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Statement of Direction Last Updated: February 25, 2009
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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 now included in Oracle Database 11g as a standard database component. 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 4.0
Oracle Application Express 4.0 will focus on declarative support for Web 2.0 features as well as the extensibility of the Application Express framework. Application Express 4.0 will incorporate the following:
- Application Express Websheets (Name not yet official) - A fast, simple and secure way to gather and share information. Using only a Web browser, end-users can define the set of data they want to maintain, include standards that the data must meet and then select the community that can see and edit that data.
- Oracle APEX Listener - A J2EE-based alternative to mod plsql providing improved performance, direct file upload, file system-based page caching, and improved PDF printing.
- Improved tabular forms, including support for validations, integration with collections, and additional item types.
- Support for AnyChart 4 and introducing Flash-based maps and Gantt charts.
- Dynamic Actions - a new page rendering component that allows client-side events to affect the displays properties of items (such as show, hide, enable, disable).
- Declarative support for cascading select lists and other similar item types.
- Extensible item framework, enabling developers to "plug in" their own custom item types.
- Updateable Interactive Reports will extend the functionality of Interactive Reports to enable inline editing.
- New Authentication schemes.
- Numerous functional and performance improvements.
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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.
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