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