This presentation was given at the Oracle Development Tools User Group conference in 2009.

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Oracle Application Express 4.0

2. The following is intended to outline our general
product direction. It is intended for information
purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any
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material, code, or functionality, and should not be
relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
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3. APEX 4.0 New Features
• Websheets
• Improved Charting
• REST Web Services
• Improved Application Builder
• Improved Interactive Reports
• Declarative Tabular Forms
• AJAX Client-Side Validations
• Improved Tree Controls
• Improved Error Handling
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4. APEX 4.0 New Features
• Dynamic Actions
• Plug-Ins
• Integrate jQuery and jQuery UI
• Improved Item Properties
• Additional Attributes
• Textareas: Resizable
• Combo Box
(editable select list)
• Javascript Date pickers
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5. Introducing Websheets
• Editable data grid
• Single point of truth
• Multi-user data tracking
• Designed for Business Users
• No programming required
• Multi-tenanted and self-service
• Incorporates “sharing” model (ACL)
• Includes validations, LOVs, column typing
• Consolidates data within an Oracle Database
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6. Why Websheets
• Designed so “anyone” can build & deploy web based data
entry and reporting applications
• Experienced APEX developers can develop even faster
• Broadening the APEX Community
• No need to create Tables, Triggers, Sequences
• Simplified declarations:
• Report layout
• Form layout / List of values
• Validations
• ACL’s
• “Builder” integrated with “Runtime”
• Integrated attachments, tags, notes…
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7. APEX Applications vs Websheets
APEX Applications Websheets
Database Objects Created using SQL Automatically managed
Workshop (APEX$ tables)
Primary Key Triggers and sequences Automatically managed
Management
Validations Created using wizards Defined using runtime UI
Report Layout Created using SQL Defined using runtime UI
List of Values SQL or Static Defined using runtime UI
Page Flow Controlled by branches Limited
Form Layout Items and regions Column groups
Look and Feel Themes and templates Basic control
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8. Improved Charting
• New charting engine (AnyChart 5.1) = faster, better
graphics and decreased rendering time
• Support for Maps & Gantts
• New Features:
• Scrolling support
• Interactive labels
• Markers in legends
• Multiple data markers
• Context menu localization
• All chart types can be combined within an interactive
dashboard: Charts, gauges, maps, Gantt, etc.
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9. REST Web Services
• Incorporating new declarative APEX component
• Utilizes a simpler architecture than SOAP style Web
services
• Typically parameters are passed to a REST Web service
as part of the URL and an XML document is returned
• Many popular public Web services provided by Google,
Yahoo, Amazon and PayPal use the REST architecture
• Some Web Service providers use the REST architecture
exclusively
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10. Improved Application Builder
• New look and feel
• Improved navigation
• Improved Administration
screens
• IR’s everywhere
• Integrated ‘Application
Search’ capabilities
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11. Improved Interactive Reports
• Integrated Report, Icon & Detail Views
• Calendar Views
• Inline Edit Hooks
• Compound filter expressions
• Email notifications
• Group By
• Saved Reports
• Developer Supplied
• Personal (Existing)
• Shared
• Download to searchable HTML
• More granular printing capabilities
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12. Dynamic Actions
• Provides a way to define client-side behavior
declaratively within Application Express, without the need
to know JavaScript
• Simple Wizard to create
• Select Page Item
• Select Condition (e.g. equal to, greater than, is null, in
list, JavaScript expression, etc.)
• Enter value
• Select Action (Show, Hide, Enable, Show Item Row)
• Enter list of items
• Add Condition (Optional)
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13. Plug-Ins
• Easy way to enhance the existing built-in functionality of
Oracle APEX with new item types, region types, dynamic
actions, etc.
• Developers use in similar fashion to native widgets
• Wizard support and declarative setting of attributes
• Included in APEX application export
• By providing this plug-in system in APEX, we want to
engage the APEX community to create a rich ecosystem
around Oracle APEX
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14. Oracle APEX Listener • Java based
• mod_plsql replacement
• Support latest APEX releases
• File system caching *
• FOP transformations to PDF *
• Improved file upload *
• To be certified against Web Logic,
Tomcat and OC4J
• Extensible
• Workload Capture *
* Requires APEX 4.0
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15. Teamspace - Packaged Application
• First “professional grade” packaged application
• Designed as collaborative environment enabling users to
track tasks and events, share documents and links, and
participate in discussion forums
• Example of a rich Web 2.0 UI that can be built with
Application Express
• You can deconstruct it to learn how the user interface
works or customize it for your organization
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16. APEX 4.0 Summary
• Continues the APEX Vision
• Express-ier
• Declarative Web 2.0 Magic
• Greater Extensibility
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