1. Oracle Application Express 3.0 Joel R. Kallman Software Development Manager

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3. Agenda Overview Architecture Release 3.0 New Features Demonstration Q & A

4. Browser Based Browser Based Application Development No Client Software to Develop, Deploy, or Run Applications Full Service: Application Building, SQL Workshop, Utilities

5. Simplify Application Development on Oracle PL/SQL Developers Non-professional developers Power users Departments Small enterprises

6. Application Express – Declarative No code is generated You write some SQL and optionally PL/SQL snippets Declarative development yields fewer differences between developers Less risk for developer introduced security issues Meta data driven

7. Benefits Development Easy point-and-click Reduces Time, Complexity and Expense No Client Software Leverages existing SQL Skills Integrated SQL Workshop Architecture Integrated into Database Multi Tenant Hosting No extra cost (feature of the database)

8. Standard App Dev Features

9. Architecture Overview With Oracle HTTP Server (Apache) and mod_plsql With the Embedded PL/SQL Gateway (XE and 11g)

10. Multi Tenant Hosting Self Service Provisioning Consolidate Applications

11. Application Express Availability Feature of the Oracle 10g Database Supported on Oracle 9.2.0.3 and higher Delivered on the Companion CD with 10gR1 and 10gR2 Is the interface of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE) Standard database component in 11gR1 (installable via Database Configuration Assistant)

12. Application Express 3.0 New Features Key Changes and Enhancements Declarative PDF Reporting Services Flash Charts Drag & Drop Item layout Improved Web-Services Access Migration Workshop New Item types Calendar Enhancements Supporting objects enhancement Page & Region Caching Item Finder Enhancements Application and Schema Comparison Bookmark URL’s Improved Workspace administration

13. BI Publisher Print PDF, Word, Excel, or HTML Reports “High Fidelity” Printing Seamlessly Integrated with Application Express Develop RTF Templates using Word Plug-In Full Oracle Support

14. Declarative PDF Reporting Services Select Report Document Formats

15. Declarative PDF Reporting Services Define Report Queries Associate Report Layouts

16. Flash Charts 18 New Chart Types Migrate existing SVG Charts

17. Improved Web Services Extended Support Web Services created using JDeveloper Oracle BPEL synchronous Web services Interact with Web services over SSL (HTTPS) Including services requiring basic authentication Manually create Web service references

18. Drag & Drop Item Creation Quickly create and Delete items Reorder and place items Change selected item attributes

19. Page & Region Caching Improve Application Performance Reduce Database Overhead Ideal for Public Pages and Regions

20. Access Migration Workshop Migrate in 7 Easy Steps Export Microsoft Access metadata Migrate the Microsoft Access database to Oracle Create an Oracle Application Express Workspace Create a migration project Analyze the Microsoft Access application Generate the Oracle Application Express Application Customize your Application Express application 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 End-User

21. Calendar Enhancement Support for additional attributes Weekly Calendar View Daily Calendar View

22. Schema Comparison View Schema Comparison Reports View Details View Differences

23. Application Comparison View Application Comparison Reports View Details View Differences

24. New Item Types Shuttle HTML Editor Minimal Standard Date Picker (Customizable format mask)

25. Item Finder Enhancement Search now includes Images CSS files

26. Improved Instance & Workspace Management Configure Security Settings Set rules for Password Expiry Enforce “Strong” Password creation Minimum characters Numeric/Alphanumeric Characters Change password on first use Useful for system generated initial passwords Account Locking Facility Define Workspace sizes Request for an email of your Workspace Names Log containing of login attempts

27. Packaged Applications Project Tracking People Search Discussion Forum Bug Tracker Online Store Ask the Expert Issue Tracker Document Management

28. Packaged Applications - Coming Soon Event Management Asset Management Loan Analyzer Timesheets Status Reports

29. Next Steps http://apex.oracle.com

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