Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 [electronic resource] /
Gault, Doug.author.
Cannell, Karen.author.
Cimolini, Patrick.author.
DSouza, Martin.author.
St Hilaire, Timothy.author.
Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces version 4.2 of the popular and productive Oracle Application Express development platform. Called APEX for short, the platform enables rapid and easy development of web-based applications that make full use of Oracle Database. The release of APEX 4.2 brings extensive new Flash and HTML 5 charting capabilities, enhanced themes for mobile applications usable from phones and tablets, RESTful web services support, enhanced application packaging, and the many redesigned wizards give a new and fresh feel to the user interface. Whether you're new to Oracle or an old hand who's yet to test the waters of APEX, Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces the processes and best practices you'll need to become proficient with APEX. The book shows off the programming environment, the utilities and tools available, and then continues by walking through the process of building a working system from the ground up. All code is documented and explained so that those new to the languages will not be lost. After reading this book, power users and programmers alike can quickly put together robust and scalable applications for use by one person, by a department, by an entire company. Covers brand-new functionality in APEX 4.2 Provides fully documented and explained example code Guides you through creating a working and fully deployable application.
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Contents at a Glance""; ""Table of Contents""; ""About the Authors""; ""About the Technical Reviewer""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to APEX 4.2""; ""What Is APEX?""; ""A Brief History of APEX""; ""Ancient History""; ""More Recent History""; ""APEX 4 and the Future""; ""What You Need to Get Started""; ""Access to an APEX Instance""; ""Web Browser""; ""SQL Developer""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 2 A Developerâ€?s Overview""; ""The Anatomy of a Workspace""; ""APEX Users""
""Applications, Pages, Regions, and Items""""Workspaces, Applications, and Schemas""; ""A Final Word on Workspaces""; ""A Tour of the APEX Modules""; ""The Home Page""; ""Application Builder""; ""The Application Builder Home Page""; ""The Application Home Page""; ""SQL Workshop""; ""The Object Browser""; ""The SQL Commands Interface""; ""SQL Scripts Interface""; ""The Query Builder""; ""Utilities""; ""Administration and Team Development""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 3 Identifying the Problem and Designing the Solution""; ""Identifying System Requirements""; ""Never a Clean Slate""
""A Broken System""""How Do You Fix Things?""; ""Defining the Requirements""; ""Extrapolating to a Database Design""; ""System Design with APEX in Mind""; ""Table Definition and User Interface Defaults""; ""APEX and Primary Keys""; ""Business Logic vs. User Interface Logic""; ""Placement of Database Objects""; ""Translating Theory to Practice""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 4 SQL Workshop""; ""Creating Objects with the Object Browser""; ""Loading Data with the Data Workshop Utility""; ""Creating a Lookup Table""; ""Loading and Running SQL Scripts""; ""User Interface Defaults""
""Understanding User Interface Defaults""""Defining UI Defaults for Tables""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 5 Applications and Navigation""; ""The Create Application Wizard""; ""Sample and Packaged Applications""; ""Websheet Applications""; ""Database Applications from Spreadsheets""; ""Database Applications from Scratch""; ""Naming the Application""; ""Laying Out Pages""; ""Copying Shared Components""; ""Application Attributes""; ""Selecting an Authentication Method""; ""Selecting Tab Options""; ""Globalization Options""; ""Selecting a Theme""; ""Completing the Create Application Wizard""
""HTML Regions""""Public Pages""; ""Navigation Bar Entries""; ""Global Pages""; ""Breadcrumb Regions""; ""Breadcrumb Entries""; ""Lists""; ""List Regions""; ""Template Positions""; ""Lists of Values""; ""Static List of Values""; ""Dynamic List of Values""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 6 Forms and Reports-The Basics""; ""APEX Forms""; ""Form on a Table""; ""Creating a Form on a Table""; ""Modifying a Form on a Table""; ""Changing the Label Templates""; ""Making the Fields Mandatory""; ""Looking Behind the Scenes""; ""Form on a Procedure""; ""Creating a Form on a Procedure""
""Modifying a Form on a Procedure""
Includes index.
Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces version 4.2 of the popular and productive Oracle Application Express development platform. Called APEX for short, the platform enables rapid and easy development of web-based applications that make full use of Oracle Database. The release of APEX 4.2 brings extensive new Flash and HTML 5 charting capabilities, enhanced themes for mobile applications usable from phones and tablets, RESTful web services support, enhanced application packaging, and the many redesigned wizards give a new and fresh feel to the user interface. Whether you're new to Oracle or an old hand who's yet to test the waters of APEX, Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces the processes and best practices you'll need to become proficient with APEX. The book shows off the programming environment, the utilities and tools available, and then continues by walking through the process of building a working system from the ground up. All code is documented and explained so that those new to the languages will not be lost. After reading this book, power users and programmers alike can quickly put together robust and scalable applications for use by one person, by a department, by an entire company. Covers brand-new functionality in APEX 4.2 Provides fully documented and explained example code Guides you through creating a working and fully deployable application.
Oracle Application express.
Database management.
Data structures (Computer science).
Database Management.
Data Structures and Information Theory.