Lino Schildenfeld 10 -11th November 2016

APEX PluginsWorld of possibilities

www.apexRnD.co.nzlschilde.blogspot.com@LinoSchildelschilde@apexRnD.co.nz

AUSOUG Connect 2016

in short

APEX R&D manager for NZ/AU

10+ years Oracle development experience

APEX blogger, presenter and enthusiast

NZ APEX meetup organizer

www.meetup.com/ORCLAPEX-NZ

Who am I?

Theory behind

Intro

Enabling extension of common APEX framework Highly customizable components Enriching applications and UI Once defined are maintained as standard APEX components They appear next to and behave the same as native regions, items or dynamic actions

Used to share functionality between applications and developers One of the best features of APEX

Evolution

apex.oracle.comapex.world

History

Started with APEX 4.0 version Improved with every version Community support is growing Used by APEX development team for packaged apps Item, region, process, dynamic action process, authentication and authorization types of plugin

www.apex-plugin.com

Great for Gateway to plugins available in community First site specializing for APEX Plugins Contains 4.2 - 5.0 examples Wide range of examples Vary in quality Great as learning source Consider maintenance

apex.world

More recent

Part of the new era Contains latest examples 61 samples and counting Maintenance perspective Mostly for 5.0 but should work on 4.2 too Great for learning Think before you jump

How to use existing?

Import and setup

Download Shared components -> Other Components -> Plugins Advanced settings under Component settings Can be exported and reimported Ready to be used across application Harder to debug

Plugin components

Common Name Source Render function or call Standard and custom attributes Additional resources Validations AJAX callbacks Different signatures

Creating your first

Where to start Packaged apps Existing application for the same type Examine simple examples Other books, blogs and videos Think about what you need to create Explore JS and make sure there are following simple rules:

- configurable, documented, supported by community

- understand what it is doing

Tools for the battle

PL/SQL JavaScript APEX APIs JQuery and CSS Debugging technic basics

In practice

Further info and references apex.world apex-plugin.com ODTUG KSOPE 2014-2016 presentations

Patrick Wolf - www.inside-oracle-apex.com

http://www.armbruster-it.org/index.php/10-it/apex/10-how-to-create-an-apex-plugin-2

http://damien.antipa.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iadvise-apex_40_plugin-cheatsheet.pdf

http://lschilde.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/how-to-create-apex-plugins-my-first.html

https://apexplained.wordpress.com

www.apexofficeprint.com

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