What You Will Learn
- What you are able to accomplish with APEX
- Understand the APEX Builder and What it can do
- Basics of Report and Forms
- Security Essentials
- Deploying Application to New Environments
Description
Learn the essential skills required to develop a complete application using Oracle Application Express (APEX). In this training you will learn how to navigate the APEX Application Builder effectively. Additionally, understand how to build core components as we guide you through creating web interfaces including forms, reports, calendars and charts. We will highlight new features and workflows using the page designer. You will also learn how to secure application as we discuss many best practices and general guidelines. Refer to the Topic Summary for a more complete list of topics covered. Class is limited lecture, significant amount of demonstrations and plenty of hands-on workshops.
Attend this class and get 20% off our Intermediate APEX class.
APEX Cloud Hosting customers attend this class FREE. Call 1-401-783-6172 for more information.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) or some Web Development technology is a plus.
Technical Requirements
Nothing is required for labs (workshops). SkillBuilders will provide everything you need for all hands-on labs. Modest PC or Mac specs are required to connect to the online class. Detailed specs can be found here.
Also, we strongly recommend using two monitors for this class.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 5 Half Days (~20 hours)
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 744
- Assessments Yes
Product Overview
- Intended for new developers or seasoned developers looking to fill in some of their knowledge gaps of APEX components.
- How to use the page designer and shortcuts it provides
- How to approach APEX application development
- APEX architecture and installation decisions
- How to manage workspaces and applications
- Efficiently navigating Application Express user interface
- How to find specific components in a large application
- Run and modify an application
SQL Workshop
- How to manage database objects using The Object Browser
- Build queries using the Query Builder
- Executing adhoc SQL and PL/SQL statements using SQL Commands
- Create scripts to execute multiple related commands
Utilities
- Import and export data in many formats(CSV, TEXT, XML)
- Understand the health of your instance by using Database Monitor
- Streamline deployment scripts by generating schema object DDL
- Extra reports and utilities for modifying components in bulk.
Application Builder
- Create an application based on a spreadsheet
- Create an application from scratch
- Review and edit application objects
- Quickly navigate the builder by using the Developer Toolbar
- How to report and chart SQL statements
- Page rendering and processing overview
- Create a form and associated report
Creating Pages
- Creating and modifying a page
- Assigning pages to groups
- The Page Definition screen and page designer
- Different page types ranging from reports, forms, and calendars
- How to perform an action using page processing
Regions and Items
- Create and modify a region
- Understanding the different region types
- Create and modify buttons
- Create and modify items
- Understand the different item types
- Conditionally display and run components
- Customize queries to provide search filters and change display attributes
- Download the report to a CSV file
Page Processing
- How to validate form input
- Use computations to intelligently modify input
- Control page flow with branches
- Gain understanding of APEX URL structure
- Understanding the relationship between items and session state
- Introduction to debugging an application
Shared Components
- Create a list of links for better quality of life for users
- Understand the relationship between breadcrumb component and breadcrumb region
- Save commonly used look up values using Lists of values(LOVs)
- How to organize user navigation using Tabs, navigation bar, breadcrumbs and lists
- Create processes that perform work for every page
- Create items for tracking global values suck as USER_ID or PREVIOUS_PAGE
- Avoid hard coding values by using shortcuts
- Discuss the possibility of web services
Other Page and Region Types
- Interactive reports
- Charts for visualizing many data elements
- Calendars for organizing data by day/week/month
- Understand the usefulness of the APEX Global Page(Page Zero) for displaying the same content on multiple pages
Utilities and Reporting
- Understand where to find the translation tool
- Exporting and importing
Advanced Development Techniques
- Identify users using Authentication schemes
- Define user roles with Authorization schemes
- Security concerns and how to prevent threats(Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injection)
- Prevent URL tampering with Session State Protection
Administration and Deploying An Application
- How to prepare applications for deployment
- Understand Application Express management tools(users, logs, preferences)
- Provision workspaces to organize applications
- Define application models for standardizing application creation