Getting Started with Oracle APEX
Explore all of the resources to help you get started in your Oracle APEX journey.
From online course to certifications, this page outlines numerous resources to help you.
This 3-hour learning path is ideal for beginners looking for a general overview of APEX. Explore the core functionality of APEX such as the App Builder and SQL Workshop, and build your first cloud application with APEX on OCI. Upon completion, you will be familiar with the key capabilities and components of APEX.
This 22-hour learning path is targeted for both beginners and seasoned developers that want a deeper understanding of APEX. Dive into detail for each APEX component, learn about the latest advancements of AI in Oracle APEX, and try out the step-by-step guided labs for a hands-on experience. Upon completion, you will have a practical knowledge of APEX concepts and capabilities, and a solid footing on how to build APEX apps.
Watch and learn
Whether you want to learn by doing, watching or reading, there's Oracle APEX Content for you.
Visit our YouTube channel to see all of our video content, including feature overviews, office hours and customer success stories.
More of a hands-on learner? Then jump into our library of Live Labs to learn by doing.
Building Your First APEX App
Getting started with Oracle APEX is easy!
Simply select one of our popular Labs and Tutorials below or view the entire library and select one that interests you.
Labs and tutorials
Advanced
Implementing Image and Text Semantic Search in Oracle APEX
Enhance the APEX Social Media app with image and text semantic search using ONNX models and Oracle Database AI Vector Search.
Advanced
Enhance Your Oracle APEX App with Document-Aware Generative AI Agents In
Integrate OCI Generative AI Agents with your Oracle APEX app to transform raw enterprise documents into intelligent, context-aware Q&A experiences.
Advanced
Online Book Store
Build a feature-rich, AI-powered online bookstore through a comprehensive, hands-on journey from app creation to advanced user engagement features.
Beginner
AI Powered Q&A Interface
Learn how to integrate Generative AI Service and use it to develop a questions and answers feature for the New York High Schools APEX application.
Oracle APEX Certification
Once you are proficient at developing APEX applications, you can take the Oracle certification exam to become an Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Certified Professional.
Stand out among your peers, and prove to everyone that you know how to rapidly build robust apps using APEX.
Run Oracle APEX Anywhere
Free Hosted APEX Workspace
Explore the capabilities of the APEX low-code application platform and begin building your first app today. This is the fastest way to get started with APEX.
- Ideal for evaluating APEX
- Get started within minutes
- Early access to upcoming APEX releases
- No installation or configuration needed
- Completely free, no credit card required
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Develop and deploy low-code applications on a secure and fully managed APEX environment on the world's first and only Autonomous Infrastructure.
- Two Always Free environments, each with CPU and approximately 20 GB storage included, with one-click upgrade to unlock more resources
- No limits on apps, users, or developers
- Automatic monitoring, backups, patching, and upgrades
- Highly available with Auto Scale
- Available in 50+ public cloud regions
- Compliant with regional data regulations, including FedRAMP, HIPAA, SOC 1-3, PCI
Run APEX on Other Clouds
Oracle APEX offers full deployment flexibility. You can run APEX anywhere Oracle Database runs, including major public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This allows you to build and manage APEX applications alongside your existing cloud services and infrastructure.
Run APEX on Premises
Download and install APEX on any edition of Oracle Database. Turn your database into a low-code application platform for building web and mobile apps.
- Deploy APEX in your data center
- Fully supported no-cost feature of all Oracle Database editions
- No limits on apps, users, or developers
- Full control of your application platform - upgrades, patching, backups, tuning
- Build apps locally and deploy on cloud, or vice versa
Run APEX in a Virtual Machine
You can also run APEX on your laptop in a preconfigured Oracle VM VirtualBox using Oracle Database 23ai Free VirtualBox Appliance. This virtual machine also contains Oracle Linux, ORDS, Oracle SQLcl, and Oracle APEX.