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Oracle Application Express

Statement of Direction

Last Updated: March 1, 2013

Oracle Application Express is the native Web application development framework for the Oracle Database.  Since its inception in February 2004 as a feature of Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Express has seen tremendous uptake, with hundreds of thousands of downloads, and thousands of customers with secure, scalable web applications deployed into production.  Oracle Application Express is a standard database component of Oracle Database 11g.  Oracle continues to invest in the development and support of Oracle Application Express and new versions of Application Express will be released at least annually.  The following is a roadmap for the upcoming releases of Oracle Application Express.

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Oracle Application Express 5.0

Oracle Application Express 5.0 will focus on enhancements to existing functionality and is planned to incorporate the following:

  • Modal Dialog - Enhance the ability to declaratively define modal dialogs.
  • Drag and Drop Layout Editor - Reintroduce the drag and drop layout editor which is compatible with laying out items within a grid layout.
  • HTML5 Capabilities – Improve native capabilities for handling HTML5 constructs.
  • PDF Printing – Improve the printing capabilities utilizing the APEX Listener FOP Support
  • Web Services Support – In combination with the APEX Listener further extend the Web Services integration capabilities.
  • Tablet User Interface - Enhanced themes and templates to enable developers to declarative create applications and/or pages for tablet devices.
  • Packaged Applications - Improved framework and enhancements to the packaged applications.
  • New Multi-Row Edit Region Type – Define a new region type with a modern UI for updating multiple rows of data and allow multiple regions on one page.
  • Master / Detail / Detail – Provide a wizard interface to define declarative master/detail/detail regions.
  • Multiple Interactive Reports – Allow any number of Interactive Reports to be defined on a single page.
  • Application Builder Security – Allow different authentication schemes to be used to control developer access to the Application Builder.
  • Websheets - Continue to modernize and enhance Websheet capabilities.
  • Numerous functional improvements.

 

apex.oracle.com

apex.oracle.com is a no-hassle, hosted version of Oracle Application Express provided to Oracle Technology Network subscribers.  Launched in June 2002, it provides a quick way to evaluate or experiment with Oracle Application Express, simply by signing up for a free workspace.  The service is a tremendous success, with more than 16,000 workspaces currently active.  Note that the apex.oracle.com environment is for demonstration purposes only. Deployment of production applications is prohibited.

THE PRECEDING IS INTENDED TO OUTLINE OUR GENERAL PRODUCT DIRECTION. IT IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY NOT BE INCORPORATED INTO ANY CONTRACT. IT IS NOT A COMMITMENT TO DELIVER ANY MATERIAL, CODE, OR FUNCTIONALITY, AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON IN MAKING PURCHASING DECISIONS. THE DEVELOPMENT, RELEASE, AND TIMING OF ANY FEATURES OR FUNCTIONALITY DESCRIBED FOR ORACLE'S PRODUCTS REMAINS AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF ORACLE.