The document provides an overview and agenda for a training session on getting started with Oracle Application Express (APEX). The session will cover basic declarative development, administration, security and maintenance in the first session. The second session will cover more advanced topics like writing code and validations. APEX is presented as a solution for issues with spreadsheets and personal databases by providing a browser-based rapid application development tool that utilizes the Oracle database for security, backups and scalability. Key features of APEX like declarative development, built-in authentication, interactive reports and team development are highlighted. The document concludes with a discussion of APEX's product direction focusing on enhancements for mobile development.

1. Getting Started with Oracle
Application Express (APEX)
PRESENTER: ZEESHAN BAIG
W E B S I TE : W W W. P I TU G . C O M
B L O G : H T T P : / / B A I G S O R C L . B L O G S P O T. C O M
EMAIL: ZEESHAN.BAIG82@GMAIL.COM

2. Agenda
Session 1
• Getting hands on basic declarative development.
• Administration, Security and Maintenance
Session 2
• More on writing codes and validations.

3. What are Business Requirements?
IT People Management
• Centralized database • Do more with less budget
• Backup • Increase productivity
• Secure • On demand reporting
• Scalable • Quick development
• Painful aaah?

4. Problems with Spreadsheets
• Issues with Multi-user
• No single source of truth
• Required manually merging
• Not suitable for an enterprise
• Backups / Security issues
• Virus & Corruption issues
• Parallel working issues

5. Problem with Personal databases
Basic Issues:
• Fragmented
• Not web user friendly
• Platform dependent
Security Issues
• Can be easily copied
• Password crackers
• No logging facilities

6. APEX as Solution
• Unique RAD Tool for Oracle database
• Browser based development & Deployment based
• Declarative way to build Web 2.0 style application fast and
secure.
• Utilizes full capabilities of SQL and PL/SQL skills
• Fully supported, no-cost option for Oracle database
cost
• Provides Built-in solution to migrate from
in
o Access
o Forms
o Excel

7. APEX Architecture
With Embedded PL/SQL Gateway
• Oracle XE
• Oracle HTTP Server on same server

8. APEX Listener
Apex listener works with many J2EE compliant webservers
• Oracle Weblogic Server
• GlassFish
• Oracle Application Server (OHS)
• Tomcat (Not supported)
With Tomcat and Glassfish unzip and deploy and ready to go

9. What are Workspaces ?

10. Roles / Types of Users

11. APEX Features
• Targets on Rapid Application Development Community
• Suitable for small medium applications
• Full use of Oracle Database.
• Provide Security, Logging facilities
• Out of box Authentications e.g LDAP, OAS, Custom
• Interactive Reports
• Custom User reports
• Team development
• Session State Protection
• Component based security (Items, Pages, Regions)
• Use Javascript, Plugins and Webservices.
• Useful to create Public, Private dynamic websites
• Hosting services also available

12. APEX Product Direction
Oracle Application Express 4.1 will focus on enhancement to existing functionality and additional
capabilities to support applications running on mob devices. Application Express 4.1 is planned to
obile
incorporate the following:
Mobile application development.
Data Upload - provide an easy means for developers to provide a means for end
end-users to
upload data into an existing or new table.
Charting - Provide rendering of charts using the HTML 5 specification.
Error Handling - Improved error handling and user
user-defined exception processing.
Interactive Reporting – Allow multiple reports on one page.Provide the ability to use SQL
pivot as the basis for a report.
Support for multiple Tabular Forms on one page.
Support for Master-Detail-Detail on a single page.
Detail
Better Dynamic Actions for tabular forms and reports.
Use of ROWID as PK
Accessibility .

13. Demo Time

14. Congratulations! You are now APEX Certified