Introduction to Oracle APEX Training (APEX101)

Welcome to Introduction to Oracle APEX Training, a course crafted to equip your team with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilize Oracle Application Express (APEX). APEX allows for rapid development of secure and scalable applications with a minimal amount of coding, which is why it's widely used for building modern web-based applications. In this course, we’ll explore what makes APEX an essential tool for organizations and how it can streamline your development processes.

We start our journey with the Introduction to APEX lesson, where you'll gain insights into Oracle Application Express, its history, and the unique advantages it offers. We'll explore the APEX architecture, examine the primary programming languages used, and discover the various roles users can assume within the APEX ecosystem. You’ll also learn about deployment options and engage in an interactive exercise logging into the APEX workspace.

The SQL Workshop session introduces you to the components of the SQL Workshop, focusing on the Query Builder. You’ll learn to select data from individual tables and join tables, with exercises designed to enhance your practical understanding of creating queries both from graphical representations and reports.

In the lesson on Applications, you'll navigate through the App Builder, exploring diverse options for creating applications. By practicing building an Oracle data model, you'll learn best practices that enhance application development within your organization.

With the Pages lesson, you’ll get familiar with Page Designer using the left, right, and central panes. This session includes building an “About Us” page while mastering layout techniques and navigation through breadcrumbs, reinforced with hands-on design exercises.

In Regions, you’ll learn to work with regions on a page. Through exercises, we'll guide you in creating and manipulating regions effectively, ensuring your applications are both functional and visually appealing.

Our exploration of Classic Reports provides comprehensive insights into their attributes and creation. We'll guide you in developing classic report pages and exploring alternative methods to achieve optimal reporting solutions.

The Forms lesson uncovers the basic functionalities of forms, such as browsing records within tables. You'll engage in exercises focused on creating forms to browse employee data, equipping your team with the ability to efficiently manipulate and display data.

Dive into Interactive Reports as you experiment with the unique features they offer. You'll create reports with drill-down capabilities, enhancing your ability to manage complex data structures with ease.

As we focus on Items, you'll grasp the essentials of item properties, layout configurations, and creating dynamic filtering systems using forms and checkboxes, all through structured exercises designed for practical learning.

Moving to Buttons and Sessions, you’ll learn to manage button actions and session states, which are necessary for maintaining efficient workflows in APEX applications. Practical exercises will guide you through session management and redirection techniques.

Through Computations, you'll differentiate between application and page computations while practicing benefit calculations and computation creation exercises to build robust, dynamic applications.

Validations will teach you to implement essential checks during page submissions through exercises demonstrating the creation of validations and the sequence of submission events.

Understand the functionality of Processes within APEX, distinguishing between application and page-level processes as you practice creating typical insert and delete processes.

In Branches, you'll explore branching mechanisms within APEX applications, cementing your understanding with exercises on creating department-specific branches.

The Using Plug-ins lesson guides you in integrating and leveraging plug-ins effectively. You'll participate in exercises that emphasize the importance of choosing appropriate plug-ins to enhance functionality.

Explore the features of Calendars in APEX as you work with calendar integrations through exercises like setting employee hire dates, ensuring your team can manage and display time-based data efficiently.

Dynamic Actions take center stage as you explore different action types through exercises focused on creating dynamic user interactions, like adding check/uncheck all buttons.

A thorough understanding of Security measures will be imparted, including session state protection and authorization schemes. Exercises on creating authentication measures ensure your applications maintain robust security standards.

The Deployment session provides an understanding of best practices and strategies for deploying applications, including practical exercises on exporting and importing applications to maximize your deployment success rates.

We conclude with Team Development, emphasizing collaborative development through tools like issue tracking. You'll practice creating team issues, fostering a consistent and integrated development approach across your team.

By completing this course, your team will be well-versed in using Oracle APEX to streamline and enhance your application development process. The skills acquired will ensure your applications are efficient, secure, and scalable.