Oracle Application Express by Design: Managing Cost, Schedule, and Quality
Learn the many design decisions that must be made before starting to build a large Oracle Application Express (APEX) application for the cloud or enterprise.


One of APEX's key strengths is the fact that it is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. This is also a major weakness when it tempts developers to start coding too soon. Small applications that consist of tens of pages can be coded without a lot of design work because they can be re-factored quickly when design flaws are discovered. Design flaws in large cloud and enterprise applications that consist of hundreds or thousands of pages are not so easy to re-factor due to the time needed to redevelop and retest the application, not to mention the risk of breaking functionality in subtle ways.


Designing a large application before coding starts is a profitable exercise because a thoughtful design goes a long way in mitigating cost overruns and schedule slippage while simultaneously enhancing quality. This book takes into account perspectives from other non-developer stakeholders such as maintenance developers, business analysts, testers, technical writers, end users, and business owners. Overlooking these perspectives is one of the chief causes of expensive rework late in the development cycle.


Oracle Application Express by Design illustrates APEX design principles by using architecture diagrams, screen shots, and explicit code snippets to guide developers through the many design choices and complex interrelationship issues that must be evaluated before embarking on large APEX projects. This book:

• Guides you through important, up-front APEX design decisions

• Helps you to optimize your design by keeping all stakeholders in mind

• Explicit code examples show how design impacts cost, schedule, and quality


What You Will Learn

• Pick and choose from the list of designs before coding begins

• Bake optimal quality into the underlying fabric of an APEX application

• Think and design from outside the developer’s narrow perspective

• Optimize APEX application designs to satisfy multiple stakeholder groups

• Evaluate design options through hands-on, explicit code examples

• Define and measure success for large cloud and enterprise APEX applications


Who This Book Is For


APEX developers and development teams


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Oracle Application Express by Design: Managing Cost, Schedule, and Quality
Learn the many design decisions that must be made before starting to build a large Oracle Application Express (APEX) application for the cloud or enterprise.


One of APEX's key strengths is the fact that it is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. This is also a major weakness when it tempts developers to start coding too soon. Small applications that consist of tens of pages can be coded without a lot of design work because they can be re-factored quickly when design flaws are discovered. Design flaws in large cloud and enterprise applications that consist of hundreds or thousands of pages are not so easy to re-factor due to the time needed to redevelop and retest the application, not to mention the risk of breaking functionality in subtle ways.


Designing a large application before coding starts is a profitable exercise because a thoughtful design goes a long way in mitigating cost overruns and schedule slippage while simultaneously enhancing quality. This book takes into account perspectives from other non-developer stakeholders such as maintenance developers, business analysts, testers, technical writers, end users, and business owners. Overlooking these perspectives is one of the chief causes of expensive rework late in the development cycle.


Oracle Application Express by Design illustrates APEX design principles by using architecture diagrams, screen shots, and explicit code snippets to guide developers through the many design choices and complex interrelationship issues that must be evaluated before embarking on large APEX projects. This book:

• Guides you through important, up-front APEX design decisions

• Helps you to optimize your design by keeping all stakeholders in mind

• Explicit code examples show how design impacts cost, schedule, and quality


What You Will Learn

• Pick and choose from the list of designs before coding begins

• Bake optimal quality into the underlying fabric of an APEX application

• Think and design from outside the developer’s narrow perspective

• Optimize APEX application designs to satisfy multiple stakeholder groups

• Evaluate design options through hands-on, explicit code examples

• Define and measure success for large cloud and enterprise APEX applications


Who This Book Is For


APEX developers and development teams


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Oracle Application Express by Design: Managing Cost, Schedule, and Quality

Oracle Application Express by Design: Managing Cost, Schedule, and Quality

by Patrick Cimolini
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Oracle Application Express by Design: Managing Cost, Schedule, and Quality

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Overview

Learn the many design decisions that must be made before starting to build a large Oracle Application Express (APEX) application for the cloud or enterprise.


One of APEX's key strengths is the fact that it is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. This is also a major weakness when it tempts developers to start coding too soon. Small applications that consist of tens of pages can be coded without a lot of design work because they can be re-factored quickly when design flaws are discovered. Design flaws in large cloud and enterprise applications that consist of hundreds or thousands of pages are not so easy to re-factor due to the time needed to redevelop and retest the application, not to mention the risk of breaking functionality in subtle ways.


Designing a large application before coding starts is a profitable exercise because a thoughtful design goes a long way in mitigating cost overruns and schedule slippage while simultaneously enhancing quality. This book takes into account perspectives from other non-developer stakeholders such as maintenance developers, business analysts, testers, technical writers, end users, and business owners. Overlooking these perspectives is one of the chief causes of expensive rework late in the development cycle.


Oracle Application Express by Design illustrates APEX design principles by using architecture diagrams, screen shots, and explicit code snippets to guide developers through the many design choices and complex interrelationship issues that must be evaluated before embarking on large APEX projects. This book:

• Guides you through important, up-front APEX design decisions

• Helps you to optimize your design by keeping all stakeholders in mind

• Explicit code examples show how design impacts cost, schedule, and quality


What You Will Learn

• Pick and choose from the list of designs before coding begins

• Bake optimal quality into the underlying fabric of an APEX application

• Think and design from outside the developer’s narrow perspective

• Optimize APEX application designs to satisfy multiple stakeholder groups

• Evaluate design options through hands-on, explicit code examples

• Define and measure success for large cloud and enterprise APEX applications


Who This Book Is For


APEX developers and development teams



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781484224267
Publisher: Apress
Publication date: 11/03/2017
Edition description: 1st ed.
Pages: 152
Product dimensions: 7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Patrick Cimolini is a senior APEX consultant with Insum Solutions Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, the largest North American consultancy that specializes in software development, project management, and training services for Oracle Application Express (APEX) projects. Patrick's formal training in engineering, project management, and business administration is complemented by more than 30 years of software development experience that has evolved through mainframe, client/server, and web platforms. His Oracle experience dates back to the early 1990s, and his APEX experience dates back to 2005. He is an Oracle Ace Associate.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Chapter 1: Design Trade-Offs.- Chapter 2: Inside versus Outside of the Box.- Chapter 3: Database Design for APEX.- Chapter 4: Many Light Pages vs One Heavy Page.- Chapter 5: Database Updates.- Chapter 6: Cookie Applications.- Chapter 7: Authorization.- Chapter 8: GUI Branding.- Chapter 9: Error Handling.- Chapter 10: Mobile.- Chapter 11: Rules and Guidelines.- Chapter 12: Appendix A: A Cloudy Crystal Ball.-Chapter 13: Appendix B: Things Not Covered.

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