APEX Resources
Application Express (APEX)(Formerly HTML-DB)
Presented byRicky Burke
APEX Resources• Finding APEX Information• Access to the APEX Home Page• APEX Home Page• Oracle’s Free Hosted APEX Workspace• APEX Installation• APEX Documentation• Sample APEX Applications• APEX Tutorials• Oracle Magazine’s APEX Articles• APEX Books
The easiest way to find Application Express info is to go to the Oracle Web Page and type “APEX” in the Secure Search Field
Finding APEX Information
APEX Information Search Results
The easiest way to get to the APEX Home page is to bookmark:http://otn.oracle.com/APEX
Access to the APEX Home Page
APEX Home Page (Continued)
Working with APEX
• Use Oracle’s Hosted APEX Workspace (Free!)
• Install Application Express– Uses only an Oracle Database
(No Application Server is required)– Free
The easiest way to get started with Application Express is to use Oracle’s FREE Hosted APEX Workspace
Oracle’s Free Hosted APEX Workspace
APEX Installation
• Install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (APEX Version 2.1)
• Install Oracle Database andAPEX Version 2.2
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition DownloadFree to develop, deploy, and distribute!
APEX Download (Free)
The easiest way to get started with Application Express is to use Oracle’s FREE Hosted APEX Workspace
APEX Documentation
The easiest way to begin developing Application Express Applications is to download a sample application
Download Sample APEX Applications
APEX Tutorials
• Oracle By Examples (OBEs) for Oracle Application Express
• Building an Issue Tracking System
• Formatting Report Output Using Report Templates (Aug 2004)
Issue Tracking System Tutorial
The Issue Tracking System is a very detailed, step-by-step tutorial.
Documentation is about 100 pages.
The Issue Tracking System may be built from scratch (about 8 hours; recommended) or simply installed (about 30 minutes)
After following this tutorial, you will have a very good understanding of APEX
The APEX Forum is hosted by Oracle
APEX Forum
The APEX Forum allows you to read and post messages to Oracle Consultants and other APEX Developers
APEX Forum
APEX Special Interest Group (SIG)
The APEX SIG is hosted by the Independent Oracle User’s Group (IOUG)
APEX Special Interest Group (SIG)
Oracle Magazine’s APEX Articles
Single-Step Deployment (Jul/Aug 2006) Building Express Forms (May/Jun 2006) Build a Menu Framework (May/Jun 2006) Surveying Your Application Needs (Mar/Apr 2006)
Migrating to Oracle Application Express (Nov/Dec 2005) Wizards Creating Wizards (Jan/Feb 2005) Serving Application Express Reports (May/Jun 2004) (viewlet)
APEX Books
Oracle HTML DB Handbook\By: Linnemeyer, Lawrence C. & Brown, Bradley D. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media McGraw-Hill Osborne Media ISBN: 0072257687Format: BC 486 pages Pub Date: 2006-02-27
APEX Books
Easy HTML-DB Oracle Application ExpressCreate Dynamic Web Pages with OAEBy: Michael Cunningham & Kent CrottyMcGraw-Hill Osborne Media McGraw-Hill Osborne Media ISBN: 0-9761573-1-4Format: 400 pages Pub Date: March 2006