Understanding Oracle Apex 20 Application Development

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.

This new edition of Understanding Oracle APEX 5 Application Development shows APEX developers how to build practical, non-trivial web applications. The 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. The book is targeted at those who are new to APEX and just beginning to develop real projects for production deployment. Reading the book and working the examples will leave you in a good position to build good-looking, highly-functional, web applications. Topics include: conditional formatting, user-customized reports, data entry forms, concurrency and lost updates, and updatable reports. Accompanying the book is a demo web application that illustrates each concept mentioned in the book. 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 5 Application Development 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. Teaches how to develop non-trivial APEX applications. Provides deep understanding of APEX functionality. Shows the techniques needed for customization.

This is my eleventh book on Oracle Application Express (APEX) written for the latest version. Just like my previous books that exposed the technology to thousands around the globe, this book is also aimed at absolute beginners who wish to learn from self-paced professional guidance and need a solid foundation in Oracle APEX. The world of technology is changing very rapidly. Things that used to be done in months are now being done in days and even hours. There are so many web development technologies out there and to pick the right one as a beginner is a very tedious task. Web development comes with a huge set of rules and techniques every web developer should know about. If you want your web applications to look and function as you wish them to, you need to put on many hats to get familiar with web technologies that will help you achieve your goal. We are building a world where any business idea can be automated in minutes. From web application development prespective you need a platform to rapidly respond to these ever changing deamands. This is where Oracle APEX fits in. Oracle APEX is a low-code application development platform and this is the most exciting feature of Oracle APEX that efficiently copes with the current trends. Low-code app development enables people without technical backgrounds to develop innovative apps and can help speed time to develop. It has the capability to make everyone a developer. From software customization to complex apps, low-code is capable of equipping any employee with powerful tools for improved operational efficiency. Low-code platforms enable agility and faster, more accessible development cycles. One benefit of low-code app development is it allows non-coders to prototype solutions quickly. These solutions can be tested, evaluated and refined without having to involve formal software development staff members. As a low-code web application development tool, Oracle APEX helps you create complete applications visually with the help of drag-and-drop interface and wizards. Rather than writing thousands of lines of complex code and syntax, this low-code platform allows you to build complete applications with modern user interfaces, integrations, data and logic quickly and visually. If you have strong intentions to become a dynamic web developer, then you have landed on the right page. This book will provide you with a solid foundation of Oracle APEX and will set a firm ground to develop robust application systems to fulfill the information requirements of your organization. Special offer! For those who are new to SQL or those who want to strengthen their SQL knowledge, I'm providing my SQL/PLSQL e-book with this book for FREE!

A three-book set for absolute beginners who want to become dynamic web developers This three-book set combines the titles No-Code Oracle APEX For Thirteen To Ninety, SQL and PL/SQL For Everyone, and Oracle APEX 20 For Beginners. Together these three books will provide a solid foundation to anyone who has the desire to develop dynamic data-driven web applications quickly with no/low code features of Oracle APEX. Oracle APEX is a low-code application development framework. Low-code is a software development approach that enables the delivery of applications faster and with minimal hand-coding. Low-code framework helps you create complete applications visually with the help of drag-and-drop interface and wizards. Rather than writing thousands of lines of complex code and syntax, low-code platforms allow you to build complete applications with modern user interfaces, integrations, data and logic quickly and visually. Oracle APEX is one such area. You can use Oracle APEX free of charge - either as part of an existing Oracle Database license or running in the free Oracle Database 18c XE product. Oracle APEX empowers you to build incredible apps and solve real problems. And you won't need to become an expert in a vast array of web technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more. Oracle APEX is capable to do the heavy lifting for you. You just need to focus on the problem to be solved. The book No-Code Oracle APEX For Thirteen To Ninety - Build Your First Web App without Writing a Single Line of Code is for anyone who wants to become a web developer but is scared of writing tons of code and is looking for the easiest track to start with. I compiled this book for everyone (especially teens) to make web application development fun for them rather than a nightmare. The SQL and PL/SQL languages are too voluminous and exposure of every aspect of these huge languages is a very tedious task. Keeping aside the least utilized features, the book SQL and PL/SQL For Everyone is rolled out to focus on the more operational areas of the language. It is meant to help you learn SQL and PL/SQL quickly by yourself. It follows a tutorial approach wherein hundreds of hands-on exercises are provided, augmented with illustrations, to teach you SQL and PL/SQL in a short period of time. Oracle APEX 20 For Beginners is my eleventh book on Oracle Application Express (APEX) written for the latest version. Just like my previous books that exposed the technology to thousands around the globe, this next-level book is also aimed at beginners who wish to learn from self-paced professional guidance and need a solid foundation in Oracle APEX.

