2. Learning Oracle ADF Grant Ronald Director of Product Management Mobility and Development Tools September, 2014 Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |

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4. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Program Agenda Why might ADF be important to learn? Do I need to know Java? What else do I need to know? Where can I get help? 1 2 3 4

5. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Program Agenda Why might ADF be important to learn? Do I need to know Java? What else do I need to know? Where can I get help? 1 2 3 4

6. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | So, Why Should I Learn Oracle ADF? Image: Stuart Miles/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

7. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Who Is It For? Image: imagerymajestic / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

8. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | But Isn’t It Hard? Image: Jomphong/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

9. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Program Agenda Why might ADF be important to learn? Do I need to know Java? What else do I need to know? Where can I get help? 1 2 3 4

10. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “ADF is a Java framework. Do you need to know Java? The clue is in the name!” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

11. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Do I Need to Know Java? Beginner – Classes, objects and methods – Data types – Simple conditional statements – Loops – Basic ADF APIs Intermediate Advanced What is the minimum I need to know? Image: : Jeroen van Oostrom / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

12. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Do I Need to Know Java? Beginner Intermediate – Basic inheritance – Exception handling – Casting – Lists/Arrays Advanced What would an intermediate developer know? Image: : Jeroen van Oostrom / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

13. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Do I Need to Know Java? Beginner Intermediate Advanced – Class design – Framework extensions – Project level decisions Reuse Development/Coding Standards What should my advanced developers know? Image: : Jeroen van Oostrom / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

14. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Java You Don’t Need to Know Java I/O fundamentals Java File I/O JDBC Threads Concurrency Avoid Java overload (at least at the beginning) Image: Gualberto107/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

15. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Program Agenda Why might ADF be important to learn? Do I need to know Java? What else do I need to know? Where can I get help? 1 2 3 4

16. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Understanding the Java Platform JavaServer Faces – Lifecycle (possibly essential) HTTP session management UI technologies – HTML – JavaScript – CSS Not essential but “nice to have” Image: : num_skyman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

17. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Understanding the Java Platform The “E” in JEE is for “Enterprise” – ADF doesn’t completely protect you There is an “ecosystem” of development aids – Source control – Continuous integration – Automated builds – Testing frameworks – Team collaboration With power comes responsibility Image: : num_skyman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

18. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “There is a reason why the platform supports all these features, in the long run they will make life easier.” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

19. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | And We Still Haven’t Got To ADF Yet Image: : David Castillo Dominici / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

20. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Don’t Worry, Help Is Here! Image: : David Castillo Dominici / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

21. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Help Me Learn ADF! “Newbie” developer “Average” developer Architect/development lead Image: : imagerymajestic / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

22. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Help Me Learn Oracle ADF! Understand the basic building blocks of ADF – MVC, EO/VO/AM – Declarative validation – Drag and drop data bindings – Task flows – ADF Faces components Java coding (work WITH the framework) – Validation triggers – Simple VO/AM methods What a “newbie” would be expected to know (not an exhaustive list) Image: : Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

23. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “In the early days, always look for a declarative way of achieving something. If you are writing code now, you’re possibly doing something wrong” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

24. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Help Me Learn Oracle ADF! More advanced use of ADF building blocks – Parameterising ADF BC, accessors, view criteria – Understand bindings internals – Task flow parameters, transactions – Managed beans – Reuse and partitioning Java coding – Overriding default behaviour – Access bindings from Java What an “average” developer would be expected to know (not an exhaustive list) Image: : Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

25. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “ADF is not a black box. Understand how it works and work WITH it.” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

26. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Help Me Learn Oracle ADF! Advanced ADF, tuning, deployment – Skinning – MDS – Pooling/performance/transactions – Reuse/libraries/deployment Project concepts – UX design – Source control – Build, integration, deploy, test What an architect/lead developer would be expected to know (not an exhaustive list) Image: : Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

27. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Help Me Learn Oracle ADF! Platform – Deployment topology – Security – WLS – SOA – Web services What an architect/lead developer would be expected to know (not an exhaustive list) Image: : Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

28. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “You will not get everything right first time. So start small and learn from your mistakes.” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

29. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Program Agenda Why might ADF be important to learn? Do I need to know Java? What else do I need to know? Where can I get help? 1 2 3 4

30. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Where Can I Get Help OTN “otn jdeveloper getting started” – Tutorials, videos, links Oracle University training (5 day course) Books – Quick Start Guide to Fusion Development – JDeveloper Handbook (and many more) Online videos – ADFInsiderEssentials on YouTube Documentation Help for “newbies” – Google is your friend

31. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “Read, watch and listen, however, there is no substitute for doing.” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

32. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Where Can I Get Help Books – Fusion Developer Guide – Real World Developer’s Guide (and many more) Online videos – ADFInsiderEssentials on YouTube Documentation Blogs, events – ADF Code Corner OTN forums Help for “real-world” development – Google is your friend

33. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Where Can I Get Help Books – Enterprise Application Development Made Simple (and more) Online videos – ADF Architecture TV ADF Architecture Square Documentation UX design patterns ADF EMG Help for architects - Google is your friend

34. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Where Can I Get Help JDeveloper OTN OTN forums ADF EMG User groups (ODTUG, UKOUG, DOAG etc) Events Social – LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs – https://pinboard.in/u:OracleADF/ https://pinboard.in/u:OracleADF/ Help in the community Image: : Picomar / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

35. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | “ADF is a path well travelled. Learn from others.” – Grant Ronald, Oracle Open World 2014! Confucius

36. Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Learn More at OOW SessionTitleTime/Location CON4056Modern UI Design: Implementing Oracle’s Best Practices in Your Applications Wed 10:15 Moscone South 270 CON3407Starting Your Oracle Application Development Framework Project Right Wed 2:00 Moscone South 302 CON3119First Programming Steps in Oracle ADF: Beyond Drag and DropWed 16:45 Moscone South 302 HOL9274Developing Web and Mobile Dashboards with Oracle ADFWed 13:15 Intercontinental - Sutter Oracle Confidential – Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted36 Learn more at the Oracle Mobile Demo Booths in Moscone South

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