple concurrent application versions from development through staging and production Define business objects with validation logic for application-specific data Communicate with, and draw data from, existing REST web services Use Visual Builder Cloud Service to expand Oracle SaaS solutions Who This Book Is For Developers at all expertise levels as well as business professionals and UX designers with an interest in using IT to quickly solve simple business problems. Because this tool is based on a modern low-code approach, no prior programming experience is necessary to benefit from the book.




Effective Oracle by Design


Book Description

Tom Kyte of Oracle Magazine’s “Ask Tom” column has written the definitive guide to designing and building high-performance, scalable Oracle applications. The book covers schema design, SQL and PL/SQL, tables and indexes, and much more. From the exclusive publisher of Oracle Press books, this is a must-have resource for all Oracle developers and DBAs.