Karen Cannell – författare

Beginning Oracle Application Express 4 introduces one ofthe most talked about development platforms to come outof Oracle Corporation in years. Oracle ApplicationExpress, called APEX for short, enables rapid and easydevelopment of web-based applications that make full useof Oracle Database. And with the 4.0 release, thatplatform has just taken a huge leap forward in terms offunctionality and usability for both the developer andthe end user. Power users and programmers alike canquickly put together robust and scalable applications foruse by one person, by a department, by an entire company.

Agile Oracle Application Express shows how skilled, motivated, and self-organizing developers can realize the extraordinary commercial benefits of APEX by coupling APEX with an agile software development approach. Oracle Application Express is well-suited to agile processes, with its support for rapid prototyping and team development. Application Express supports a gamut of enabling technologies such as SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more that enable you to deliver any type of web application to meet your development needs. Agile Oracle Application Express helps you take the feature set of Application Express and marry it with the processes of agile development to iteratively design, create, and deliver quality applications on time and within budget. * Helps you deliver working code to your clients quickly * Shows how skilled, motivated, and self-organizing developers can hit the ground running * Provides techniques for hitting your cost, schedule, and quality targets * Aligns with the techniques espoused in PMI's new Agile certification What you'll learn * Discover how APEX features complement agile software development * Apply the core principles of agile software development to APEX * Increase productivity through team-based techniques * Make important technical and strategic choices with confidence * Sell an agile approach to your traditional waterfall project manager * Create the right amount and size of governance for any given APEX project Who this book is for Agile Oracle Application Express is a must-read for highly skilled and highly motivated APEX developers who are comfortable taking responsibility within a self-organizing team environment. These APEX developers want to raise themselves to a higher level of organizational maturity that will position them to improve on APEX's already highly productive software development platform.

Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces version 4.2 of the popular and productive Oracle Application Express development platform. Called APEX for short, the platform enables rapid and easy development of web-based applications that make full use of Oracle Database. The release of APEX 4.2 brings extensive new Flash and HTML 5 charting capabilities, enhanced themes for mobile applications usable from phones and tablets, RESTful web services support, enhanced application packaging, and the many redesigned wizards give a new and fresh feel to the user interface.Whether you’re new to Oracle or an old hand who’s yet to test the waters of APEX, Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces the processes and best practices you’ll need to become proficient with APEX. The book shows off the programming environment, the utilities and tools available, and then continues by walking through the process of building a working system from the ground up. All code is documented and explained so that those new to the languages will not be lost. After reading this book, power users and programmers alike can quickly put together robust and scalable applications for use by one person, by a department, by an entire company. Covers brand-new functionality in APEX 4.2 Provides fully documented and explained example code Guides you through creating a working and fully deployable application