Oracle Application Express Workshop II

Course Overview

Course Overview

• Course Objectives
• Lesson Schedule
• Course Environment: Products Installed
• Course Environment: Workspace Details
• Accessing the Labs Directory
• Introducing Course Persona

Introducing Course Persona

• Quick Review of What You Already Know
• Securing Database Applications
• What is a Packaged Application?
• Components of Team Development
• Workspace Administration
• Other Components
• Packaged Application Used in this course
• Additional Resources

Using Collections

• What is a Collection?
• Create a collection on an interactive report

Extending Your Application: Dynamic Actions

• Adding Dynamic Actions

Extending Your Application: Plug-ins

• Authentication/Authorization Plug-in Capability
• Using and Customizing the CSS Bar Chart Plug-In

Incorporating Interactivity in Your Application

• Tooltip
• Scrolling Region
• Add buttons with conditions in the report page to display report based on the conditions
• Add a procedure in AJAX to refresh a page region periodically
• Configuring Oracle Application Express to send email

Generating and Using Table APIs

• What is a Table API?
• Generate a Table API
• Modify the Table API
• Add a Form to an Application that shows how to add the process that will insert or update the database using the Table API

Creating and Using RESTful Web Services

• What is a RESTful Web Service?
• Components of a RESTful Web Service
• An Example: RESTful Web Service
• Creating a new RESTful Web Service
• Consuming a RESTful Web Service in an APEX Application

Using Themes and Templates

• Application Types: Desktop, Mobile, Responsive - Explain what they are and what criteria determines which application to create
• Theme Overview: Which ones are for which type of Application
• Review the layout of a Page template
• Include using CSS to customize the template
• Using Substitution Strings in Templates
• Utilize new page attributes - files/inline styles
• Create and modify a theme
• Establishing a Master Application and a Corporate Theme

Developing a New Theme for Your Application Using ThemeRoller

• What is ThemeRoller?
• Create a theme using the ThemeRoller

Securing Your Application

• What Is a Directory?
• Oracle Internet Directory
• Technical Architecture: Overview
• Authenticating Users by Using LDAP
• SQL Injection
• Cross-Site Scripting
• Browser Security
• Application Level Security

Deploying and Maintaining Your Application

• Application Components
• Things to consider
• Backups

Optimizing Your APEX Application

• Application Performance Considerations
• Managing Services
• Monitoring Activity
• Database Configuration Considerations
• Monitoring Application Performance

Globalization and Translation

• Understanding Application Translation and Globalization Support
• Specifying the Primary Language for an ApplicationLoading a New Language
• Translating an Application
• Translating the Data the Application Uses
• Localization
• Switching Languages

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL, and HTML