Oracle APEX Best Practices

Make the most of Oracle Apex with this guide to best practices. It will help you look at the bigger picture when building applications and take more elements into account such as security and performance.

Overview

• "Oracle APEX Best Practices" will get you started with Oracle APEX for developing real-world applications that perform and maximize the full potential of Oracle APEX
• You will also learn to take advantage of advanced SQL and PL/SQL along the way
• Combines the knowledge of Oracle Apex Experts -- Alex Nuijten, Iloon Ellen-Wollf, and Learco Brizzi
• Setting up your environment and getting ready for developing applications

Who This Book Is For

This book is filled with best practices on how to make the most of Oracle APEX. Developers beginning with application development as well as those who are experienced will benefit from this book. You will need to have basic knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL to follow the examples in this book.

In Detail

Have you ever wanted to create real-world database applications? In this book you're not only getting APEX best practices, but will also take into account the total environment of an APEX application and benefit from it.

"Oracle APEX Best Practices" will guide you through the development of real-world applications. It will give you a broader view of APEX. The various aspects include setting up APEX environment, testing and debugging, security, and getting the best out of SQL and PL/SQL.

In six distinct chapters you will learn about different features of Oracle APEX as well as SQL and PL/SQL.

Do you maximize the capabilities of Oracle APEX? Do you use all the power that SQL and PL/SQL have to offer? Do you want to learn how to build a secure, fully functional application? Then this is the book you'll need.

"Oracle APEX: Best Practices" is where practical development begins!

Alex Nuijten

Alex Nuijten works as a database developer and Expertise Lead (database development) for AMIS Services BV in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. Besides his consultancy work, he also conducts training classes, mainly in SQL and PL/SQL. Alex has been a speaker at numerous international conferences, such as ODTUG, Oracle Open World, UKOUG, and OBUG. He is also a frequent contributor at the Oracle Technology Network forum for SQL and PL/SQL. He has written many articles in Dutch Oracle related magazines, and at regular intervals he writes about Oracle database development on the AMIS Technology Blog, as well as his own blog Notes on Oracle. In August 2010, Alex was rewarded with the Oracle ACE Director membership.