Oracle APEX Training Overview
This Intermediate Oracle Application Express (APEX) training teaches attendees how to control behavior among the many different APEX components such as charts, reports, and maps. Students learn how to quickly set up departmental wiki pages using web sheets, as well as integrate team development features to help improve overall application quality assurance.
Note: This Apex class is taught using the latest version, however, earlier versions may be used upon request.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Implement APEX best practices
- Create navigation interfaces with tabs, lists, and/or breadcrumbs
- Refine the layout of your regions and items
- Build reports, charts, and tabular forms
- Create custom themes and templates
- Build plugins
- Create dynamic actions
- Preserve session state
- Implement LDAP authentication and prevent SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks
Prerequisites
Students should have taken Accelebrate's Introduction to Oracle APEX Training or have the equivalent experience.
Outline
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Introduction
APEX Best Practices
- Customizing the install for easier backups
- Managing developers and user accounts
- Securing applications
- Preventing URL tampering
- Managing External Files
- Techniques to Make Development Easier
- Developing a Standard Application to Copy
Navigation
- How to use Tabs, Lists, and Breadcrumbs to connect pages
- Using components on the global page (page zero)
- Resolve missing Tabs and Breadcrumbs
Region and Item Layout
- How to leverage Grid Layout for Regions and Items
- Explore how to change region positions
- Modify templates and their different region positions
- Understand how page templates work
Reports
- Customize report templates
- Discuss column templates vs row templates
- Understand generic column vs named column reports
Charts
- How to create and manage pie and bar charts
- Create and edit Gantt charts
- Finding and using Chart plugins
Interactive Grid
- Manually Create Tabular Forms
- Validation in Tabular Forms
- Using Collections to enhance tabular forms
Themes and Templates
- Creating Custom Themes
- Creating Custom Templates
- Using Subscriptions
Build a plugin
- Understand how a plugin renders
- Create an AJAX call and process to update the plugin
- Bind to the native API so it works with native dynamic actions
Data Loading
- Create data upload form for users
- Process CSV and other delimited data
- Transform the data upon upload
- Validate and reject rows
Dynamic Actions
- Refresh items and regions
- Invoke PL/SQL processes from browser events
- Retrieve data from the DB and set items values
- Event scope and event delegation
Working with Files
- User managed files in the database
- Developer files on the webserver (JavaScript, css, and images)
- Upload shared component files
- Fetch files from a REST service
- Add thumbnails to a report
Understanding Session State
- Understand the difference between persisted and in-memory session state
- How row fetch and row processing actually works
- Explore some of the features those processes provide
Security
- Custom Authentication and Authorization
- Implementing LDAP and SSO
- Using Virtual Private Database (VPD)
- Using Session State Protection
- Preventing SQL Injection
- Preventing Cross-Site Scripting
- Managing Application Development
Conclusion
Training Materials
All APEX students receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
- Oracle Application Express 5, 2018, or later
- Each student computer will need a web browser and Oracle SQL Developer installed
- Please contact us for detailed setup instructions if you have purchased this class