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

In clearly written chapters you will be guided through different aspects of Oracle Application Express. Varying from setting up your environment to maximizing SQL and PL/SQL. Examples are given based on a simple but appealing case. This book is filled with best practices on how to make the most of Oracle APEX. Developers beginning with application development as well as those who are experienced will benefit from this book. You will need to have basic knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL to follow the examples in this book.

This is my eight book on Oracle Application Express (APEX) written for the latest version. Just like my previous books that exposed the technology to thousands around the globe, this book is also aimed at absolute beginners who wish to learn from self-paced professional guidance and need a solid foundation in Oracle APEX. Oracle APEX is an amazing development platform in which you can build robust web applications. Not only it provides an environment where you can rapidly develop data-centric web applications, it also allows end-users to interact with their data via tools like interactive report, interactive grid, different types of charts, maps and more. The most convincing way to explore a technology is to apply it to a real world problem. Without involving the audience too much into the boring bits, the book adopts an inspiring approach that helps beginners practically evaluate almost every feature of Oracle APEX. In this book, you'll develop an application that demonstrates the use of those features to get hands-on exposure of Oracle APEX anatomy. The sticky inspirational approach adopted in this book not only exposes the technology, but also draws you in and keeps your interest up till the last exercise. The ultimate objective of this book is to introduce you to the art of building web applications by iteratively developing the sample database application (provided with Oracle APEX) from scratch. The application demonstrates how to display summary information, use reports and forms for viewing, updating, and adding information, include charts and maps to visualize information, and create dedicated mobile pages. This application has been chosen as an example because you can learn most of the techniques from it for your own future work. The primary purpose of this book is to teach you how to use Oracle APEX to realize your own development goals. Each chapter in this book explores a basic area of functionality and delivers the development techniques to achieve that functionality. By the time you reach the end of the examples in this book, you will have a clear understanding of Oracle APEX and will be able to extend the application in almost any direction. The short list below presents some main topics of Oracle APEX covered in this book: Rapid web application development for desktops, laptops, tablets, and latest smartphones Create comprehensive applications declaratively without writing tons of code Design application pages using Page Designer Create applications with the help of wizards Create custom application pages by adding components manually Use same interface and code to develop applications for a wide array of devices Present data using a variety of eye‐catching charts Produce highly formatted PDF reports, including invoices, grouped reports, and pivot tables Design and implement a comprehensive security module If you are looking for a concise and concrete Oracle APEX book written for beginners, then I must say that this is the book that will return more than what you pay for it. Special offer! For those who are new to SQL or those who want to strengthen their SQL knowledge, I'm providing my e-book "SQL - The Shortest Route For Beginners" with this book for FREE!

This book shows you how to master Application Express to build effective web-based Oracle database applications. The author provides hands-on, step-by-step guidance on the complete development process, through creating, customizing, and extending the application. In addition to presenting how to build a simple application, this guide also details reporting and charting, themes and templates, and security. Additionally, it demonstrates how to use packaged applications and how to work with multiple applications. Data migration and integration with the Oracle environment is also discussed.