Oracle Application Express has taken another big leap towards becoming a true next generation RAD tool. It has entered into its fifth version to build robust web applications. One of the most significant feature in this release is a new page designer that helps developers create and edit page elements within a single page design view, which enormously maximizes developer productivity. Without involving the audience too much into the boring bits, this full colored edition adopts an inspiring approach that helps beginners practically evaluate almost every feature of Oracle Application Express, including all features new to version 5. The most convincing way to explore a technology is to apply it to a real world problem. In this book, you’ll develop a sales application that demonstrates almost every feature to practically expose the anatomy of Oracle Application Express 5. 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 new 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 book on Oracle Application Express 5, then I must say that this is the book that will return more than what you have paid for it. 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.
Riaz Ahmed is an IT professional with more than 23 years experience. He started his career in early 90's as a programmer, and has been employed in a wide variety of information technology positions, including analyst programmer, system analyst, project manager, data architect, database designer and senior database administrator. Currently he is working as head of IT for a group of companies. His core areas of interest include web-based development technologies, business intelligence, and databases. Riaz possesses extensive experience in database design and development. Besides all versions of Oracle, he has worked intensively in almost all the major RDBMS on the market today. During his career he designed and implemented numerous databases for a wide range of applications, including ERP. In addition to the best-selling title Create Rapid Web Applications Using Oracle Application Express (two editions), he has authored Implement Oracle Business Intelligence, The Web Book – Build Static and Dynamic Websites, and SQL - The Shortest Route For Beginners.
